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disregardable@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
That’s because the US is not just classist but also racist. The hatred is coded through the language of racial hatred, but you’ll notice these oppressed/hated minorities are also kept excluded and impoverished. UK doesn’t have as much racial diversity, so it’s only classism for them.
Forester@pawb.social 12 hours ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 13 hours ago
This is the thing about the UK. There was an idea going about that the English oppressed the Scottish and the Irish, but in reality it was just the rich oppressing the poor. The rich Scottish lords also oppressed the Scottish poor (eg, highland clearances) and I guess with Ireland, it was a mixture of the fact it was under developed so everyone was poor and anti-catholic sentiment. I think people making it about race nowadays are just people being anachronistic
Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
😆 Oh, you’re being serious. 🤣
disregardable@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
It’s true. I’ve noticed a lot of British people have no idea what a multicultural country is like. It’s the same reason they ask things like, “Why do Americans say they’re Irish?” Yeah, it’s because people are treated differently based on a class system assigned at birth.