Are white people disadvantaged or is this racist thinking?

In the UK White working Class are described as disenfranchised. The  British National Party and other nutty political parties are on the rise – is this political extremism or are people simply fed up with being ignored?

The BBC will report that senior politicians fear the rise of political extremism because white working class people are feeling ignored, that no one is speaking or working for them and that the only qualification needed to be ahead of them in the queue is not to be white working class.

They anchor these beliefs in irrational fears about immigration and the associated impact upon jobs and other resources. They also reference a report that points to a mistaken belief that resources are not allocated fairly implying that the belief is not reflected in reality.

Backwards Thinking 

This would appear to be a reversal of the usual position where reports that Black people (or women or gay people or those who may be disabled) of any class who report feeling discriminated against are taken at face value – there is little talk of 'perception' on these occasions and usually a commitmment to act.

Why is it that any hint that white people do not like being discriminated is rebranded as racism or extremism and something rather nasty- we never hear of non white racist groups (with the possible exception of anti-Semitic Muslims but interestingly the chaps who blow up airplanes and buses are not considered racist).

Now let me be clear the Cork Monkey has no time for racists,  extremism or any of that ilk but does note the rise in popularity of groups like the British National Party and sees this not as an increase in racist thinking but that this may well be because the establishment treat any concern over the loss of resources ( justified or not) by white people as a racist outcry. If you treat them like this where else can they go?

CM