Doreen Lawrence says Grenfell tragedy was linked to racism

[nyron4england]

Doreen Lawrence says Grenfell tragedy was linked to racism

Apparently she thinks the fire brigade didn't try as hard as they would have if the building was full of white people.

Discuss.

 

[vinegar hill]

Words fail me.

 

[ajthemackem]

I think the one direction you don't want to be throwing blame in the direction of is the firefighters.

 

[Wilsonian]

Absolute bollocks that mind.

 

[DisillusionedOldGit]

Doreen Lawrence says Grenfell tragedy was linked to racism

Apparently she thinks the fire brigade didn't try as hard as they would have if the building was full of white people.

Discuss.

She's done alrigh out of being a racist . I wish she would fuck off .

 

[Keawyeds]

I'd have said it's more likely that the building wasn't updated or cared for as much because it had a high number of black people living in it.
If you want to go for a racism argument, maybe look at that and blame the Tories.

For one thing, you'd probably be right

 

[Space Hopper]

It's a fact, more and more firemen are phoning in sick these days. A lot of them are suffering from burn out.

 

[ajthemackem]

I'd have said it's more likely that the building wasn't updated or cared for as much because it had a high number of black people living in it.
If you want to go for a racism argument, maybe look at that and blame the Tories.

For one thing, you'd probably be right

Bingo.
Although I'd still be wary of the term "racist". I think I'd err more on the people living there being on the bottom rung of society and the Tories just not giving a tuppenny shite.

 

[Keawyeds]

Bingo.
Although I'd still be wary of the term "racist". I think I'd err more on the people living there being on the bottom rung of society and the Tories just not giving a tuppenny shite.

Spot on.

 

[heroesof73]

Does She have owt to say about those that hoyed claims in for compo despite not living there?

 

[Aituk7]

Doreen Lawrence says Grenfell tragedy was linked to racism

Apparently she thinks the fire brigade didn't try as hard as they would have if the building was full of white people.

Discuss.

The firefighters arrived in 6 minutes
They were in the flat within 15 minutes
Less than 5 minutes later it had already spread to the flammable cladding.

There are a lot of things that happen in this country that could be considered in some way racist.

The action of those firefighters that night is not one of them.

 

[vinegar hill]

I'd have said it's more likely that the building wasn't updated or cared for as much because it had a high number of black people living in it.
If you want to go for a racism argument, maybe look at that and blame the Tories.

For one thing, you'd probably be right

She said if there had been white people in there they would have tried harder to get them out.
What’s that got to do with any other argument, the state of the building the Tories etc?

 

[Keawyeds]

She said if there had been white people in there they would have tried harder to get them out.
What’s that got to do with any other argument, the state of the building the Tories etc?

Surely that statement alone is defamatory and racist in itself.

What I was saying was if she was going to look for a racism angle, it would have been my original post, but as @ajthemackem rightly pointed out, it wasn't so much race as it was the Tories not giving a shit about poor people living in high rise flats

 

[GingerNick]

she's wrong simple as that

 

[vinegar hill]

Surely that statement alone is defamatory and racist in itself.

Her statement?

 

[scraff]

Bingo.
Although I'd still be wary of the term "racist". I think I'd err more on the people living there being on the bottom rung of society and the Tories just not giving a tuppenny shite.

Yes, more to do with not giving a fuck about the people at the bottom of society, just happens a lot of people in London falling into that bracket aren't white. The assertion she is making about there would have been a greater effort to save people if they were white is f***ing bonkers. She needs to engage her brain before letting her tongue flap about.

 

[nyron4england]

Surely that statement alone is defamatory and racist in itself.

thats the point.

The firefighters arrived in 6 minutes
They were in the flat within 15 minutes
Less than 5 minutes later it had already spread to the flammable cladding.

There are a lot of things that happen in this country that could be considered in some way racist.

The action of those firefighters that night is not one of them.

agreed.

 

[royaldragon]

How ironic that the woman who is crying about the Fire Brigade being racist, is being racist herself. What a load of shite, I bet the colour of people's skin never crossed the fire person's minds, at the end of the day if you join the fire brigade all you want to do is save peoples lives, endoff.

 

[PNEFC111]

Wow!

She’s suggesting that fully trained professional fire fighters , about to risk their own lives thought - “ let’s not try as hard - they are only black people in there “

That’s some serious accusation.

And wholly misguided without evidence.

 

[HellsBells]

I think the one direction you don't want to be throwing blame in the direction of is the firefighters.

There is a lot of blame to go around here, and none of it is the firefighters.