A reminder that racism is learned...

We've been away from here for a week. On our walk around the village this morning, we came across a group of gipsies trailers pulled on the village green.

There were 8 of them pulled in a circle, and I have to say, there's not a scrap of rubbish to be seen.

But here's why I'm writing this. On our walk, we go past our village Primary School, and it coincided with playtime.

As we walked on the path alongside the playground, a bunch of young kids were looking at the trailers and one of them said, "One of these days, we'll get these gipsies off our land."

I almost turned around and said to him, "How long has this been your land?" but decided not to.

That little boy has only heard that from his parents. He wasn't born racist, that's taught.

As a showman who's had that crap for the majority of my life, it reminds me that this country does still have plenty of racist people.

But unlike all those who grizzle every five minutes when they feel put upon, we, like the gipsies have just got on with life.

I still take exception when we're called gipsies. We're not, we're a culture of people who, whilst transient for most of the year, are people who conduct their businesses on the move in a legal and ethical way.

We developed a backbone early on. We needed to. We've never had the 'woke' community behind us. And most likely, we never will.

We need to face facts, this isn't a particularly racist country. We have them, just like every other country, but nowhere close to the amount that the media will have you believe. - and what's more, you'll never get rid of those that are.

But let's get it straight, there's more to racism than colour. The trouble is, too many don't care about those that don't fit their agendas.

Come to think of it, perhaps one way of avoiding the ongoing colour talk is to stop talking about colour.

And many of us need to stop throwing stones because our glasshouses aren't so bloody sparkling!

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