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Is Royalty The Ultimate Form of White Supremacy in Modern Britain?
And why if you make a stand against racism, you should make a stand against royalty. Warning, may contain republicanism.
There are plenty of reasons why the British Royal Family are a racist institution. Most of them are historic. The tendency of the British ruling class to whack a flag in someone’s country and steal their resources is recognised the world over. It’s what we’ve historically done. There are only 22 countries we haven’t invaded. And who knows what we might get up to after Brexit happens? If Brexit happens.
But this article isn’t about that. There are plenty of other articles that will talk you through that. Instead I want to discuss something that’s bothering me. It’s about the nature of equality.
Society and the actions of individuals therein create inequality. That’s part of what racism is and how it unfolds. Society gives certain privileged people better opportunities. The legal system, the police force, the education system, local government, broadly racist. Perhaps not actively anymore, but certainly passively. In short racism is a problem.
I’m not going to talk about that very much either. There are plenty of people who have better and more interesting…
