mle22
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Report says British equestrianism rife with bullying and racialised experiences
Bullying is commonplace in British equestrianism and racialised experiences “emerged strongly”, a hard-hitting report has revealed
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eahotson
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To be honest I am not certain.I think to survive in equestrianism you need a bit of a thick skin regardless of colour or creed.Racism and bullying are never acceptable however.
Jules111
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Isn't it incredibly sad that you need to have a thick skin to survive what is essentially a hobby for the vast majority of us. A flipping labour intensive and expensive hobby... why do we seem to accept bullying as the norm on most livery yards? Something feels so off about this...
stangs
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Sceptical about the classism bit, but not surprised about there being racism and ignorance. Only in the equestrian sphere have I heard (white) people say that they're not being racist when they use P*ki because they use it as an adjective.
Wonder if their "800 black, Asian and other ethnically-diverse people" included Irish travellers. Now there's a group that gets discriminated against in British equestrianism more than any other.
Wonder if their "800 black, Asian and other ethnically-diverse people" included Irish travellers. Now there's a group that gets discriminated against in British equestrianism more than any other.
fetlock
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More on the report here. Only 800 people took part so not a great sample really and 66% of those didn’t participate in any equestrian activity at all, 61% cited it as cost prohibitive. It seems to be more about perception of equestrianism by non equestrians than of the experiences of those participating.