Why should he worry what stupid easily (deliberately ?) offended no marks think ? Why is it racist? It is a picture of a young Mendy. Silva couldn't really put a picture of Cauley Maculkin could he.
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Bernardo Silva tweet controversy
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Why should he worry what stupid easily (deliberately ?) offended no marks think ? Why is it racist? It is a picture of a young Mendy. Silva couldn't really put a picture of Cauley Maculkin could he.
richards30
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Fucks sake if people are thinking of that as racial then they are twats! FFS
richards30
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Are you black mate?
So? I prefer watching matches than nattering away in match threads with hundreds of pointless posts. What he did was stupid, you don't put a potentially racist/sexist joke on social media when you have millions of followers. If it's banter between friends then send it your friend! We all know the current climate in regards social justice.
Are you black mate?
uwe rosler 28
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10 match ban incoming.
I'd describe this as naive. No offence was intended but in this day and age you just can't get away with it without getting bad press.
Ironically, the same lack of cultural awareness shown by Bernardo towards this issue is the same lack of awareness shown to Bernardo's culture/background/environment by those who are getting up in arms about this. But the people who get worked up about this don't appreciate their hypocrisy being pointed out.
His best bet is either to bite the bullet and come up with some PC friendly apology (even if it's not what he actually feels), or just keep his head down and wait for this to blow over. People forget things as soon as the next reason to be angry comes along.
Ironically, the same lack of cultural awareness shown by Bernardo towards this issue is the same lack of awareness shown to Bernardo's culture/background/environment by those who are getting up in arms about this. But the people who get worked up about this don't appreciate their hypocrisy being pointed out.
His best bet is either to bite the bullet and come up with some PC friendly apology (even if it's not what he actually feels), or just keep his head down and wait for this to blow over. People forget things as soon as the next reason to be angry comes along.
Machiavelli
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Mendy once joked about his colour on a photo on twitter posted by one of the lads saying something like “it took me ages to find myself on that picture” in reference to his darker shade of skin. He obviously jokes with his teammates about such stuff.
hilts
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I’m sure if the story was say David de gea with pogba some blues would be of the same opinion, nothing to see coz he’s a blue haha. Was it intentionally racist by Bernardo? No. Was it a wise move? Absolutely not. I can’t say the character looks anything like Mendy except in a racist stereotype way tbh. Childish banter on a public forum involving race.Not good. The daft sod.
Why should he worry what stupid easily (deliberately ?) offended no marks think ? Why is it racist? It is a picture of a young Mendy. Silva couldn't really put a picture of Cauley Maculkin could he.
Because we all know how the world acts when you put up anything related to colour of skin. It's now going to be highlighted and reported about and hyped up to epic proportions.
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