Completely agree that how people react to racism (or any type of treatment, for that matter) is completely subjective and depends on the individual. But just because some people won't be offended, it doesn't mean it isn't racist. It's just weird that some people seem to be completely accepting of a specific type of racism. That if I wanted to racially abuse a white woman, I could. But if she gave me the same treatment back (as an Asian woman), she'd be in the wrong.
Exactly - You just don't go up to randoms and say this kind of stuff, people take this stuff in different ways.
Back when I was in uni, I had 4 housemates (5 guys) - So we had myself (South Asian descent), a white South African-Australian, An Asian-Australian (Vietnamese), A half-lebanese Australian, and a gay Australian with a bit of indigenous roots in our household. Given the kind of diversity we had there and because we eventually became good friends, you can bet the gloves came off when it came to racist/homophobic remarks in our household. It was fine between us because we'd just give out as much as we'd take and it was kind of our way of making fun of the stereotypes that existed in Australia, you'd see a tonne of this stuff if you watched a few Superwog videos for example.
What we said to each other was way worse than what Sam Kerr allegedly said, and none of us would be allowed anywhere near our workplaces if our eventual employers heard some of the stuff we said
But all of that was between us and never once said with actual malicious intent. We definitely wouldn't go around saying that stuff to random people who didn't know us - As an advocate for awareness around racism in football, Sam (if she's said what she said) should know better here, and is rightly being scrutinised for her behaviour.