Most liked posts in thread: Tom Curry/racism

So yesterday it's reported that there is no way the investigation can be finalised before the weekend so he's clear to play and 24 hours later it's all wrapped up, including a second allegation with the words "nothing to see here m8".

I'm absolutely certain this investigation was as thorough as would have been expected if the roles were reversed.

Anyone got a carpet to sweep this under?

 

Or a 3rd option - if you're a white male, the bar is so high as to qualify any allegation of having been prejudiced, so no one sees any wrongdoing.

I've seen first hand in my business, how at the highest level, 'positive discrimination' is a force for good. And having challenged some of that narrative quite gently, I was left with a very clear sense that challenging it more strongly would have a very clear ending for me personally.

These are dark times.

 

I believe Jon Terry was fined and banned for calling Anton Ferdinand the exact same thing. And I say exact, even though Terry used the word black instead of white....because really, there should be no difference. Of course in this instance, it won't go any further, and it'll be put down to the player being angry after years of institutionalised racial segregation. Ticking off at most.

 

Are there any precedences set for a non white person found guilty of racist abuse against a white person in sport? I'd probably say not.

 

It'll be interesting to see if the authorities act upon the allegation before or after the final. I think I read somewhere that he was the only recognised hooker that South Africa have.

 

The cynic in me suspects that you may well be correct in your assumption.

 

If he is banned and they aren't allowed a replacement then for safety reasons they will go to uncontested scrums. Unless the rules have changed for scrums to be contested teams have to field a "recognised" front row...I think

 

Is that what he said, white c-word?

Pretty easy ban, I suppose can they prove it is the question?

 

There are those who genuinely believe it's not possible for a white person to be a victim of racism.

I'm sick of the whole thing. Identity politics and the move from equality of opportunity to equality of outcome is doing nothing but polarise people and stir hatred. I despair at the narrative.

And the way that identity politics is now being pushed in the workplace worries me greatly.

 

In my opinion, there'll never be a positive outcome by shifting from seeing things like colur, race, religion, sexuality as an irrelevance anyone other than the individual. But we've shifted to a narrative that places those characteristics as paramount. Group identity politics ends in death. Literally. History offers the lesson but we keep going round the same circle.

 

Does that rule apply even if he is banned?

 

Does it? I didn't realise racism was a two way street.

 

they have another player they have been using in the front row as a sub so surely they could play the whole game

 

I don't know. I was just responding to the other post. Shame it wasn't uncontested scrums last week looking at how they demolished Englands front row subs