Utterly brainless.. how does stating that a clearly racist song is racist have anything to do with "PC".. especially in the tone that you imply by using the word brigade ie: its a bunch of over protective , overtly do gooding , bleeding heart liberals
Just because the odd black person sings it doesn't make it non racist, it could simply be that those singing it are too fucking thick to know what they're singing, or because they want to be part of the crowd. Either way the song is racist, the club think it's racist , anyone with half a brain think its racist and you wanking on about your mates not thinking so , black or otherwise, isn't going to change that
Im not saying its a good thing to sing the song, but I stand by my opinion that it isnt racist. There is no direct attack at his colour.
I refer you again to if we sung:
''Thierry Henry, his Dad loves onions, and his mum is a whore'' - is that racist? Cos its the same theme, we would be associating a person with a location. Are we being racist?
There doesn't have to be any direct mention of colour for it to be racist. As I recall, there was no direct mention of Cyrille Regis's colour in the song MkKid's just mentioned. Would you be happy for people to sing that?
If you would not, explain the difference.
I thought it was more of a cultural slur, than race related to be honest.
If that's not acceptable, then the same fans can't proudly sing that Liverpool fans should "sign on", that Port Vale fans beat their wives, that Southend fans' houses exist on wheels, that Arsene Wenger has a penchant for young boys, that Brighton fans are all homosexual ...
The list goes on. But I've been trumped by a race card, so I've got a doggy's chance left I suppose.
Good. I'm glad you were able to pick that out. So you should be able to take it one step further and see that the implication of the Adebayor song is that Africans are simple, backward piccaninnies with watermelon smiles (copyright arsehole extraordinaire Boris Johnson) who spend their days in the sunshine doing simple, backward things like washing elephants for a living.
You saw a white female zoo-keeper washing an elephant at London Zoo? Well whoopyfuckingdoop and bully for you. As fatuous justifications go, that's about as fatuous as fatuous gets. Not to say fat-headed.
Eating onions is really race and place specific, isn't it? Unless they happen to a Vaishnava Hindu or something, just about everyone on the planet eats onions. In fact, just thinking about onions has put me in the mood for a toasted cheese and onion sarnie this lunchtime.
Oh no! That will turn me into a Frenchman!
:duh:
So washing elephants is exclusive to Africa - you can be so arrogant for an old man sometimes SS57, as if you're a demi god of some sort on here.
So, gay boys are exclusive to Brighton? Pikeys are exclusive to Southend? Jobless are exclusive to Liverpool?
And suggesting that the song means that Africans are backwards is your take on it - I dont see it as that whatsoever. Do you believe then that all Scousers are jobless?
Why does that not surprise me in the slightest?
What are you suggesting? are you suggesting that I am racist? are you a scouser? cos you spend your entire life on here so I would suggest you are jobless?
All those claiming it is racist should from now on stop using the words 'yid or yiddo' as that is clearly a reference to Jews whether it's in good intention or not. Somebody somewhere (although probably not an elephant washer...) is bound to be offended by your 'yiddo' chants and thinks you're a racist for using it so please in the interests of not offending anybody (intentional or not) stick to using 'Spurs'.
All those claiming it is racist should from now on stop using the words 'yid or yiddo' as that is clearly a reference to Jews whether it's in good intention or not. Somebody somewhere (although probably not an elephant washer...) is bound to be offended by your 'yiddo' chants and thinks you're a racist for using it so please in the interests of not offending anybody (intentional or not) stick to using 'Spurs'.
Congratulations on so utterly missing the point. We call ourselves Yids as a badge of honour and as a way of showing solidarity with our Jewish support. We do not use it as a term of abuse.
As far as I'm concerned, the test here is the motivation behind what is being chanted. For the Adebayor song it is to demean someone based on their racial origin. Calling ourselves Yids actually promotes tolerance and acceptance.