Were any of you

[sledger]

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking racism against white people is qualitatively the same as that experienced by those of other races though...

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking racism against white people is qualitatively the same as that experienced by those of other races though...

I'm not, it just seems many on social media are making out it is the same. Social media isn't a good thing to rely on though as if you believe what you see on there Labour were going to have a landslide victory in December.

 

[Flem274*]

i grew up in rural nz, draw your own conclusions

 

[Gnske]

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking racism against white people is qualitatively the same as that experienced by those of other races though...

watson said the same thing about that about the Poles

Only time I saw him deny chambers existed.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I was unaware of racism growing up. I did laugh watching Love Thy Neighbour though.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I was unaware of racism growing up. I did laugh watching Love Thy Neighbour though.

I was unaware of it until I went to watch Shrewsbury away at Leeds and the Leeds fans were making monkey noises at our young winger. The thing that shocked me most was they had Noel Blake as their main defender and he was black and built like the proverbial but was a hero. How must he have felt when mass parts of his own fans were doing that to an opposition player but loved him?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I was unaware of it until I went to watch Shrewsbury away at Leeds and the Leeds fans were making monkey noises at our young winger. The thing that shocked me most was they had Noel Blake as their main defender and he was black and built like the proverbial but was a hero. How must he have felt when mass parts of his own fans were doing that to an opposition player but loved him?

I don’t think the majority of fans were racist in the true sense of the word. It was just something to beat an opposition player over the head with. That doesn’t excuse it, but I don’t think it was a hatred of black people except for the odd few.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I don’t think the majority of fans were racist in the true sense of the word. It was just something to beat an opposition player over the head with. That doesn’t excuse it, but I don’t think it was a hatred of black people except for the odd few.

The only good thing is that incidents of racism at football happen far less nowadays and when they do everyone condemns them. When I was a kid it seemed like it was acceptable at some clubs and almost a badge of honour. Thank god we have mainly moved on in sport if not in general society.

For the record my lot had a bunch of imbeciles that used to sing anti IRA songs on a regular basis and anti German songs too. I have no idea why but I am glad that is a thing of the past.

 

[trundler]

i grew up in rural nz, draw your own conclusions

What does you ****ing sheep have to do with the thread

 

[Uppercut]

At about 15 I was hanging out in the street with some people I didn't really know and one of them started shouting racist abuse at a house where an Asian man lived. He came to the window, looked out sadly, and closed the curtains. I didn't say anything, I just splintered off and asked some of the others what the **** was up with the racist guy. He became a literal Nazi not long after leaving school.

I don't think I felt afraid to say anything, though maybe I should have been. I was just too averse to confrontation, and my go-to way of dealing with people who behaved in a way I thought was unacceptable was to bad-mouth them when they weren't there. The main reason I regret it now is that it would have looked to the guy being abused like all of us agreed with the racist, like we were a part of it, and I guess you couldn't even say that we weren't.

 

[Flem274*]

What does you ****ing sheep have to do with the thread

m8 i didn't grow up in the south

i smash heifers