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 Originally Posted by poop
She's not being aggressive about it at all, she's just expressed disappointment that this kind of thing can happen at a royal event.
Not being aggressive? Well she didn't slap her, but she's moaning on twitter and going on talk shows to say she has been abused. That's aggressive in my book.
You'll never understand what it's like to be in her shoes mate.
No I won't, because I'm not a professional victim exploiting my skin colour for sympathy and profile. I'm a normal person who tries to give people the benefit of the doubt rather than assuming everyone is out to insult me. And if someone does insult me I'll tell them to fuck off and find someone else to talk to, rather than continue the conversation for five minutes and then complain. So no how silly of me to think I can put myself in Fulani's shoes.
Being asked where you're from is not a form of abuse. She is not a victim, at least not here, not unless there's actual evidence that this old lady was being malicious or at the very least completely oblivious to the offence she was obviously causing. So you saying "you can't know how she feels" is yet more unconscious racism directed at me for being white. Like white people are incapable of empathy when it comes to being annoyed by other peoples' lack of social awareness. Utter nonsense.
She posted the convo on twitter with a tone of disappointment. Not sure how that's an overreaction.
She's talking about it on talk shows for fuck's sake. It's not like her one single tweet went viral and she's trying to calm things down.
It's not like this Fulani woman has a history of whipping out the race card (afaik) every time someone looks at her sideways.
And nobody is suggesting Lady Oldface has a history of racism. So something is amiss, right?
She is arguing she has experienced abuse. That's a very strong word to throw at someone who asked where you're from.
If we assume that Fulani regularly gets asked this question and this is the final straw, then she's unloading years of frustration on one old lady. That's not fair.
Won't someone think of the old people...
Yeah think about old people who can die of stress. Imagine highlighting this for mockery.
lol, like she planned the whole thing.
At the very least this seems highly opportunistic. I don't believe she planned it, but I do think she carped those diems.
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