OUR STREETS, YOOKAY – The UK’s prominent anti-fascist campaign group, Stand Up to Racism. They are facing an unexpected probe from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) after complaints that the organisation appears to be excluding black people.
By Our Security Correspondent: Ben Twarters
The investigation was sparked after a string of counter-protests against anti-illegal immigration rallies. Attended almost exclusively by white, middle-class campaigners who appeared to have come straight from an oat-milk latte morning. Photographs from events in Dover, London, and Manchester show banners reading “Racism Out!”. Being proudly waved by what one observer called “the most homogeneous anti-racist crowd I’ve ever seen.”
Critics allege that the absence of any visible black attendees raises uncomfortable questions about the group’s reach, inclusivity, and understanding of the word diversity. “It’s a bit like running a Vegan Society meeting entirely in a butcher’s shop,” one bemused social commentator noted.
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Sources close to Stand Up to Racism deny any deliberate exclusion. Also insisting that “black supporters are very welcome” and that their absence in photos is “pure coincidence and bad camera angles.” One volunteer added that the group’s focus was “on fighting fascists, not auditing melanin levels.”
However, the EHRC has confirmed it will examine whether the group’s internal culture and recruitment practices have unintentionally created a space that’s “anti-racist in theory, but monocultural in practice.”
In the meantime, the group’s leadership has promised to “reflect deeply” on the matter. Which is presumably over cappuccinos — while continuing to oppose racism “in all its forms. Except when it reflects to our own white-saviour elitism.”
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