Sam Kerr allegations - supporters twist themselves into knots

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It's so weird how cool people are with racism these days. It wasn't too long ago that we were trying not to focus on the colour of people's skin, and now it's all that we seem to be able to focus on.

Racism is racism. If she said something racist then it's probably because she's racist.
 

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It’s racism at the end of the day. It’s just not the kind of racism the moral torchbearers of our society care about.
 

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Am I racist for thinking Sam Kerr was white?

I think maybe a little.

Regardless, referring to anyone's skin colour in this way is typically brain-dead behaviour.
No

I actually assumed she was part Aboriginal - turns out she is one quarter Indian (from her paternal side) and actually 75% of White English/Australian heritage

So if she's 75% white then is it racist to call someone a 'stupid white bastard' anyway? The plot thickens
 

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Fairly clearly going to be considered racially aggravated if she said what is alleged. Does feel that it’s a fairly minor issue to take all the way to court but, given the publicity around it, it should help to deter ongoing racism.
 

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Yeah. It was terrible wasn’t it??

Great idea here. Let’s ignore any law and legislation if the alleged ‘victim’ has suffered the atrocities of the people who it supposed to protect.

I assume that men shouldn’t be protected by domestic violence laws either because they’ve (as a collective) not faced the horrendous crimes that the female population have.

makes sense
Yes because that’s exactly what I said.
 

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Jill Scott to my mind is one of the kindest, most unassuming and likeable players in the women’s game. Very strange take.

Rapinoe and Solo are famously outspoken by not necessarily unlikeable.

It also says how much you pay attention that you can only name 4 players and 3 of them are retired.
Jill Scott is just annoying on the Overlap but not bad other than that fair enough. The other 3 don't need an explanation.
 

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No, not exactly, however they did imply that the law and/legislation shouldn’t matter because of the lack of oppression that white people have been through.

Which is as equally stupid as what I replied with
Why did you reply with that to me, as I never implied anything like that?
 

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Why did you reply with that to me, as I never implied anything like that?
then I have no idea what your initial reply to me was supposed to say. It sounded like you were implying that because of the lack of oppression for white people, this shouldn’t be dealt with accordingly, which I disagree with.

However, if I’m wrong with my interpretation, I apologise
 

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Who said that it was okay to be racist? The point is that what she allegedly said isn't in my opinion a racist slur, we may disagree on that and I'll accept your interpretation but the point I made isn't that it's racist and okay.
I mean in your opinion perhaps not but in the law it is.
 

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Who are the many unlikeable players?
Just as a guess -
  • anyone who campaigns for women’s equality,
  • Anyone who is gay or campaigns for LGBT rights
  • Anyone who challenges the paternal hierarchy of the game
  • Anyone with an opinion
  • Anyone with breasts or a vagina.

    Thats what I’m picking up from my interactions with that guy anyway.
 

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Just as a guess -
  • anyone who campaigns for women’s equality,
  • Anyone who is gay or campaigns for LGBT rights
  • Anyone who challenges the paternal hierarchy of the game
  • Anyone with an opinion
  • Anyone with breasts or a vagina.

    Thats what I’m picking up from my interactions with that guy anyway.
Thanks for the warning re interactions with that guy.
 

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It's racism and she should be punished accordingly. Bringing race into it is the problem. If John Terry just called Anton Ferdinand a cnut, we would've never heard about it. It was the fact that he brought race into it is what did him in. This is no different.
 

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then I have no idea what your initial reply to me was supposed to say. It sounded like you were implying that because of the lack of oppression for white people, this shouldn’t be dealt with accordingly, which I disagree with.

However, if I’m wrong with my interpretation, I apologise
Just pointed out why the discrimination by white people towards non-whites is often seen in a different light as there is a lot of historical context behind it.

There are nuances in the social aspect of these issues, which are often ignored when people want to simplify a complex subject.

Racism was founded on and is strongly connected with white people being discriminatory from a position of power. A position many non-white ethnic groups struggle to even get to. So the dynamic is different.
 
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Just as a guess -
  • anyone who campaigns for women’s equality,
  • Anyone who is gay or campaigns for LGBT rights
  • Anyone who challenges the paternal hierarchy of the game
  • Anyone with an opinion
  • Anyone with breasts or a vagina.

    Thats what I’m picking up from my interactions with that guy anyway.
Yeap. ”But she’s loud and obnoxious”. Pay them accordingly and treat them as people should be treated and no-one has to be loud.

He probably considers Hermoso and co. unlikeable too as they stood up against the powers that be. Something male athletes never have to do.
 

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Just as a guess -
  • anyone who campaigns for women’s equality,
  • Anyone who is gay or campaigns for LGBT rights
  • Anyone who challenges the paternal hierarchy of the game
  • Anyone with an opinion
  • Anyone with breasts or a vagina.

    Thats what I’m picking up from my interactions with that guy anyway.
Well said. Rapinoe can be abrasive and outspoken but she is an effective campaigner for social justice and a role model for women. Men and women of all persuasions appreciate what she has done.
 

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Just pointed out why the discrimination by white people towards non-whites is often seen in a different light as there is a lot of historical context behind it.

There are nuances in the social aspect of these issues, which are often ignored when people want to simplify a complex subject.

Racism was founded on and is strongly connected with white people being discriminatory from a position of power. A position many non-white ethnic groups struggle to even get to. So the dynamic is different.
Yeah, I appreciate that. However, there is no caveat in law that says it could or should be treated differently should the victim to be white. And, I would argue that that is the correct way to approach it.

The allegation is that she used a racist term against a cop when she was pissed and my understanding of it is that she was acting like a knob. She should be dealt with accordingly and I’m fairly certain that she’ll be in trouble if any of it is true.

The exact term that was used should be irrelevant.
 

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Yeah, I appreciate that. However, there is no caveat in law that says it could or should be treated differently should the victim to be white. And, I would argue that that is the correct way to approach it.

The allegation is that she used a racist term against a cop when she was pissed and my understanding of it is that she was acting like a knob. She should be dealt with accordingly and I’m fairly certain that she’ll be in trouble if any of it is true.

The exact term that was used should be irrelevant.
No you're right, the laws have to pretty black and white (no pun intended). Just personally more interested on the social aspect around it all.

One last thing I'll say is that in this type of a situation if a white person said it to a black person, it would be from a position of power/privilege and meant to push that black person down because of their skin colour. Obviously Kerr didn't use that phrase in a positive sense in this situation, but I still don't perceive the dynamic the same.
 

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One last thing I'll say is that in this type of a situation if a white person said it to a black person, it would be from a position of power/privilege and meant to push that black person down because of their skin colour. Obviously Kerr didn't use that phrase in a positive sense in this situation, but I still don't perceive the dynamic the same.
This is something that makes zero sense to me. You don't automatically have power/privilege over all black people because you are white. Its such a bizarre concept that every white person has some intrinsic privilege that is greater than every black person. I would suggest that as a black person in the UK right now there are a lot of people you have far more power over than plenty of white people. It can 100% go both ways and a millionaire footballer racially abusing a cabbie might fit that bill....
 

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No you're right, the laws have to pretty black and white (no pun intended). Just personally more interested on the social aspect around it all.

One last thing I'll say is that in this type of a situation if a white person said it to a black person, it would be from a position of power/privilege and meant to push that black person down because of their skin colour. Obviously Kerr didn't use that phrase in a positive sense in this situation, but I still don't perceive the dynamic the same.
Power dynamic and privilege aren’t static. A white person isnt always in a powerful position and a black pwrson isn’t always in a weak one.
 

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This is something that makes zero sense to me. You don't automatically have power/privilege over all black people because you are white. Its such a bizarre concept that every white person has some intrinsic privilege that is greater than every black person. I would suggest that as a black person in the UK right now there are a lot of people you have far more power over than plenty of white people. It can 100% go both ways and a millionaire footballer racially abusing a cabbie might fit that bill....
Of course not every single white person have more power/privilege than every non-white person. But that dynamic is very strongly rooted in the system and structures of the culture. Which obviously has influence on how individuals are treated.

You can suggest that but at the same time you can have a look at the parliament, big business boardrooms etc. and witness the fact that vast majority of people that are in positions of power are middle-aged white men.
 

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Probably should have read the article.

Again, I think you’re right about time and money etc. but if this is a white footballer racially abusing a non-white officer, the country goes mental and rightly so.
I’m not sure the country would go mental over it due to the bolded.
 

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Power dynamic and privilege aren’t static. A white person isnt always in a powerful position and a black pwrson isn’t always in a weak one.
Of course not. But when the dynamic has been the same for hundreds of years, it takes a long time to change.

And yes, of course when it comes to individual people, the dynamics vary.

Doesn’t change the fact that the structures when it comes to say recruitment, housing etc. are very much in line with the same dynamic I’m talking about.
 

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It reminds me of some of the conversations I’ve had in the last where someone said “you can’t be racist against white people”. Surely that’s just clearly nonsense. If you treat any person different regardless of their race/colour etc you are a scummy human. These factors are protected under the Equality Act for a reason.
 

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Basically if you use someones skin color as part of an insult you are a racist.
 

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No you're right, the laws have to pretty black and white (no pun intended). Just personally more interested on the social aspect around it all.

One last thing I'll say is that in this type of a situation if a white person said it to a black person, it would be from a position of power/privilege and meant to push that black person down because of their skin colour. Obviously Kerr didn't use that phrase in a positive sense in this situation, but I still don't perceive the dynamic the same.
Again, I get what you mean but I think it’s too simplistic to say that every time it is white person to other minority is from a position of power. I’ve seen plenty of white people who have pissed themselves being racially abusive. That is purely a lack of education/upbringing. Albeit, I know that the position of power for white people is what started this shit
 

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Other domestic violence cases? I mean, I'm not familiar with Ms. Solo's case but aren't these types of charges often dropped because the victim goes back to the offender making a conviction harder to achieve? And then suggest her struggles with alcohol and anger as some sort of mitigating circumstances and not wanting to label her seems a bit unequal.

But this thread isn't really about her so we should probably not carry this on too long.
 

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While you can, in my opinion, not call someone a stupid white etc, surely everyone can appreciate the fact that the slur holds less weight when being leveled at someone who's not a systemically discriminated minority?

Racism is racism, but not all racism is equally grave.

Having said that, Kerr sounds like an arsehole.