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Do you reckon there is a higher occurrence of tattoos in the u75 readership than in the general population, editor?
 
teuchter said:
Do you reckon there is a higher occurrence of tattoos in the u75 readership than in the general population, editor?
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I strongly recommend you go to bed before you even think about posting on this thread again because you clearly have no idea.
 
Orang Utan said:
I'm not sure how you can review the shop without getting a tattoo or a haircut there!
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Well, I could review the general ambience and the (un)friendliness of the place - and I certainly got a very good understanding of that! I know a few people who have been there too.
 
Publish, publish! I'm not sure they get what Brixton's all about. You'd be doing them a favour if you brought them up to speed.
 
I know for a fact that several of the recently arrived white market tenants want to see the back of non-white tenants and their poor, non-white customers. I can't say whether they're racist, but they certainly believe that the racial mix of market visitors is bad for business. So every time a new, white tenant appears I reserve judgement. That's all I'll say.
 
nick h. said:
I know for a fact that several of the recently arrived white market tenants want to see the back of non-white tenants and their poor, non-white customers. I can't say whether they're racist, but they certainly believe that the racial mix of market visitors is bad for business. So every time a new, white tenant appears I reserve judgement. That's all I'll say.
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WTF?! I am aghast at this on so many levels I don't even know where to begin...
 
nick h. said:
I know for a fact that several of the recently arrived white market tenants want to see the back of non-white tenants and their poor, non-white customers. I can't say whether they're racist, but they certainly believe that the racial mix of market visitors is bad for business. So every time a new, white tenant appears I reserve judgement. That's all I'll say.
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Publish, publish! Or PM at the very least so we can learn what businesses to avoid.
 
editor said:
Publish, publish! Or PM at the very least so we can learn what businesses to avoid.
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No, not going there! It's not for me to accuse anyone of being racist and I don't like being the thought police. You can all do your own sniffing around. :)
 
nick h. said:
No, not going there! It's not for me to accuse anyone of being racist and I don't like being the thought police. You can all do your own sniffing around. :)
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Hang on- you just have insinuated that a bunch of the market traders are racist.

Or am I missing some logical thing that means that you can simultaeously be saying two contradictory things? :confused:
 
Not particularly. But it goes with the territory when you take it upon yourself to interfere with the running of Brixton market. :rolleyes:
 
nick h. said:
No, not going there! It's not for me to accuse anyone of being racist and I don't like being the thought police. You can all do your own sniffing around. :)
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But you've just posted up one hell of an insinuation. It would be productive if you could support it either publicly or privately.
 
Please don't shoot the messenger. Remember that I said "I can't say whether they're racist", so don't jump to conclusions. Do the maths, it's not rocket science. Take Coldharbour Ward as an example. The black population is similar in size to the white population. But on weekdays the majority of faces on the street are black. Until rush hour when a flood of white people come out of the tube, by which time the market's closing. Then take into account that some businesses tend to attract predominantly white customers. Hence they get little business during the week. In fact some get well over half their weekly takings on Saturdays when the employed middle classes are out spending their money. It's hardly surprising that they want more white people around. If business is bad they look at their surroundings and think 'no wonder I'm not making any money, this place is a ghetto'. Does that mean they're racist? Who knows. Racists in this country have learned to keep quiet about it.
 
Kanda said:
Who are the 'recently arrived white tennants'? Can't be that many can there?
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Never mind the colour... what new tenants are there? I don't keep up with the market tbh but obviously many do, so I'd be interested to see who has arrived in the last few months.

Personally I'd be more bothered about good or bad service/prices than the colour of the person serving me.
 
Kanda said:
Get what Brixton's all about?
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Yes. It's soon to be a legal requirement for any resident of Brixton, and it will be enforced Brixton fashion too. Basically by nobody really giving a shit.

Kanda said:
what's that then?
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Turn the volume up to ten, use a bit less tobacco with it, and always be at least 20 minutes late.

Kanda said:
who dictates that?
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I do. Natch.

Actually we all do. That's what Brixton is all about. That, fried chicken, and shoe shops.
 
nick h. said:
Please don't shoot the messenger. Remember that I said "I can't say whether they're racist", so don't jump to conclusions. Do the maths, it's not rocket science. Take Coldharbour Ward as an example. The black population is similar in size to the white population. But on weekdays the majority of faces on the street are black. Until rush hour when a flood of white people come out of the tube, by which time the market's closing. Then take into account that some businesses tend to attract predominantly white customers. Hence they get little business during the week. In fact some get well over half their weekly takings on Saturdays when the employed middle classes are out spending their money. It's hardly surprising that they want more white people around. If business is bad they look at their surroundings and think 'no wonder I'm not making any money, this place is a ghetto'. Does that mean they're racist? Who knows. Racists in this country have learned to keep quiet about it.
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In other words. Due to the prevalence of racism it's still the case that a higher percentage of the people in Brixton who are unemployed or working locally in mostly low paid jobs are black. Whereas the majority of the people who live here, but who work in well paid jobs in the City and the West End, are white.

So basically what they are saying is "I've either got to stay open at times that suit commuters or I need to set up shop somewhere other than Brixton Market".

It doesn't mean they are racist, but it does mean they probably aren't particularly clever.
 
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