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November 10, 2020, 9:40pm |
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I don’t agree. I do think sometimes too much is placed on what is said rather than what is meant, but in the current climate especially his position was completely untenable.
No it wasn't. The poor bloke loses his career over calling a black player (am I allowed to say that?) coloured? What a load of absolute crap. He also mentioned something about asian people being under represented as they tend to make different career choices (true), and mentioned female goalkeeping isn't of the highest standard (it's crap, anyone can see this) because in general girls don't like the ball being whacked at their head at 100mph (very true I suspect). I'm sick of this world, it's pathetic. Sky Sports News who are a bunch of virtue signalling arseholes nowadays called black players BAME (a new term, load of shite). The bloke meant no offence at all, even if he had used the wrong word, an apology would surely have sufficed.
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November 10, 2020, 9:41pm |
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Who decides what are the correct words anyway - and who gives them the right to decide ?
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promotion plaice |
November 10, 2020, 10:12pm |
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I haven't got a racist bone in my body but I think this taking the knee thing has run it's course now, fair play to them for doing it though..
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arryarryarry |
November 10, 2020, 10:25pm |
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It might be my eyes, they aren't the best, but from where I am standing most so called black people are actually brown
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aldi_01 |
November 10, 2020, 10:41pm |
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Shows once again how out of touch and arrogant people like him can be.
One of the country’s most famous and recognisable organisations, under scrutiny and he clearly took zero advice from communications experts or did but chose to ignore it.
He can argue his comments link to Americanisms and so forth but his other comments were arguably more offensive and out of touch.
Whether people like it or not, if you make those comments regardless of mistake, ignorance or whatever, you will face a consequence which is entirely understandable. He knew that yet still said those things...
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Knut Anders Fosters Voles |
November 10, 2020, 11:11pm |
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Organisations like the FA and BBC will have access to every available diversity training course.
Clarke had either not attended the courses or not been paying attention.
He’s not your average 62 year old who has just been ambushed on Freeman St by a journalist. He is supposed to represent a diverse association with a long standing image problem with regard to ethnicity, gender and inclusion.
You might not like it. You might not agree with it. But just for his stupidity, arrogance and naivety he had to resign.
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KingstonMariner |
November 11, 2020, 1:00am |
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Quite apart from the fact his remarks were offensive*, it shows he just doesn’t care enough about people to have made the effort to change. He’ll have had plenty of opportunities to learn by now being in such a high profile role. If he doesn’t have enough care in these matters, he won’t have a care for what anyone else thinks (including all of us and our interests in the game). Sloppy. Just sloppy.
* if you don’t think “coloured” is offensive, then do people who are not “coloured” have transparent skin FFS?
As for questions like “when was it decided that ‘coloured’ was not an acceptable term to use for black people?” Well I became aware it wasn’t in the 1970s (in Cleethorpes), so people have had plenty of time to get used to the idea.
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Boris Johnson |
November 11, 2020, 3:23am |
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Not bothered what he said, glad he's gone though. excrement at his job.
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Gaffer58 |
November 11, 2020, 8:01am |
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Did anyone else notice that when the referee whistled to begin the game between Everton and Man U at the weekend as 21 players took the knee Antony Martial of Man U had forgotten what the “ correct” procedure is and raced into the Everton half to begin the attack, he must have gone about 10 yards before he realised his mistake,quickly ran back to his starting position and took the knee, looking very sheepish. No comment made by the commentators, but just imagine if that had been a “white” player, he would have been castigated.
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golfer |
November 11, 2020, 8:07am |
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It might be my eyes, they aren't the best, but from where I am standing most so called black people are actually brown
That is disgustingly racist and you should be flogged until Town score a goal from open play. Shame on you
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