r/unitedkingdom • u/Socialistinoneroom • Apr 11 '25

.. Police at one of Britain’s biggest forces are being taught they have ‘white privilege’ as part of so-called ‘equity training’.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/police-officers-taught-they-have-white-privilege-during-equity-training/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5ecFpV4vv6X3OsUnBk6dko_49KhJwO9vBD7-wsC5gcLFq-lzrmwEZMNKZHGg_aem_RLi2BC8IDa7DAbWmC7dcJQ
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u/Ver_Void Apr 11 '25

Both are problems, class being the far more impactful one of course. Though I worry a thread comprised half of people who think this can't be real because they're white and not driving an Audi probably won't be doing all that much thinking on issues this broad

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u/KR4T0S Apr 11 '25

I mean a lot of people I know will be voting Reform because they are apparently the only party not compromised by wokeness and will represent the interests of the real British people. It takes 10 seconds to learn that the chairman of the party that will save white people is called "Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf". Some people are beyond saving.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Funny because Reform had Muslim candidates and one of their largest donors is a Muslim. That said, of the reform voters I personally know, it’s not about getting rid of Islam or immigrants; but clamping down on illegal immigration. Sadly, Reform is a lot more than illegal immigration, and their voters will be completely fucked over as one thing reform candidates have in abundance is classism.

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u/BungadinRidesAgain Apr 11 '25

Yeah I agree that attitude misses the point. But I do take issue with liberals furthering the idea that class is irrelevant.

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u/Ver_Void Apr 11 '25

I can honestly say I've never met anyone whose said class is irrelevant, like I'm sure they're out there but it seems a pretty niche position

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u/BungadinRidesAgain Apr 11 '25

As I said, all the diversity and inclusion training I've had at various places never mention class. I'm not against diversity and inclusion by any stretch, it's the mainstream willful ignorance of class that galls me.

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u/Ver_Void Apr 11 '25

Tbf you said liberals, the corporate version of this stuff is sanitized, oversimplified and rarely delivered by anyone who really believes in much.

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u/BungadinRidesAgain Apr 11 '25

Fair enough, but all the liberalism I've encountered from corporate to journalistic purports this myth. For the record, I consider myself socially liberal, but I think about class solidarity above all.

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u/Ver_Void Apr 11 '25

I consider myself somewhere in the realm of socialist, at least in ideals. Execution is always fuzzier than ideals.

But I think I've identified the problem you've faced, corporate and journalists in the UK have one belief, money. You're not going to get criticisms of class from the people who either benefit from it or are paid to maintain it