Edinson Cavani - Manchester United Player

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Wish he gets to feel the love of a home OT crowd or an away United crowd. If he produces some of the stuff he did today again then he will enjoy his time with us immensely.
 

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It's shocking that after so many years people think Suarez was banned for a reason he wasn't. Shows how successful his and Liverpool's PR machine was.

Thankfully the full FA judgement is online and anyone can read it and find out why Suarez was actually banned.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjABegQIARAF&usg=AOvVaw0A6llFztxpW0jnjxPKFRFc

The short version: he's a liar. People believing his version of what he supposedly said are being conned.
 

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Not in the context of abuse so likely to be ok but Suarez comparisons will be inevitable.
Of course, the whole term of endearment thing, which is actually true... except Suarez obviously used it differently.
 

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United can nip this in the bud and confirm that he will partake in cultural education.

Be proactive and this will be a nothingburger, as it should be.

Worst case, he will get a 1-match ban like Bernardo.
 

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Can any word be racist on it's own, if you say a word in a positive response with a symbol of a handshake next to it. If that in any way can be misinterpreted then I'd say probably yes, there might be cause for someone to be upset about it and take it personally but I find it hard to believe anyone would take that response personal or negatively in any way, despite problematic words used. I might be wrong though.

Suarez used a problematic word to express hate. That's racist. Cavani hasn't, so I'm not sure.
 

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Of course, the whole term of endearment thing, which is actually true... except Suarez obviously used it differently.
Exactly. Which is what the FA investigation found.

Incredible PR by Liverpool than 9 years on people think Suarez's account, which was ripped apart under examination, is anything other than a fiction invented to try and beat the charge.
 

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United can nip this in the bud and confirm that he will partake in cultural education.

Be proactive and this will be a nothingburger, as it should be.

Worst case, he will get a 1-match ban like Bernardo.
Why does he have to take part in cultural education? He’s used a word inoffensive in his culture, no?
 

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Depends on the context. The Suarez comparisons will roll in, but that was clearly not the same thing.
Matters not in this crazy PC world we live in. You'd have thought with what happened with the vast bellend at Liverpool he'd have avoided that word like the plague.
 

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Of course, the whole term of endearment thing, which is actually true... except Suarez obviously used it differently.
This is the context that Suarez tried to use in his defense, which obviously didn't work because he used it during a heated spat with Evra. Would be madness if he got punished for this.
 

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Can any word be racist on it's own, if you say a word in a positive response with a symbol of a handshake next to it. If that in any way can be misinterpreted then I'd say probably yes, there might be cause for someone to be upset about it and take it personally but I find it hard to believe anyone would take that response personal or negatively in any way, despite problematic words used. I might be wrong though.

Suarez used a problematic word to express hate. That's racist. Cavani hasn't, so I'm not sure.
Again exactly right. White or Black are not racist terms. However, if someone were to say I did X to you because you are Black (as the FA found Suarez did) that's totally different.

I am not saying this cos it's Cavani, I am saying it cos it's common sense (and that was actually affirmed by the FA judgement against Suarez). The FA concluded had Suarez used the term in a friendly context it wouldn't have been problematic. However, the investigation showed his claim to have used it in a friendly way was BS.
 

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Sky sports doing their best to get some headlines out of it already. scum bags.
 

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Could he be in trouble for this?

He will be, yes.
Almost certainly and deservedly so i'm afraid. What a stupid thing to do, especially after he saw what happened to Suarez all those years ago. I think they will probably go all out on punishment for this probably 8 games.
He is fecked.

And there can be no complaints
Crap. He'll punished for it. Hopefully nothing more than 1 game ban or so.
He won't be punished. I was called negrito buy Spanish friends of mine as a teen. It means my black friend as a term of endearment if they are friends of yours. Words have different meanings I context and I am sure the English can understand this. In Spain they use words like Negra to describe a black woman and it's part of their language. People need to chill. David Silva is called "El Chino". He'll be fine
 

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My girlfriend is Venezuelan and uses this as a term of endearment to a very good friend of hers
In fact we were only talking about this the other day

He won't be punished. I was called negrito buy Spanish friends of mine as a teen. It means my black friend as a term of endearment if they are friends of yours. Words have different meanings I context and I am sure the English can understand this. In Spain they use words like Negra to describe a black woman and it's part of their language. People need to chill. David Silva is called "El Chino". He'll be fine
Marcos Maidana too, El Chino being his tagline as he enters the ring
 

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Bernardo Silva went a step too far by making fun of his teammate's skin colour, it was a racial joke. This would've been a non story if not for spiteful liverpool fans.
 

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Anyone having a problem with that needs his head checked.

I call my kid "gordito" (fatty) with affection. If he were fat and that was in the school playground, different story.
 

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Almost certainly and deservedly so i'm afraid. What a stupid thing to do, especially after he saw what happened to Suarez all those years ago. I think they will probably go all out on punishment for this probably 8 games.
Get a grip. Jesus Christ, who let you in here.
 

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Bernardo Silva went a step too far by making fun of his teammate's skin colour, it was a racial joke. This would've been a non story if not for spiteful liverpool fans.
Exactly. Spiteful Scousers who still, after 9 years, choose to believe Suarez's version of events. Even though the FA found it to be totally unreliable, given the context, Evra's evidence and contradictions in the defences offered by Suarez's own Liverpool teammates.
 

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Recoba was nicknamed that too.
And our World Cup winning captain Obdulio Varela was El Negro Jefe.

I have at least 4 friends I call negro and it stands at the same level as calling one of then Rulo/Curl (he has curly hair). People can call their mates whatever the feck they want really.
 

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And our World Cup winning captain Obdulio Varela was El Negro Jefe.

I have at least 4 friends I call negro and it stands at the same level as calling one of then Rulo/Curl (he has curly hair). People can call their mates whatever the feck they want really.
Not on a public platform you can’t.
 

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Almost certainly and deservedly so i'm afraid. What a stupid thing to do, especially after he saw what happened to Suarez all those years ago. I think they will probably go all out on punishment for this probably 8 games.
Jesus christ. He said 'Thank you my darling/sweetheart' ... thats it.
 

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Not on a public platform you can’t.
You have to in Spanish there's no other term. You can say Moreno. However, Moreno translated into English would sound equally offensive to English speakers.

There are more Black people in Latin America than anywhere else except Africa. We have to be sensitive to their culture too.
 

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a lot of you on here need to take off youd rose tinted specs.

If it were another team we'd all quite rightly be saying discipline him, regardless of intentions.
 

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a lot of you on here need to take off youd rose tinted specs.

If it were another team we'd all quite rightly be saying discipline him, regardless of intentions.
No and I say this as a Black person. Cavani didn't say anything offensive.
 

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No and I say this as a Black person. Cavani didn't say anything offensive.
It's not the point though. If it were another team no one's batting an eyelid at saying he should be banned, regardless of context.
 

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It's not the point though. If it were another team no one's batting an eyelid at saying he should be banned, regardless of context.
No they would not. People are not so reactionary.

People want racism to be ground out where it exists. They do not want to chase phantoms.

I don't know what colour you are. I have spent my life trying to get people to take racism seriously. It never helps when you blow up things like this, which are not really racist. You just lose the room when you come to people with things that are deeply offensive.
 

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It's not the point though. If it were another team no one's batting an eyelid at saying he should be banned, regardless of context.
What? We know it's a term of endearment, and it was obviously used as such in this context. If another team's Spanish speaking player had used it in a similar context, I very much doubt any rational poster on here would be calling for a ban.
 

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No they would not. People are not so reactionary.

People want racism to be ground out where it exists. They do not want to chase phantoms.

I don't know what colour you are. I have spent my life trying to get people to take racism seriously. It never helps when you blow up things like this, which are not really racist. You just lose the room when you come to people with things that are deeply offensive.
I'm not arguing the point of whether it's racist or not. Go through this thread and tell me exactly where I have said he and what he has said is racist. I'll wait.

I'm arguing that if it were another team, regardless of the context, people will be saying ban him because you can't say it in England and move on. Suddenly because it's United were making excuses.

Be consistent.
 

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I'm not arguing the point of whether it's racist or not. Go through this thread and tell me exactly where I have said he and what he has said is racist. I'll wait.

I'm arguing that if it were another team, regardless of the context, people will be saying ban him because you can't say it in England and move on. Suddenly because it's United were making excuses.

Be consistent.
Who is making excuses? It's a question of context.

Tekashi69 uses the n word frequently in his lyrics and he is as Latino as Cavani. It's not an issue because people understand context.

If the same incident happens at another club I will say the same thing.
 

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I struggle to see how anything will come out of this. Isn't the context that he was communicating with a specific person on social media??? And once alerted that this could be problematic, he deleted it. I understand it's a regularly used term of endearment in South America. There's no abuse or mickey taking or the slightest intention of such. Why on earth should he face any sanction for this???