melthebell Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, sheffbag said: Can non Whites donate to Comic Relief? i was thinking that, is all of africa black? is all of those that participate in comic relief white? its not really a race issue is it? lol and what happened before comic relief? did the starving just get left to die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Boot Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Well the white saviour peddling, televised celebrity exposure charity that has led to the stereotyping of Africa as a disease-ridden poverty zone has raised less money this year than last. Wealthy white celebrities flying in and picking up black kids for photo opportunities is surely well past its sell by date? 1985? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 On 03/03/2019 at 19:53, danot said: Just giving my two penneth. People in my position are caught in the middle, with obscene wealth on one side, and object poverty on the other side. Object poverty and obscene wealth will always coexist, after all, object poverty facilitates obscene wealth, and you can't eradicate object poverty without obscene wealth succumbing to it. There's only two options- either both extremes continue to coexist, or neither exist. What d'ya do? A typically narrow and reductive point of view. There are of course other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danot Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 14 minutes ago, Halibut said: A typically narrow and reductive point of view. There are of course other options. Which would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, danot said: Which would be? Have a good hard think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danot Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Halibut said: Have a good hard think. Already did prior to typing the post you've just quoted. Sorry, I'm at a loss. Educate me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mort Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 If you start bickering I will suspend all accounts indulging in such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwl182 Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Car Boot said: Well the white saviour peddling, televised celebrity exposure charity that has led to the stereotyping of Africa as a disease-ridden poverty zone has raised less money this year than last. Wealthy white celebrities flying in and picking up black kids for photo opportunities is surely well past its sell by date? 1985? Or silly comments by certain MPs put people off donating, for fear of being "racist". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 7 hours ago, WiseOwl182 said: Or silly comments by certain MPs put people off donating, for fear of being "racist". You don't need those inverted commas around the word racist. It's an actual thing you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, danot said: Which would be? A happy medium? Why is abject poverty and obscene wealth side by side considered acceptable, or the norm? People can still be very rich and the poor have enough for a reasonably comfortable life if it was all shared out a bit more equitably. I think it's the extremes that we have today that people find unacceptable. Edited March 18, 2019 by Anna B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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