psychdelicblues
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He'll be quoting Ben Shapiro next.
Look, you are using one example of your personal experience to conclude that stereotyping is off limits too? I just used my experience in my earlier post and I said it can be harmless too. Are you saying that all kinds stereotyping is off limits? We can't even joke about it amongst mates? Is that the kind of world you really want to live in? Let me repeat this to you again mate, it's ALL about where you draw the line.I have lived and worked in Malaysia and Singapore. Like you said, it's a culture where people are more open to making fun of each others race and it's often times done in a playful way. However it also has horrible knock on effects.
For instance, we once had a candidate come in who was Malay. Having previously worked around Malay, Chinese and Indian colleagues I have heard the racial jokes made at the expense of each racial group and the group subjected to the joke always laughed it off. It was a little uncomfortable at first but I then got used to it. My perceptions of it just being a joke changed however when this Malay candidate came in. The guy was excellent and when he was being evaluated, one of my colleagues mentioned casually that he's good but because he's Malay, probably lazy too. This shocked me and I questioned him about him. He looked at me puzzled and said we joke about it all the time so surely you must know.
And therein lies the problem, making fun of stereotypes have deeper implications. And I have seen it for all racial groups - when amongst colleagues, the Indians in the group are made fun of as being drunks and they laugh it off - my Chinese colleague's parent refused to allow her hand in marriage to her Indian boyfriend because they felt he would get drunk and beat her. A different Chinese colleague who got married and didn't invite a few of us was shunned as people kept saying stuff like it's typical of a Chinese person to be ungrateful and greedy.
These things can be funny but also have more serious consequences and that's why we need to be more careful about stereotyping groups of people. If Malaysia is your benchmark for why stereotyping is fine, I think you seriously need to reevaluate.
What West Europe?Thats West Europe for you.
Serie A is a disgusting joke of a league tbh. Their FA equivalent does feck all and clearly don't care for the racism complaints. Uefa are the same too. I reckon more drastic responses are required than to follow rubbish protocall.Racism against another black footballer in Italy. This time Balotelli being the targetTweet
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Wait, he walked off and the rest of his team didn't follow?Fair play to him for walking off, that takes a lot of courage when there's hundreds (thousands?) shouting vile abuse. He did end up back on the pitch and even scored, too.
Disheartening that the game continued, it would have sent a real message if his whole team had gone off
Rest of the team should have joined him!Racism against another black footballer in Italy. This time Balotelli being the targetTweet
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What happened? What were they saying to him?Racism against another black footballer in Italy. This time Balotelli being the targetTweet
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Yeah apparently they were all trying to convince him to rejoin (he eventually did, obviously), and a manager (I'm guessing the opposition manager) claimed after the game there were no racists chants at all. Madness.Wait, he walked off and the rest of his team didn't follow?
That's really, really bad in my opinion. The team should have walked off with him without hesitation.Yeah apparently they were all trying to convince him to rejoin (he eventually did, obviously), and a manager (I'm guessing the opposition manager) claimed after the game there were no racists chants at all. Madness.
Who, Balotelli?Give him a 10 match ban and a deduct the team points for that aswell. What an absolute looser, it's like a wealthy bilionaire throwing a hissy fit on a golf course because his ball is not properly polished.
If you mean Balotelli, and it seems you do, you can feck right off.Give him a 10 match ban and a deduct the team points for that aswell. What an absolute looser, it's like a wealthy bilionaire throwing a hissy fit on a golf course because his ball is not properly polished.
Yeah Verona fans are dodgy as feck. Tim Parks' A Season in Verona is very enlightening.From the same fans who are openly neo-nazis. What a surprise!
New poster i see. This is a more civilised forum than most. Keep your racism away from this forum. We dont all think like you.Give him a 10 match ban and a deduct the team points for that aswell. What an absolute looser, it's like a wealthy bilionaire throwing a hissy fit on a golf course because his ball is not properly polished.
I wouldn't even bother engaging. Every now and again you see a post and mentally mark the poster as someone who won't be posting for long here anyway.New poster i see. This is a more civilised forum than most. Keep your racism away from this forum. We dont all think like you.
Suffers racism, gets called an absolute looser (sic).New poster i see. This is a more civilised forum than most. Keep your racism away from this forum. We dont all think like you.
one of the worst analogies of all timeGive him a 10 match ban and a deduct the team points for that aswell. What an absolute looser, it's like a wealthy bilionaire throwing a hissy fit on a golf course because his ball is not properly polished.
Some black players don't have any other interesting offers but to play in Italy.I really don't get his team mates reactions. Surely you should be on the side of your team mate. Unless they are all ok with him being abused, surely once they work out that is what has caused the reaction (if they were not already aware) then they should be supporting him.
I really don't understand why any black player goes and plays in these leagues.
The saddest truth in this matter.Some black players don't have any other interesting offers but to play in Italy.
Yeah, abou that, that's part of the problem actually. Many of these groups are effectively crime syndicates....hence clubs being reluctant to fight themnone of them would try that with Balotelli while in the ally at night.
He’s the Verona manager but yes, those comments should be enough for Serie A to step in.Just seen his manager Ivan Jurić comments, shocking.
Ups my mistake. Anyway horrible comments, he even said fans used to call him a gypsy and so what.He’s the Verona manager but yes, those comments should be enough for Serie A to step in.
What a joke.