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Is referring to 'skin colour' racist?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Ulysses S Grant, Jun 3, 2022.

  1. Park bantam

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  2. Keefly Bantam

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    Dean Richards, Darren Moore, Eddie Youds, Peter Jackson, David Weatherall, Joe Cooke would all equally walk into this current squad and make it much stronger at the back.

    I don't think the poster was actually being racist at all but guilty of basic stereotyping.

    Stereotype meaning: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

    Racist meaning: prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized
     
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  3. Rogered Tart

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    I can't believe how Ullyses comment has spawned a debate to be honest. He really meant no harm by it. I suppose if someone is easily offended then they will find offence in anything.
     
  4. NorthernMonkey

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    I'm offended that you think I'm easily offended just because I found it offensive m9.

    Or sommat like that.
     
  5. Tingleyb

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    @Moderating - surely this whole conversation can be moved to none football talk and this thread return to transfer talk and rumours?
     
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  6. Tony Wilkinson

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    Bloody daft RT, but that's today's new woke world....
     
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  7. JudgeMental

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    Woke woke fffing woke.
     
  8. JudgeMental

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    Footballers are like sheep, follow follow follow.
    When the Premier League prima Donnas stop taking the knee, it will filter down the leagues.
    Nothing about beliefs just about following the trend.
     
  9. Sergio Pinto III

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    If they really meant it they would refuse to go to Qatar....
     
  10. Rogered Tart

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    Funny how money corrupts morals. We constantly hear people slating this country yet the human rights records in other countries makes ours look like paradise.
     
  11. bantamlad92

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    Having black players traditionally adds more character to the team which transcends into the stands. Just look at Donovan Ricketts, Mark Marshall, Bruno at CB etc

    Also, they’re naturally, genetically more athletic which is why the vast majority of world class sprinters are black, as one example.

    I’d be all for a black centre back and a black pacey winger. You can probably bet your ass they’ll be better than what we currently have anyway!
     
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    This thread has more of a silver jubilee feel to it than a platinum jubilee feel.
     
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    Surely skin colour is just a description? As long as it's not said in a derogatory or negative way I think it's fine.

    A person is more likely to refer to a black man's skin colour in football as that is what differentiates that person the most in a predominantly white sport. Like the skinny woman at a weight watchers meeting, the ginger lifeguard at the beach, the bald man at the barbers or the short bloke in the basketball team.
     
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  14. Sergio Pinto III

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    Beckham another boot licker. Praising the gay lad at Blackpool, yet lining his pockets with Qatar money....maybe he should speak to his new found friends about homosexuality.
     
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  15. Ulysses S Grant

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    I love black sambuca and Guinness. Not together though.
     
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  16. Ulysses S Grant

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    Or come out himself
     
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  17. Ulysses S Grant

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    Exactly my point, along with Joe Cooke being my all time favourite city player.
     
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  18. Ulysses S Grant

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    I can't either. There are some folk just ready to jump on anything. It's what piers Morgan calls virtue signalling.
     
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  19. Tony Wilkinson

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  20. Storck

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    Intelligent people can phrase things in a way that don’t cause offence
     

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