When one has a fire, it should be no surprise that a firefighter turns up. The Club certainly believes that it has been treated differently by some parties because of the ethnicity of the owner and the demographic of its patrons and unfortunately there is real evidence emerging of differential treatment that validates the Club fears. These issues are not counterposed, the Club can be a victim of racism and some local neighbours can and do have genuine concerns.rod taylor wrote:And also, it seems, when it isn't apparent.Lee Jasper wrote:What is true, is Sydenham like any Town in the UK, is not immune to racism and where such odious bigotry makes itself apparent it will be vigorously challenged.
Both your post hinting at a 'broader agenda' and Terence's suggesting overt racism elevated this to an absolutely unnecessary level; several posters were given no choice but to strenuously deny they were racist, a position they should not have been put in. This is why Nigel's comments on your involvement have a certain validity.
If race can be removed from this discussion I have no doubt it will start to be fruitful. If it remains as a subtext, we have no chance.
We will be saying a lot more about this later however in relation to the specifics of of this thread, parking and noise nuisance we are more than happy to positively engage and take people as we find them.