Because he is black. Racism is the assertion that one race is inherently inferior to another. Terry did not imply that, did he?Unknown_Genius said:prairiemoon said:Oh for christsake, "black ****" is racist? Never. Nothing racist about it.
I think it is. Firstly the context it was used, aimed to offend, and secondly why mention he's black? Just call him a ****, why include the fact he's black?
So if he was saying it to a white playing he'd of shouted "white ****"?prairiemoon said:Because he is black. Racism is the assertion that one race is inherently inferior to another. Terry did not imply that, did he?Unknown_Genius said:prairiemoon said:Oh for christsake, "black ****" is racist? Never. Nothing racist about it.
I think it is. Firstly the context it was used, aimed to offend, and secondly why mention he's black? Just call him a ****, why include the fact he's black?
lee-mcfc said:So if he was saying it to a white playing he'd of shouted "white ****"?prairiemoon said:Because he is black. Racism is the assertion that one race is inherently inferior to another. Terry did not imply that, did he?Unknown_Genius said:I think it is. Firstly the context it was used, aimed to offend, and secondly why mention he's black? Just call him a ****, why include the fact he's black?
no pal don't be silly...ofcourse it's racist IF he did say it (i still think he said blind to ref) why would you have to use colour? if anything he should of just shouted you're a ****..
AdamoTheGreat said:you can clearly see that he says "you fucking _____ ****" ...the 3rd word does not look like hes saying black. more like BLIND...then he says "fucking stupid"...well, thats at least what i think. and it will be pretty hard to prove it either way.
test: say blind and black...and look how your mouth moves. then re-watch the video. Case closed. somebody give me the million dollars.
goatfood said:Terry has admitted he said black, what can not be seen on the video is what he says just before. However if someone accused you of saying something racist would you repeat the term back or would you say "I didn't say that" ??
Personally as someone who hates any form of racism, I would not use colour in my response, more likey to say " I would never say that", rather than say anything racist. Also Terry was very angry during most of the game, if he was accused of being racist and had not been I would expect him to have shown more anger about it.
Until Anton comes out and tells his side we will not know the full story. AVB was out of order yesterday as well saying we should all get behind Terry because he is an important player for England. No. You can not do/say what you want just ecasue you are an important player........can you Tevez?