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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I'm afraid all this reference to 'the community' and 'our community' seems very racist and divisive to me. There was a day when 'the community' meant everyone in a particular area whether they were black white brown or polka dot and whatever their culture or creed. Now I find that I am no longer classed as a community member because I'm not Asian.
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my post wasnt intended to be divisive or racist but i have used specically the term our community for this reason. the likes of kazi and sabdar claim to represent the asian community in general. organisations such as the police deal with us differently. on that basis it is divisive and the asian community wishes to be treated just like any other community. the asian community is divided from other communities because of self interested busy bodies who claim to be leaders. are asian people puppy dogs who are expected to follow these people. safdar has used the term specifically in his election leaflet.