Nigel wrote:
... but prejudice exists at an endemic level and in
some areas it's so deeply ingrained it's second-nature.
There's been a lot of discussion in the Scottish media on this over last
year. One statistic reported is that there isn't any difference in measures
of social status
Emma Sinclair wrote:
Given my context, I have a hard time hearing that as anything but
racist. I'll trust you that it's not intended as such.
I hold up my hands: I was wrong and I have been foolish. Any racist
tones in what I wrote were certainly not intendit.
--
Nigel Gatherer, Crieff,
Derek Hoy wrote:
Maybe this is an east coast perspective...
I lived in Glasgow till I was thirteen, after which I was an Edinburgh
lad. From my perspective there was a huge difference, coming from a
place where it seemed to matter to a great number of people what
denomination you were, to a
Nigel asked:
How was the session Derek?
It was fab. Still recovering. Hope everyone got some music over the
festive season.
Derek
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Sitting here green with envy :-)
Nigel asked:
How was the session Derek?
It was fab. Still recovering. Hope everyone got some music over the
festive season.
Derek
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Given my context, I have a hard time hearing that as anything but
racist. I'll trust you that it's not intended as such.
I hold up my hands: I was wrong and I have been foolish. Any racist
tones in what I wrote were certainly not intendit.
Nigel,
Just to keep everything clear, because I've
David Kilpatrick wrote:
My experience is that Scots are NOT racist any more than they have
any other prejudice...
Unfortunately that's as damning an indictment as you could get. All
Scots are not racist, but prejudice exists at an endemic level and in
some areas it's so deeply ingrained it's
