AOG - "andy-hughes
"/// No, the difference is, he has experienced predjudice and racial abuse up close and personal, you have not. ///
Oh so you know that for certain do you, is that is why he has gained the height of a show business celebrity and has even been given a knighthood?"
I am delighted to land from a great height on your usual huffing and puffing 'Oh so ...' preamble because yes, I do know that for certain. I have interviewed Mr Henry on a number of occasions, and we have discussed is personal experience of racism in depth. In his view, and I have no reason to think he was not being truthful - if you grow up as a black man in urban Birmingham, you will experience racism first hand - and he has, many times.
As to whether that is 'the reason he has received a knighthood' - that is unworthy of you, since it is a matter of record that his knighthood has been awarded for services to charity.
"None of these things that myself as your ordinary white bloke has achieved."
Nor I - but I accept that, without bitterness - maybe you should do the same.
"/// Because the important distinction here is that he is black, and you are white, so only one of you can argue from a perspective of personal experience. ///
And why does the black person only have the benefit of that right?"
I have not said, or suggested that the black person only has the benefit of that right - that is an example of you twisting words, or more accurately, reaching a conclusion that is not offered - which is worse in my view.
Predjudice affects all people of all races, for all sorts of reason - only you have a bee in your bonnet about people of colour.
"In your generous support of Mr Henry you have failed to address his positive race discrimination attitude, or are you (just like him), being rather hypocritical."
I have not 'failed to address his PRD attitude' - it has simply not arisen in the points that I am making.
However, I am delighted to address it now - I think 'positive discrimination' is undesirable and should be avoided whenever possible. People of colour should obtain any and all roles in the media, arts, or business words, because they are the right person for the job, not because they have what is perceived as the right colour of skin.