Quoting for posterity.Tropical_Brews said:Bloody footballers what a pillock and a precious prick. Bet he is crying all the way to the bank. If he has such a thin skin he is in the wrong game. Guess he needs some fried chicken. Must have been a slow day in the newsroom to get one small remark to rise so much attention.
I...urgh...really? You think she was (conditioned to be) making a passing observation on his physical likeness and nothing else? Really?Cocko said:She has called and apologised to him. In her defence, not a racial thing, purely facial structure - he is a little 'Apey'
Dude.Tropical_Brews said:Bloody footballers what a pillock and a precious prick. Bet he is crying all the way to the bank. If he has such a thin skin he is in the wrong game. Guess he needs some fried chicken. Must have been a slow day in the newsroom to get one small remark to rise so much attention.
No, I do not. But that is precisely the point.Tropical_Brews said:If he was white and she called him an 'ape' do you think you would get the same reaction.
No, not at all.. my point was from my own observation...bum said:I...urgh...really? You think she was (conditioned to be) making a passing observation on his physical likeness and nothing else? Really?
I strongly suspect all of this is true (at least to some extent) but at what point does this overheard and repeated bullshit become a deeply held conviction? I'm not interested in painting this child as a monster but we (as a society) need to consider the broader effects of defending her.Cocko said:Regardless, it has progressed to the current situation that she has admitted, be it her own truth or media driven, that she siad it was without racial vilification.
I can not believe a 13 yo could girl could make such a simple comment and mean it to be as deeply racial as it is being played as.
I dunno - which is to say that I have no idea what the negative connotation is there.Cocko said:I have a friend of Swedish decent who I call silver, because he looks like.... due to the fact that should be colour of his back, is that racist?
That makes no sense, given the context of the event.Tropical_Brews said:If he was white and she called him an 'ape' do you think you would get the same reaction.
Is that you, Sergio Garcia?Tropical_Brews said:Bloody footballers what a pillock and a precious prick. Bet he is crying all the way to the bank. If he has such a thin skin he is in the wrong game. Guess he needs some fried chicken. Must have been a slow day in the newsroom to get one small remark to rise so much attention.
manticle said:Context:
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/eddie-mcguire-apologises-to-adam-goodes-after-a-magpie-fan-racially-vilified-the-sydney-champion/story-fndv8ujy-1226650256245
Rowy - look up Prussian blue (folk band) if you really want to shock yourself on ingrained racism in children.
I've always had the hope that they'll hit puberty and rebel hardcore (possibly by doing interracial hardcore)
Single most offensive thing I've seen on this forum. This exactly why the incident is an issue, because people like you exist.Tropical_Brews said:Guess he needs some fried chicken.
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