Noelie 103 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 40 minutes ago, ewerk said: I don't think he's necessarily racist, just thick as fuck. I agree with that. Sometimes a person will make a remark that in no way they think it is racist, but there is always someone who will construe it as being racist. Two children playing together mischievously , one white, one black. Call the mischievous white child "a little monkey" and there is nothing wrong. Call the mischievous black child "a little monkey" RACIST?? But how about if you said "you little monkeys" parceling them together?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 18050 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bar. What a fine example of an integrated community. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 5433 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 A grown white man, calling a teenage black man a monkey is racist. Whichever way you spin it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 39291 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 You can’t even fly the flag of St. George in England these days. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 My daughter has a touch of social anxiety to this day, which can be totally attributed to an incident when a girl in her school labelled her racist in front of the whole class (made a major drama out of it) because she innocently said in the library when they were reading that a girl in a book looked like the girl. Queue the “you are racist, don’t you know it’s racist to say all black people look the same” comment and telling the teacher and whole class stopping and dealing with it. She was only 11. A completely innocent comment led to one huge drama with teachers involved, with us having to go to the school to sort it out and stuff. The teachers didn’t deal with it very well either, swayed more in the favour of the girl. She now can’t handle being the point of attention, things like reading out loud in class etc or if there’s any situation where all eyes could be on her, she freaks out. Even years later. Was never like that before. Its not right what Beardsley said to a black guy. That’s an obvious racist remark. But Noelle has a good point that there are times when people can innocently say something and it’s construed as racist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2869 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Rayvin said: Good player in his day but apparently a fucking moron. I don’t want to detract from your central point that Beardsley may be a thick as fuck racist but I have to take issue with this. He wasn’t “a good player in his day”, he was absolutely fucking magic as a player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 7485 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 8 months? Is that all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 39291 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 7 hours ago, zerosum said: My daughter has a touch of social anxiety to this day, which can be totally attributed to an incident when a girl in her school labelled her racist in front of the whole class (made a major drama out of it) because she innocently said in the library when they were reading that a girl in a book looked like the girl. Queue the “you are racist, don’t you know it’s racist to say all black people look the same” comment and telling the teacher and whole class stopping and dealing with it. She was only 11. A completely innocent comment led to one huge drama with teachers involved, with us having to go to the school to sort it out and stuff. The teachers didn’t deal with it very well either, swayed more in the favour of the girl. She now can’t handle being the point of attention, things like reading out loud in class etc or if there’s any situation where all eyes could be on her, she freaks out. Even years later. Was never like that before. Its not right what Beardsley said to a black guy. That’s an obvious racist remark. But Noelle has a good point that there are times when people can innocently say something and it’s construed as racist. It's a bit like the furore over this kid in the hoody. It probably wasn't the best idea in current times but no company goes out of their way to be racist/insensitive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8367 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 7 hours ago, zerosum said: My daughter has a touch of social anxiety to this day, which can be totally attributed to an incident when a girl in her school labelled her racist in front of the whole class (made a major drama out of it) because she innocently said in the library when they were reading that a girl in a book looked like the girl. Queue the “you are racist, don’t you know it’s racist to say all black people look the same” comment and telling the teacher and whole class stopping and dealing with it. She was only 11. A completely innocent comment led to one huge drama with teachers involved, with us having to go to the school to sort it out and stuff. The teachers didn’t deal with it very well either, swayed more in the favour of the girl. She now can’t handle being the point of attention, things like reading out loud in class etc or if there’s any situation where all eyes could be on her, she freaks out. Even years later. Was never like that before. Its not right what Beardsley said to a black guy. That’s an obvious racist remark. But Noelle has a good point that there are times when people can innocently say something and it’s construed as racist. I had a similar experience although not over racism. Huge drama about nothing and no intent to do harm on my side. Took a lot of counselling to work through it. Sorry to hear what happened to your daughter, it's not right. The other kid I kind of understand but the teachers should handle it a lot better than they did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8367 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Kitman said: I don’t want to detract from your central point that Beardsley may be a thick as fuck racist but I have to take issue with this. He wasn’t “a good player in his day”, he was absolutely fucking magic as a player. Aye, my bad - magic player indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 11896 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 20 hours ago, ewerk said: You can’t even fly the flag of St. George in England these days. Or flog black people... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 39291 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 PC gawn maad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 8 hours ago, Rayvin said: I had a similar experience although not over racism. Huge drama about nothing and no intent to do harm on my side. Took a lot of counselling to work through it. Sorry to hear what happened to your daughter, it's not right. The other kid I kind of understand but the teachers should handle it a lot better than they did. Cheers. She’s ok in general, but had a couple of therapist sessions. Just divvent look at her lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42163 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 On 20/09/2019 at 08:10, Rayvin said: I had a similar experience although not over racism. Huge drama about nothing and no intent to do harm on my side. Took a lot of counselling to work through it. Sorry to hear what happened to your daughter, it's not right. The other kid I kind of understand but the teachers should handle it a lot better than they did. It was anti-semitism rather than racism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8367 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, Alex said: It was anti-semitism rather than racism? No, wasn't an identity based issue - I don't think my 5 year old self had realised that 'people can be divided based on petty bullshit like skin colour and religion' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50776 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Nice little quiz here- I got 18/20. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49761310 Naming British players who’ve scored 20+ goals in a season in the Premier League. ( hint- you won’t find this in the brochure of a certain “ fans favourite” ). Edit; @Alex already posted this in Wor Micky’s thread. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToony 41 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 It's game day and not a match thread to be found anywhere. I can't do it because I hurt my wrist picking some pumpkin squash yesterday afternoon. Fucking Fat Cockney Bastard!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Watford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 18050 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Well at least we won't go bottom of the table this weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I just noticed Sterling isn’t even playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 43974 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I had 6-1 for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToony 41 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 So we're getting more news from Britain these days. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson? And what is with that hairdo?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rayvin 8367 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 That is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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