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   Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 06:10:46 JST Flick ??

   Will it stop them from helping themselves to lambs and leaving the remains scattered around?

   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/01/overwhelmingly-white-countryside-halal-food-report-claims/

   The University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies produced the report, on the issue of “rural racism”.

   In it, academics claim that ethnic minority communities face “challenges” in the countryside because rural England is “overwhelmingly white”.

   This creates feelings of “discomfort”, the report states, and the “psychological burden” that comes with “navigating predominantly white spaces”.

   The report also raises concerns that traditional pub culture and other “monocultural customs” are exclusionary.

   It states that the countryside lacks “appropriate facilities to meet religious and cultural needs”, and does not cater for “dietary norms that are rooted in religious or cultural practice”, such as kosher and halal, adding to feelings of exclusion.

   https://archive.ph/GDbHD

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 06:12:11 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     @Flick We have been giving stupid ideas like this far too much attention for far too long.
     These *academics* are not our children and we do not need to revere each pronouncement by displaying it on the fridge door for public admiration.
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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Sep-2025 05:27:11 JST HebrideanHecate

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     • sim

     @Gnomeshatecheese @sim @Flick https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/02/racism-in-the-british-countryside-is-not-biggest-issue/

     It is a crying shame that an academic institution based in Leicester would invest so much time and resources on the supposedly hostile nature of the countryside; it has much bigger problems closer to home. The riots which spilled onto the streets of the city a few years ago was a watershed moment in British community relations – it destroyed the area’s undeserved reputation for being a paragon of social cohesion.

     The reality is that Leicester’s academic ecosystem has failed miserably in terms of engaging with the city’s social troubles. In a case of unfortunate timing and breathtaking complacency, in 2022 the University of Leicester announced plans to hold a series of events to celebrate the city’s immigration-induced diversity; this was shortly before the disorder broke out. The university’s Unit for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (Dice) has absurdly described Leicester as a previously non-descript city which had been transformed into a “thriving and successful multicultural place”.

     Indeed, a Hope Not Hate study published during the Covid-19 pandemic found that twice as many ethnic-minority people agree (40 per cent) than disagree (21 per cent) that there is more tension between Britain’s different minority communities, compared with tensions between white and non-white groups. Yet, this is not reflected in recent hate-studies research.

     https://archive.ph/SQJDt

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     sim@shitposter.world's status on Wednesday, 03-Sep-2025 05:27:12 JST sim

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     • The Dread Slender Gnome
     @Gnomeshatecheese @Flick This just seems like they need to overcome their bigotry and racism to me. They are just being intolerant right now if they think being around a different race to them creates discomfort. They are not embracing or celebrating these differences either.
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     The Dread Slender Gnome (gnomeshatecheese@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Sep-2025 05:27:12 JST The Dread Slender Gnome

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     • sim

     @sim @Flick Exactly!

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     The Dread Slender Gnome (gnomeshatecheese@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Sep-2025 05:27:13 JST The Dread Slender Gnome

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     @Flick What? Surrounded by people who are unlike them?
     Oh poor dears.
     Can't imagine how one could ever manage such a distressing circumstance.

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Sep-2025 05:30:53 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     • sim
     @HebrideanHecate @Gnomeshatecheese @sim @Flick We really do need to stop listening to these idiots. Their stupidity has held too much sway for too long.
     They need a pat on the head and a curt smile until they are ready to join the grown ups.