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sussexpob wrote:I also wont take any racial crusading from a think tank who does not identify differences in ethnicity along the lines of anything but skin colour. This is not about "ethnical" differences or fairness, this is about black and white, and the quite frankly horrible net opinion of the above is that white people are all the same, whether or not they are Chilean or Italian, or born in London. Didn't think we spoke the same language, had the same culture, but there you go.... same skin colour, the same.

I mean lets just go back a few steps. At the moment "racism" in popular English culture is dominated by right wing leaning political parties who are crusading to limit European migration to the country, and limiting how many jobs are given to these people. So I cant see why barriers to employment for a white Italian are any different from a black Englishman, if anything the current soco-political climate dictates that the opposite would occur.

At the end of the day:-

1. Positive discrimination is simply racism under another banner and is not meritocracy. I would not be happy to find that I person in the same interview room was there by the colour of their skin, and not by anything else.

2. Before an action is warranted, proof of a problem needs to exist.... not just buzzword *modded* that has no evidence.

3. Certain people in the press should be held accountable for group several ethnical backgrounds as "whites", because I find this very offensive.

Now we have some think tank (more like sounding off) saying 1 in 5 coaches across the football league should be of a BME background by 2020, in other words employing an additional 90 in the space of five years.

mikesiva wrote:This is why I prefer the American response - they banned Donald Sterling for his comments. Zero tolerance....

'Wigan owner Dave Whelan has been accused of anti-Semitism over comments he made to a national newspaper. It comes the same day a sponsor ended its agreement with the club over the appointment of Malky Mackay as manager. The Football Association is looking into allegations Mackay sent offensive text messages while Cardiff manager. Attempting to defend the Scot in an interview with the Guardian, Whelan reportedly said: "Jewish people chase money more than everybody else." His comments were described as "offensive" by West Ham co-chairman David Gold.'

GG - Amir Sohail wrote:What's negative about chasing money? Whelan said 'the Jews don't like losing money, nobody likes losing money' and 'I think they (the Jews) are very shrewd people.' Sure, it isn't a PC thing to say, but is it really anti-semitic or just stereotypical?

GG - Amir Sohail wrote:What's negative about chasing money? Whelan said 'the Jews don't like losing money, nobody likes losing money' and 'I think they (the Jews) are very shrewd people.' Sure, it isn't a PC thing to say, but is it really anti-semitic or just stereotypical?

mikesiva wrote:
If I needed a reason to cheer for any team that plays against Wigan, I now have it....

This is why I prefer the American response - they banned Donald Sterling for his comments. Zero tolerance....

cricketfan90 wrote:this is all starting to get out of control...soon people aren't going to be able to say anything at all, without fearing that they are going to be deemed racist..

cricketfan90 wrote:lol Essex girls have a bad reputation due to a few silly people..

rich1uk wrote:

cricketfan90 wrote:lol Essex girls have a bad reputation due to a few silly people..

what about Essex boys ?