GaudinoMotors
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It's not racist here either Karen.
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Bernardo Silva tweet controversy
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I can agree in hindsight it was not great to put it out in public but at the time he saw no problem as to him it's not racist in portugal and it was to his mate so he couldn't have foreseen the backlash,he has learnt a lesson,he doesn't deserve to be crushed by it
but that is part of the problem that he saw no problem isn't it? that in no way makes him a bad person far from it, i bet if he's seen that advert he'd think differently
manimanc
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I don't think Portugal or the rest of Europe have a high percentage of snowflakes as we do.I can agree in hindsight it was not great to put it out in public but at the time he saw no problem as to him it's not racist in portugal and it was to his mate so he couldn't have foreseen the backlash,he has learnt a lesson,he doesn't deserve to be crushed by it
Their press and journalists mustn't be complete crackheads like our press.
manimanc
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Did they really have to say black nurses? Surely just nurses would have been fine? BBC got that completely wrong, in fact it's borderline racist.I recorded a prog on bbc 4 last night
Black nurses,the women who saved the NHS.How caribbean and African women came to the country to save the ailing health service
Problem?
Bigga
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I can agree in hindsight it was not great to put it out in public but at the time he saw no problem as to him it's not racist in portugal and it was to his mate so he couldn't have foreseen the backlash,he has learnt a lesson,he doesn't deserve to be crushed by it
I agree, not many seem to understand this, that Bernie's not racist in view of the people that know him. It's been a steep learning curve for him and faux outraged media can go fook themselves.
I do not want the Joy of Bernie to be snuffed out by an idiotic post on a public forum.
Those two just got a bit giddy.
I think I'll leave it there.
OB1
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Are you sure about that?
I'm fully aware of what they are using now but isn't that a little different to the older version that Bernie tweeted? I thought I read somewhere that they had amended it a bit in response to criticism.
Personally, any further debate should be taken to a new thread that excludes Bernies name and the comments have been done to death - Start a Racism thread if you want to keep going on about it
He made a public joke to his mate and all of a sudden it is the crime of the century. All those claiming he should apologise, to who exactly?
its not the fact he compared mendy to someone else/thing that is black its the use of that particular character that's the issue, whether bernado knew it or not we can all agree it is a particular racial stereotype. airing it publically was a faux pas.
OB1
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What black cartoon character would have been acceptable for Silva to compare Mendy to?
Or are black people and cartoons simply too controversial to draw comparisons with?
I think the answer is probably none would be widely acceptable but it's hard to know.
manimanc
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I think you're a bit late mate. What you've just said has been done to death for the past 2 or 3 hours.its not the fact he compared mendy to someone else/thing that is black its the use of that particular character that's the issue, whether bernado knew it or not we can all agree it is a particular racial stereotype. airing it publically was a faux pas.
dronefromsector7G
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The cartoon character itself changed from the original outdated ‘spear chucker’ as Bigga eloquently called it to an anthropomorphic blob and then came the white version. They probably realised how racist it was and moved with the times. As has been said, Bernardo should be given a break and the reason for the media’s witch hunt is obvious to most of us.It's not racist here either Karen.
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