Is Football Racist ?

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On BBC3 now ,,, presented by Clark Carlisle. Should be an interesting watch. Sorry mods if this is deemed a sh1t topic or not worthy of it's own thread but I forsee a bit of grown up ( tee hee hee ) discussion here after the programme.
 

In answer to the question, in the UK, no.

Do supporters chant unpleasant things about other clubs? Yes. Boo Hoo. Show me ONE club who do not, or have not, chanted stuff that is not nice, and I will show you a hypocrite.

Got John Barnes on now saying he didnt succeed as a manager because he was black. Bo**ocks. He didnt succeed as a manager because he was cr*p.

Ian Wright moaned about the same thing; not getting job offers and the like. Turned out he hasnt bothered to to get the badges, so your problem mate. Absolute nothing to do with your colour.

Look hard enough for a "problem", and you will find it.
 

Hmmmmm.... whilst I do agree with most of Clark Carlisle's findings, and as bad as this may sound, that was a very 1 sided documentary. Obviously a problem does still exist ,, but as was also shown it is a relatively small problem ( mainly idiots who don't know any better,,, also even a small problem is too big )... John Barnes really annoyed me..... that's what I call playing the race card.... he never got offered a job as he is widely regarded as a failure as a manager, not for the colour of his skin.
 
roydo said:
In answer to the question, in the UK, no.

Do supporters chant unpleasant things about other clubs? Yes. Boo Hoo. Show me ONE club who do not, or have not, chanted stuff that is not nice, and I will show you a hypocrite.

Got John Barnes on now saying he didnt succeed as a manager because he was black. Bo**ocks. He didnt succeed as a manager because he was cr*p.

Ian Wright moaned about the same thing; not getting job offers and the like. Turned out he hasnt bothered to to get the badges, so your problem mate. Absolute nothing to do with your colour.

Look hard enough for a "problem", and you will find it.
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IMO racism is controlled hidden just under the surface, it's certainly better than it was a few decades ago but scratch the surface and it's there.

The lack of black coaches (worldwide actually) is a bit of a mystery but then again the amount of Jocks who have become coaches is even stranger.
 
The bit where she said commentators were anti-african players annoyed me.
Remember them arselicking Ghana anyone?
 
I can't stand her as a comedian anyway... her whole act is based on race and culture.... huge chip on her shoulder.
 

Id say white people are pretty racist in general, not just in footy.

Is calling an Islander a 'Coconut' Racist?
 
Didn't even watch it coz the adverts and title made me cringe so much. Its getting ridiculous now. And Azzuri, as usual, has hit it nail on head.
 
Also the lad who had captained his county side..... that was bollox too. Not trying to big myself up but I captained every side I played for, local teams, Anglesey selct teams, North Wales teams and 2 games for wales 14's..... i got offered 2 trials at clubs ,,, mike smith ( ex wales ) and chris evans ( ex arsenal, wolves and Bolton assistant manager ) were my managers ... I never got a sniff of a football career so to blame that on skin colour or religion is ludicrous... if you are good enough you get the breaks.
 

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