everybody is racist, it is human nature and footballers are human. everybody has laughed at irish or scottish jokes and thus are racist. However there are different levels of racism. to hate someone for the colour of thier skin, is just plan dumb and ignorant- but you can not change human nature
sugar. Meant to watch that. enjoyed the are th epolice racist by that adam guy. was closer to the truth than anything macpherson did as for football being racist. yes it is. Its the epitome of 'nationalism' 'localism' etc.
Depends on your definition of the word racism - for me, to consider someone a racist you genuinely have to feel negative prejudice for somebody of a different skin colour/ethnic background. I don't think laughing at an Irish joke makes you racist - I make Irish jokes to Conman here all the time, he loves it.
I don't agree with that. Racism is intrinsically hateful and derogatory. If you genuinely consider all races to be equal and just as good as yours, then you're not a racist.
That's because I don't think for one second that it has malice behind it....I hope there isn't anyway When it starts becoming stronger and more personal, that's when it becomes abusive.
I don't - I think the Chinese are smarter than whities. Guess I'm racist against whities. I don't know, I was very offensive about Guinness...
I don't take that as a personal insult though. When you start calling us mud-drinkers, that's when it's insulting. English real ale tastes like piss by the way.
I dont agree with Racism at all! however... a WHITE person could make a racial remark to a BLACK individual = PUNISHMENT - a BLACK person could make a racial remark to a WHITE individual = IGNORED? I am not offended if someone makes a racial remark towards me being white/english but it seems its not consistent....
It's because of the history behind racism. If the slave trade was blacks dominating whites, then it would be the other way around and blacks would be being punished for their racist remarks. It's been embedded and instilled in the makings of society across the globe; whites are viewed as the oppressors still.
That is exactly why it's not consistent. As Jake says, there is a reason that black people might stand to be more offended by racist remarks. I personally can't imagine a situation where I would be particularly offended by a racist statement towards me, but I can definitely see why a black person, or a person of any minority race to be honest, could take a lot of offence. Feeling unwelcome as a minority in a country would probably be quite upsetting. White Brits in Britain aren't going to understand what that's like.
some say racism only applies to the minority, but if im walking through Brixton and someone calls me a snowflake then im sure it would not go to court.anyway im not white, im kinda pinky. the reason why noone gets upset with Irish jokes is because roughly 98 % of the worlds population has abit of Irish in them
Damn. Meant to watch that. I'll get it on iPlayer later. Did anyone listen to Radio 4 this evening, and the programme called Home Advantage..? That was fairly interesting, about the statistical fact that playing or competing at sport, at a home venue gives a competitor or team a huge and measurable advantage, and the factors that come into play to make it happen, despite oodles of professional training to overcome the advantage.
Which is surely wrong? If racism is racism, as a certain Jermaine Jenas said, surely if a black or even Asian said a racist comment to a white person, then it should be treated the same? I wouldn't take any offence to being subject to a racist remark, but even so that shouldn't mean it is less serious. Equal rights springs to mind, that's something so widely talked about..
Of course that makes it less serious! Surely it's fair that the more harm you do, the worse the punishment?
There are times when it plays against the home side - for example Forest away last season, they were down in the dumps and their fans got on their players' backs so easily, moaning at anything slightly wrong. As soon as we were one-up we had it in the bag.
