justcly Tue 21-Jan-20 11:16:02

@nauticant



I am passionate about doing all I can to protect the planet, and very vocal about waste. But this morning I was obliged to fly to London for a work meeting. Could I have chosen a form of travel with a smaller carbon footprint? Yes, but I was given very little notice by my boss who also arranged to have my travel tickets booked. Could the meeting have taken place via Skype? Sure, but I wasn't offered the choice. My only option would have been to refuse to go, and put my job in jeopardy. Does this make me a hypocrite? Should I stop doing the positive things I do to address climate change, in order to avoid a charge of hypocrisy?



I am a person of colour. Criticising the choices I make is not racism. Holding me to a higher standard than a white person in a similar situation absolutely is. This is the problem with the rhetoric around Meghan Markle. It is not that she is held to be a person who can do no wrong. It is that, for certain sections of the media and the public who so eagerly devour their bile, she can do no right. That's racism.



And, whether you agree with me or not, I am pretty sure that most people would accept that we should not look to a white public school boy from a wealthy family to provide us with a definition of racism - and we should firmly reject his right to do so.