Bernado Silva "Racist" (1 Viewer)
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CanadianCCFC
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They obviously didn’t bother to actually show the tweet
SBAndy
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I’d side with this. Whilst probably not being intentionally racist (and it seemed to be received well by Mendy) why on earth would you put it in the public domain? Madness.
CanadianCCFC
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Mendy responded positively to it, but the problem is he has millions of other followers who don’t know him personally who might disagree.
Nick
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Not really because they do look alike.
ccfc92
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If the same tweet was aimed at two black/asian players, would it be racist?
Nick
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NorthernWisdom
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Like not sharing a joke that would be close to the bone for some, with the whole planet. That kind of common sense really!
ajsccfc
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Please tell me you're just playing devil's advocate
ccfc92
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No, genuinely curious.
As mentioned above, if a white person said the same as Raheem's tweet to two black or two Asian players, would it be considered a joke?
I personally suspect not, just curious to hear other's thoughts on it.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I thought it was an interesting thought. Just because two people of a different ethnicity genuinely look alike doesn't make it racist to highlight that point. We've pointed out in the past how alike Westbrooke and Bayliss looked. If one of the posters on here who's black joins in does it become racist? No, it doesn't.
My neighbour has two kids and I'm still not sure which is which and they don't even look remotely alike. As they're the same ethnicity as me it isn't racist, but if they were would I be accused of it? We see from time to time people using the wrong picture for a celebrity and it being an assumption of racism. If the person finding the picture is unfamiliar with said person it can happen and is a genuine case of mistaken identity. Loads of occasions where white people have been misidentified as well.
ccfc92
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Some good points put forward there Dreamer. I thought of this, when you said the part I've highlighted :
Magazine publishes wrong image of black model
stupot07
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Absolutely not. He's a teammate and they look a bit like, and probably an inside joke in the changing room.
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NorthernWisdom
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tbf I'd think the main issue he disseminated it to the world. Private jokes, everybody works out their own boundaries with their friends (or they soon become not-friends!) but it's pretty stupid to not be aware of what you're doing when you've got such a massive audience.
Not racist, stupid.
tisza
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i'll take that. People can get careless with social media and often "forget" it's a public forum.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Does this mean Nick will have to take action against hill83 cos he liked my Milkybar song for Joe Newton :emoji_thinking:
#hateracismlovemilkybars
#hateracismlovemilkybars
Terry Gibson's perm
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A larger punishment than teams whose fans make racist chants.
tisza
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Because UEFA don't give a sh*t. Don't have to answer to the press etc. Incidents in Italian football seem to happen on a weekly basis.
Evo1883
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Why punish him?
Because it's between mates and they clearly have a mutual understanding of each others barriers they should just be pulled up and told to keep it between themselves and keep that kind of behaviour off social media... End of story...why does everybody have to be harshly punished ? Warning are still OK in 2019 aren't they
Because it's between mates and they clearly have a mutual understanding of each others barriers they should just be pulled up and told to keep it between themselves and keep that kind of behaviour off social media... End of story...why does everybody have to be harshly punished ? Warning are still OK in 2019 aren't they
