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also not wanting to drag this little part of the forum into racist definition waters but I can see where you're coming from and disagree with you.
Which is why in my answer to mike I did say simply put, you can't overturn centuries of slavery and discrimination because some black guys made off colour (no pun intended) remarks about your height and colour in relation to your sporting prowess, as outside of that sports arena, they were still going to be given short shrift and you weren't. If they were in control of all of your avenues of expression and chances to progress both socially and career wise and gave you shit for your height and your skin tone then you're into racist territory. In my opinion.
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Sorry Corny, I didn't see where in your answer to Mike you mentioned years of slavery.
I understand your opinion about wanting to adhere to the definition of slavery, but that definition could be seen as outdated in this era. How would you define verbally abusing someone who is white and using their skin tone as an identifying criteria to your name calling?
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From CPS guidance.
"Any incident/crime which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person's race or perceived race"
So anyone abusing anyone else whether they are the same colour or not based on colour is racism. Now can we all move on?
roboto
Ramsaye
Without wanting this thread to descend into a massive to and fro about what is and isn't racist again, I think that if you call someone a cunt/fucker/bastard/etc. then you are looking down on them as inferior to you, regardless of ethnicity. You are putting them down verbally.
If you combine that with his role as a patron for Kick It Out and it makes it all worse. He should be leading by example, and even if he's downed a couple of shandys beforehand, should be able to conduct himself in a better manner.
It is possible for black people to be racist to white people in the UK. When I was growing up I played basketball through school and (although my height, which is on average with the other Derby contingent on here, was always going to hold me back in the long run) I tried out for some UK teams with junior academies and was subjected to plenty of name calling and verbal abuse revolving around my skin colour and physical characteristics. Plus I wasn't as great as I thought I was. So yeah, it's possible to be racially abused, even by the dictionary definition, as a white person here in this country and society.