She's great. But you missed her point. She went to Private School in Wimbledon, and made it into Oxford and became a Journalist, which is only to be expected at that level. Being black shouldn't make that any more of an achievement or inspiring, she wasn't underpriviledged. I was disappointed that her talk ended up being about black people somehow missing out. She is proof that anyone who gets the grades can get to Oxford, etc. If only 1% at Oxford is black, then only 1% got the grades. She seems to think Oxford, CEOs of companies etc, should have 50% black people in. But you'd have to exterminate most of Britain's population to do that. If 10% of Britain is black, and 1% of Britain are black and spend all their time working on academic study, then there should be 1% blacks in Oxford and 1% blacks in upper management. If I went to Africa and complained at the lack of white leaders, would I be taken seriously? I think true multiculturalism is about people not caring what colour people are, and about the race card NOT having to be played all the time, and about people being judged and rewarded solely on how academic they are or how many years they've been working in some industry and what results they've achieved. Richard Branson is not running Virgin because he's white, but because he's earned it. Again, she is proof that we ARE multicultural because being black never stopped her doing whatever she wanted in life.
+Adrian Speight Afua is living proof this country (UK) is about CLASS not race. The UK has a growing Black and Mixed race (of all combo's) middle class... and Asian and Chinese Brit's have always done pretty well and have been represented within the elite education establishments. In 2016, the UK is a GOOD place to be if your black... the UK is a GOOD place to be whatever shade of brown you came out. Let's be real. Again - the speaker is proof that the colour of your skin does not hold you back in society 'success' terms. The UK has numerous examples of communities who arrived broke, from war zones and civil wars, not even speaking the language, who did fine (Irish, Jews, Polish, Greek Cypriot, Nigerian)... groups like the Jews experiencing serious prejudice and isolation by default... but they did very well because they maintained family and religious values and didn't allow the 'English curse' to get the better of them... It's only really black and white working classes that struggle along with the odd community who REALLY struggle like the Somali and Vietnamese communities. It's only Black Britain (being about 2.5% of the UK population mind you) who contribute 70%(!) of Britain's gun crime being both victim and perpetrator in most cases... this is a real problem and one unique to the inner city Black British communities (African and West Indian... more West Indian in my experience) which I say comes down to an identity issue being fed by rap music and Caribbean links to organised crime... and explains the higher rates of stop and search within inner city black communities... but every time our government takes us into another illegal war our streets end up flooded with weapons... and black Britain has never really asserted its own Black British culture since Soul 2 Soul died off... they have mimicked Black America as portrayed through Hip Hop and oblivious to any Black history or record outside of bondage... Africa has it's own history of Empire that reminds us that to be Black is not by default to be at the bottom or different. Britain comes from (and still is in my opinion) an Empire so has an inherent need for a working class and a management class between the workers and the power elite... someones going to get the short straw... if there isn;t anyone then migrant populations are moved in as we are seeing in Europe especially Germany... industries need feeding... the management classes need cheap labour to enjoy the fruits of being the management classes... making this a black issue is really just making a load of noise about not very much... Black Britain has it's problems... and has been victimised in the past (though let's not forget Britain's first wave of Black people really came to work and they did) but Oxford can open it's doors to Black and minority students... as can the Police... but anyone who thinks that suddenly those institutions will be flooded with black students and Police officers just doesn't know the first thing about Britain's Black community... there are a lot of hang up's that mean Black Britain - who for the most part are/have been working class - are NOT going to rush to join the Police or elite education institutions... and luckily they don;t have to, there are many roads to choose from... I'm just ranting though I didn't watch the video... alright I'll get my coat.
Asian and Chinese Brit's, lol. What a joke. Are they of English, Northern Irish, or Scottish descent? Yeah, no. So they're not British. Last time I checked you couldn't inherit someone else's ethnicity.
Sorry my sarcasm offended you, Alice. Modern racism comes from the fascist far left, the mainstream media, none whites, and greedy treacherous globalist corporations in white western countries though. As we all know, the diversity agenda is only pushed in European countries. So.... Who are the victims these days ? Last i heard, Africa was kicking all white skinned people out while most European countries have purposefully uncontrolled, open borders.
Sure thang. Love the large scale gas lighting people like you think you can pull off- it really only works on others like you who are blinded by privilege and ignorance. Stop listening to Alex Jones and read a book my friend!
Alice Smalice You aren't privileged ? You aren't starving or living in the wastelands are you ? Wasn't aware starving people who live in the wastelands had access to the Internet and materials for writing books. The only privilege i have was given to me by my forefathers who fought the Nazi's during WW2. And i honour them and am thankful to them every day of my life. Nobody can watch Alex Jones. He's been shut down by the anti-free speech lefttard brigade. Which will make him even more popular.
As I am watching this I started to think about a young man who was from St. Lucia living in the USA Texas and was murder in his own apartment for no reason and had a red door mat at his door, which no other tenant had at their door, the person who had taken his life said she made a mistake in thinking that was her apartment and shot and killed him, this is my first time listening to this young lady tell her story and I notice she is standing on a red carpet, it just made me think about that young man who lost his life and had a red door mate at his apartment.
Very interesting talk. It is great to get a different perspective on the identity issue. I agree with another commenter that she illustrates the fact that in UK it is still class and above all money that is the most important element in anyone's success in life, specifically, whether you can become one of those in charge of our country. It also helps to be male. I would like to comment on Ms Hirsch's interpretation of her friends saying they don't see her as 'black'. She seems to put the worst possible construction their words: that they were suggesting that to be black was to be inferior, Whereas perhaps they were just saying 'we see you as an individual, a full human being, not a racial identity'. This also throws light on her story at the beginning about the old boss who was worried about calling her 'black', the man clearly was confused, as many white people may be, as to whether it is now considered racist to notice that a person may have a non-white heritage, or whether it is racist NOT to acknowledge the same. Trevor Phillips has addressed this problem in his two documentaries: Things We Don't Say About Race, and Has Political Correctness Gone Mad? As a 65 year old white English person who has been against racial discrimination all my life, I now feel that I am assumed to be racist by some new, all-encompassing vague definition and anything I say on the subject will be misconstrued.
She is very articulate and her views are interesting.Though you can't say things like "lets remove Nelsons tower".That man died engaging the enemy fleet if which successful,could have spelled the end of our freedom and independence.She needs to tune in and realise that his history and that battle are still taught in schools.If she doesn't like these eliments of our culture,she should maybe move.
I found it incredibly fascinating to hear about race from the perspective of an English person. From my perspective as an American, it was clear that over there people were hundreds of times more accepting and less prejudice, but even so, it clearly still exists, just on a smaller scale. This is yet another reminder that there is always more than meets the eye
She celebrates London's 'diversity' but like a true racist she doesn't mourn the extinction of the white British, esp the English, who actually built the city over generations.
2015 was a toxic year, bad societal mood and stronger tensions, with the political breakthrough of Donald Trump, refugee crisis and islamist terror attacks in Europe,
