Keep Racism Out Of Sport, Don't Use The 'f' Word?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2911197/The-new-F-word-FA-slaps-goalkeeper-eight-match-ban-calling-Polish-referee-foreign.html

The referee is a Polish national, er, Foreign maybe?

[joggerjayne]

He was "told to attend an anti-racism course" !!

I'll be interested to see how the word "foreign" refers to a particular race.

[bazwillrun]

"told to attend an anti-racism course"

a brainwashing course....if you can be bothered go online and search out the absolute garbage that they try and drill into the minds of the people on the courses....
it really is brainwashing in the truest sense of the word

[Svejk]

That's a relief. For a minute I thought he called him fat.

[jim360]

Well Foreigning heck.

[ichkeria]

I'm not sure it warrants an 8-match ban, but the problem seems to be:

"the 27-year-old said he was overheard commenting that it was unlikely the referee would change his mind and that he was foreign."

and not "Polish people are foreign"
A bit of a difference.

[anotheoldgit]

ichkeria

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I'm not sure it warrants an 8-match ban, but the problem seems to be:

"the 27-year-old said he was overheard commenting that it was unlikely the referee would change his mind and that he was foreign."

and not "Polish people are foreign"
A bit of a difference. ///

/// and not "Polish people are foreign"
A bit of a difference. ///

Er let me try and get my head around what you put????????????

"the 27-year-old said he was overheard commenting that it was unlikely the referee would change his mind and that "Polish people are foreign"

Not a bit of a difference a lot of difference so much so that it doesn't make sense.

[ichkeria]

Don't understand you AOG: (you appear to have altered the quote).
Are you saying there's no difference or a lot of difference? If the latter then I agree :-)

[jim360]

Remarking that "Polish people are foreign"on its own is a bit of a strange thing to remark, but essentially harmless. The goalkeeper in question is evidently trying to draw a link between his being foreign and his getting the decision wrong and/ or, refusing to change it. There is no justification for such a link.

[Answerprancer]

"racism"? I thought the Polish were the same race as us.

[Hypognosis]

@Answerprancer,

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"racism"? I thought the Polish were the same race as us.
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So did I. Likewise, I'm from England but went to school in Wales, so was always teased when England got beaten at rugby*, which I resented but this was in the age when there was no 'card' to play. I just had to 'suck it up' (we didn't have that phrase in the UK lexicon at the time, either. A 90's Americanism, I suspect).


*That ages me, rugby results-wise. Ha ha.

[Svejk]

wouldn't make you that ancient, Hypo. We slaughtered England in 2011, 2012, 2013(30-3, lol) ;o)