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Diane Abbott.....Covid-19 Test

It already is offensive in itself.

take this very post for instance

this was political satire aimed at a prominent politician (a lady who in reality is clearly not the duzzlewit she is portrayed as - but such is satire, and if you make a choice to serve in the public eye - satire is what you will get).

it had absolutely zero to do with race - I saw a joke about a politician.

it was pulled up For being a joke about a black politician - a matter utterly irrelevant to the satire at hand.

you are then in a weird position where the person attempting to defend this politician is actually singling out the politician for being black. A matter I doubt anyone else gave a shit about.

Why can’t she just be a politician ? Why can’t she be judged by her actions as a politician rather than being a black politician?

i fail to see How we can have equality when people are singled out for their ethnic background - it’s ludicrous, no matter how misguidedly well intentioned.
Agreed. The worst thing is that is then slips into common currency. There have been racial jokes about black politicians, no doubt, and some of them get repeated and shared without the original context, which gets forgotten. It's a minefield. :(
 
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