Quote Originally Posted by WMUG View Post
I've asked, "what's your background?" before, when the conversation turned to ethnicity. It went fine once, the other one got a bit defensive and said "I'm just British", at which point I didn't press the issue.
it is a very difficult question these days even if you'd really like to know what country they or their parents originated from, i'm always very interested in other countries and cultures and stories they might have to tell, but i have to curb that curiosity now

as Mark O and others say it really shouldn't matter but those of us who are effectively 'colour-blind' do now have to 'see' colour again and think about what we're saying

again though i would ask who's really at fault - angry BAME people or Farage, Trump and Boris 'picaninnies' Johnson?

it's the fault of people like them for creating this, the BLM stuff is just a reaction to it and should always be seen as such