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My issue with tribal football rivalries is that so many fans have no idea where to draw the line. a Lot of Spurs fans have taken the allegations of racist chants etc against Rudiger as an accusation that Spurs is a racist club and all Spurs fans are racist. A similar reaction from a lot of fans from every club as if it was too difficult to work through what is actually happening.
I'm no fan of Adrian Durham and even less so when he accused the West Brom board (or whoever was responsible for sacking Darren Moore. Nobody actually knows and Durham could never actually give any evidence that he knew either) of unconscious racism. A lot of Albion fans felt that he was saying west brom was a racist club and felt so upset they used the fact that we had Regis and Cunningham etc as evidence to the contrary. Before you know where you are there's a play ground level slanging match which completely misses the point. Your views on Racism should far outweigh your love for your club. I hope we can promote sensible debate and stand against racism without worrying whether or not we feel that certain fans are accusing our clubs and their fan bases as racist.