That Tweet!

Kick it out need a sense of reality, going after incidents like this will not do there cause any good at all. What is the next step all white players to have white shoe laces and others have black ones??? It is all nonsense Bernado Silva is a wonderful character at City, from what I have observed always polite and his best friend is Mendy….who teases him all the time

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Sean, I do think because of the history of black stereotyping in culture and its use in marketing like the conguitos mascot, that we should refrain from using images like Silva did. I believe there was no malice or racism intended from Silva, but totally understand how many people are offended by it.

For me where society, and organisations like Kick it out fail here, is in our reaction. We are too quick to label people as racist and attaching intentions to things people say on a whim or in jest without really thinking. All Silva needs is a little historical information about that image and an explanation as to why it is offensive, he doesnt deserve to be demonised as a racist or banned from playing any games, neither does Pep deserve any reprimand for standing up for the character of a player and a human being he knows very well.

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So this is potentially a 6 game ban yet when a crowd makes nasty racist chants nothing is done or at best a tiny fine. Ridiculous.

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Guys, I haven’t read the article and I’m only here to give my opinion on the matter in general. To be clear, I’m staunchly against racial discrimination but I’m honestly disillusioned with how society has attained this convoluted idea of what racism actually is.

There are too many situations now where I will say an issue of racial sensitivity than actual racism and this is one such situation.

We need to take a step back from the fear and judgmental side of society and get back on track with regards to cutting out actual racism.

As a generally liberal person politically, I’m so fed up of idiots ruining my beliefs for me, if that makes sense to you lads…

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This isn’t the first time that John Barnes has stood up for people in this situation but the fact remains… do we need to hear a black man say the words “thats not racist” before we make up our minds?

There is racism and then there is counter-racism. There are masculine views and there are feminist views. There are always extreme opinions and counter opinions but what we really have to take on board, instead of filling our heads with constant balancing acts is that BIAS is the fundamental problem. You can’t beat bias, with bias.

we need to understand that we can not be without bias, no matter how hard we try. Bias represents purpose and to go against it is to push in another direction, creating new bias. We just need to ease off a bit and accept. I know that if/when I get old, I’ll be a little bit sad about this because in my time on this planet, I know that as we’ve developed technologically, we’ve not developed socially. I say this as someone who is kinda obsessed with tech. There must be so many horrified people out there.

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Another example of PC gone mad. It won’t be long before wishing someone Good Morning will be considered racist. It’s only a matter of time before some idiot takes offence at ‘White Christmas’

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Ya, I was kinda drunk when I wrote that so I got a bit lost haha but I still meant what I said about bias. What I didnt flesh out more was that we shouldn’t need a black person to stand up and say “hang on lads, thats actually not racism” before we re-adjust or position on it.

We’ve got to think critically about things instead of condemning people in an emotional response.

Oracle, you’re right. This PC crap is nuts. I say this as a generally liberal person politically… but these oversensitive virtue signalling tossers are harmful to society. They think they are the cure but they are clueless, whinny babies.

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Sean, Makaveli. This virtual signalling can only do the cause they claim to support damage. We all know there are genuine issues regarding racism but PC and faux outrages does not help. Prince Harry Hewitt suing every newspaper going because his 3rd rate actress wife tells him to can only end in tears.

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Thank you steveOsnakeOil, we need more real Gooners but not El Stupido, his banal posts annoy me.

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