True, shame she's an MP.
She seems to be from the school of Diana Abbot. Oddly the Netherlands have a few like them as well now. Shout racism at every opportunity, to me it simply seems that she has no idea about what the true heritage is of that area. What a silly woman, better hand her a paper towel to get that egg of her face.
She seems to me to be one of those MP's that has fallen into the post modern thinking camp like Jess Phillips.
Everything's a social construct to them and a result of privilege and patriarchy dictating the reality of our lives.
Any evidence or common sense that refutes or questions what they are saying is simply down to prejudice and bias that has created a false version of reality where we believe it's true evidence and common sense so that men, white people, power mongers or whom ever else is ruling over us remain in control.
The irony is, that they are right in some ways. There are systems and ideologies that create a false version of reality where people believe something to be common sense and evidence - they belong to one of those very ideologies.
What they and their peer groups believe to be the truth, based on feelings, emotions and simply beliefs without evidence is their universal truth and anything else is simply wrong.
There is sexism, racism, bigotry and prejudice in our society and everywhere else. However, it's notby everyone and in everything. There are some people who are very prejudiced, many that have minor prejudices and some that have hardly any.
These true believers are doing a disservice to people who are genuinely harmed or held back by prejudice by making it look like a complete farce and giving ammunition to those with prejudices to convince less prejudiced people to dismiss discrimination as a fantasy created by these idiots.
* I believe most of us have minor prejudices, it's part of being human, that also includes people who also are on the receiving end of prejudice as well, as many of them will have their own prejudices - it's pretty universal. It's when it's systemic and seriously effects peoples lives that it's a real problem.
And one, two, three, going back to this flag representing the local area....
erm, that is what we(I) are talking about .... and the reasons why someone would create a version of reality where they see racism in a simple flag representing the history and culture of the Black Country where none really exists.
I thought that most people would understand that was implicit in what I was saying - and condemning the idiocy of this MP and her ideological view of the world that helps no one, especially those she seems to believe she is defending.
I think you are giving her thought patterns way more credence than what they deserve.
Perhaps she would like to rename the Black country as well?
How about the Dusky Brown Country?
Comrade Corbyn keeps visiting Telford and the flag is still an issue with local papers etc.
He was asked his view.
‘Wonderful’ MP Eleanor Smith is backed by Jeremy Corbyn
Haha so basically neither of them have a clue about what the flag represents, seeing as they have not backed of claiming it's racist and the chains link to slavery, rather then a 12 year old thinking it was a clever way to highlight the ship chain industry the area was known for.....
Typical Labour really.