Please explain this to me.

Former footballer Ian Wright has been charged with racially abusing a traffic warden. The "Victim" happens to be err....black?

Racism - one of the most misunderstood words in the English language.

This is a cut and paste:

Racism is commonly defined as a belief or doctrine where inherent biological differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, with a corollary that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.[1] fear of foreigners (xenophobia), views or preferences against interbreeding of the races (miscegenation),[2] and nationalism,[3], and/or a generalization of a specific group of people (stereotype); regardless of any explicit belief in superiority or inferiority embedded within such views or preferences. Racism has been used in attempts to justify social discrimination, racial segregation and violence, including genocide. Politicians are known to practice race-baiting in an effort to win constituents.

The term racist, when used to describe someone who supports racism, has been a pejorative term since at least the 1940s, and the identification of a group or person as racist is nearly always controversial.

I've had many a debate about how people perceive racism, it's a good one to get people hot under the collar LOL.

is it ok for black people to use the N word......................?

Without knowing what he said to the traffic warden I cannot possibly comment.

Originally Posted by Warthog

Without knowing what he said to the traffic warden I cannot possibly comment.

I have seen some comments reported as being part of the conversation that took place and have to say they do not appear that offensive.

What would the view be if for example Ian had called the warden a "black c*nt."



Disclaimer:

The phrase used is for example purposes only and I do not in anyway condone the use of such language.

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

What would the view be if for example Ian had called the warden a "black c*nt."

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i would say that was racist weather a black,white yellow etc is not the point

as white c**t i would class the same.......... but it appears its ok for black peeps to use the N word but not white folk?

For my opinion, black c*nt isn't racist, seeing as Ian is black. But if he'd have said you African c*nt when Ian is Jamaican (or whatever is true), then that is racist.

*clicks non-existent "I don't care option"*

Originally Posted by Razor

*clicks non-existent "I don't care option"*

Ha,who you think you are Viney/Keithd?

[Stu]

Alledgedly used the m****** word.





Monkey.

But he claims he just said, "bet your parents are proud of you coming to England to be a Traffic Warden instead of a Lawyer or something"

So the TW probably picked up the 'coming to England bit' & decided to play the race card IMHO