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What would you do if you found out a colleague was a BNP member?

If it was my boss, I'd deffo look for another job elsewhere.

I wouldn't have a great time of it would I?

A colleague, keep feeding them rat poison (in their tea/coffee) and listen sympathetically to their tales of a dodgy tummy. ;)
 
Iemanja said:
Xenophobia is a funny thing, I remember being told to 'Go back to my country' by a gang of black kids once...
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In many ways it's perfectly natural - we are a tribal species, we seek to identify with our own and feel trepidation towards outsiders. Whether it's nation against nation, north against south, my street against your street, it all comes down to a primitive urge to be part of a collective, to derive comfort from being part of a group that protects and insulates you from other groups. The notion of "them and us" is fundamental to the human psyche. It takes a modicum of intelligence & thoughtfulness to overcome such basic drives. Sadly some people find it very easy to fall back on the pack instinct - if you're unhappy or disaffected it's very convenient to be able to point at the "others" and blame them for all your problems.
 
EastEnder said:
In many ways it's perfectly natural - we are a tribal species, we seek to identify with our own and feel trepidation towards outsiders. Whether it's nation against nation, north against south, my street against your street, it all comes down to a primitive urge to be part of a collective, to derive comfort from being part of a group that protects and insulates you from other groups. The notion of "them and us" is fundamental to the human psyche. It takes a modicum of intelligence & thoughtfulness to overcome such basic drives. Sadly some people find it very easy to fall back on the pack instinct - if you're unhappy or disaffected it's very convenient to be able to point at the "others" and blame them for all your problems.
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I think racists aren't fond of anything different. It's not just folk of different race they hate, it's mentally and physically handicapped folk as well.

The scapegoating thing, I agree with as well. Social, economic etc all can increase levels of prejudice.

Humans are teritorial, yes, but I'm not overly convinced that comfort is gained by being part of some groups? We need social relationships yes, but do we need to belong to a nation? Does belonging to a nation give us comfort?
 
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/19/are-all-bnp-members-racists/

1) The British National Party represents the collective National, Environmental, Political, Racial, Folkish, Social, Cultural, Religious and Economic interests of the indigenous Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Norse folk communities of Britain and those we regard as closely related and ethnically assimilated or assimilable aboriginal members of the European race also resident in Britain. Membership of the BNP is strictly defined within the terms of, and our members also self define themselves within, the legal ambit of a defined ‘racial group’ this being ‘Indigenous Caucasian’ and defined ‘ethnic groups’ emanating from that Race as specified in law in the House of Lords case of Mandla V Dowell Lee (1983) 1 ALL ER 1062, HL.

2) The indigenous British ethnic groups deriving from the class of ‘Indigenous Caucasian’ consist of members of: i) The Anglo-Saxon Folk Community; ii) The Celtic Scottish Folk Community; iii) The Scots-Northern Irish Folk Community; iv) The Celtic Welsh Folk Community; v) The Celtic Irish Folk Community; vi) The Celtic Cornish Folk Community; vii) The Anglo-Saxon-Celtic Folk Community; viii) The Celtic-Norse Folk Community; ix) The Anglo-Saxon-Norse Folk Community; x) The Anglo-Saxon-Indigenous European Folk Community; xi) Members of these ethnic groups who reside either within or outside Europe but ethnically derive from them.

3) Membership of the party shall be open only to those who are 16 years of age or over and whose ethnic origin is listed within Sub-section 2
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I'm sure I do and have worked with BNP members. I would do my job whilst challenging their views as much as possible in a professional environment obviously.
I recognised a woman working in my bank once from a BNP leaflet I binned. I berated her as you would. The other people working in the bank were horrified and encouraged me and the other punters to complain to head office.
She was shown right up and didn't know what to say. She never got her seat on the council and they said in the bank she left.
It was lovely.
 
I really don't want to know these things about my colleagues. Don't want to know if they are gay or straight, their in-depth personal lives, nothing. If I found out one was a BNP member I wouldn't tell anyone else but would not have anything to do with that person. If there was a need for this information to be divulged at any time I would, but apart from that nothing.

But then again I'm Australian. Should I do something else? Hound and badger them? 'Out' them? What should be done if you find out your colleague is a BNP member? :hmm: It's not something I have ever thought of before this.
 
Depends if I talk to them or not, if it was some randomer I wouldn't say anything. If it was someone I'd have the craic with then I'd ask them about it, slagging them is a given.
 
I'll just add that when I started one job I was talking about a fella and my co-worker said to me 'ah, but he's a twitcher'. I was quite shocked as I thought a twitcher was some sort of sexual deviant and gave the guy a wide berth for weeks until I saw a bit on BBC about birdwatching:D
 
We pre empted this at my work place. When we ammended our E and D policy we (Union) asked for HRs response to a hypothetical member of staff being able to sign up to the policy and hold membership of BNP. They said it was not compatible and we got it registered in the minutes. I think it would be far easier to deal with in the workplace if you have already had the discussion without a specific case in front of you.
 
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