One of the problems is that people make a living out of it If you admit that a problem no longer exists then the need for the various paid bodies which exist to fight / cure the problem are no longer needed, so it is in their interests to claim that things are worse than they are.
I think the Clatternburg thing is awful - as I understand it, the 3 other officials are all 'miked up' so that they hear every word that the referee utters, therefore surely the FA should have spoken to those 3 immediately and either clear him straightaway or tell the world what he said and is guilty of and then set up a hearing date for sentence. What is even stranger is that the Chelsea player who is the 'victim' of the comment did not hear it, and as far as I know, Chelsea have not said who it was who supposedly heard the comment Dave On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:33 PM, dave walmsley <[email protected]>wrote: > I've not been to many matches in the last few years, most of my friends > are white and I live a middle-class life. > > However, I live in a city, have lived through times when it was blindingly > obvious that racism was a problem, and recent times when it seems to barely > exist. I am staggered about claims that racism is on the rise - either in > football or society in general. > > In fact, I just don't believe it. > > Obviously there are clear examples of racism. Certain areas like Burnley > (or Bradford) that are not well integrated. I hear racist things from older > people - often out of ignorance. But nowhere else. Not when I'm out, when > I'm at work, when my kids have friends round, when I'm shopping/on the > train/the bus etc....Isn't it just a 1950-1990 problem that's just dying > out? > > It's unlikely you can beat out the racist attitudes of older people. That > will die with them. Communities that are ridden with race hatred need > specific social solutions to sort them out..... but surely there's little > point in banging on about having quotas for interviewing black managers, > going on some raging witch hunt to find anyone that's ever muttered > something that may sound racist on a football pitch or hunting out some > stupid occasional knobheads in the crowd. Setting up rival campaigns to > "kick it out" etc? > > The number of racist incidents are so high profile that you know about > them and therefore know how rare they are: Ron Atkinson, Suarez, Terry > ........ that's three in 5+ years? And how often is there racist chanting? > There's loads of foreign managers, loads of black players.... And black > managers are starting to appear more often (and there's bound to be more in > future with the number of black players these days). > > I don't get it, but really suspect it's like the mythical rise in knife > crime of a few years back, the belief that it's not safe for kids to play > out anymore etc etc > > And yet..... why are sane enough black people in football, like Rio > Ferdinand, convinced there is a problem? Maybe I'm just well out of touch? > > > > Message: 10 > > Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 11:19:18 +0000 > > From: Ian Murray <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > > To: David Nattan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > Cc: leeds list <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > Subject: Re: [LU] vile animals > > Message-ID: <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > All this hysteria over racism in the game lately is doing my head in. > Honestly, when was the last time you heard any racist chanting at a game? > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
