Greg Clark resigns after using 'racist' language.

Syl wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Life is unfair, Syl.  How fair was it when the white man kidnapped the black out of Africa and made him endure 400 years of being the beast-of-burden.  So why should we give a shit about the white man today?

If you're going to be inequitable, make sure you distribute it equally.  I see no moral injustice in affirmative action or any kind of compensation whatsoever.  As the white slave master told the black man in 1619: Fook ya if ya can't take a joke.

But that's not the point of this thread.  This thread is about a complete fook-up in the British understanding of words.  Colored is an antiquated term, and only the ignorant will group it in with the N-word or other derogatory terms for blacks.  It's just old and out-of-date.

Yes life is unfair, for some more than others.
And the best way to combat that is to face the problems we have now and try to fix them, not forever be raking up the wrongs of the past causing guilt and resentment......wrongs will never be put right that way.

Yes the point of the thread is to point out how life has been unfair to someone now, in the present day, and I don't see anyone arguing that point....so we at least agree on that.

Tommy Monk wrote:
A lesson in history for quill...

https://m.dw.com/en/east-africas-forgotten-slave-trade/a-50126759

Syl wrote:For goodness sake, it was a slip of the tongue, he hardly used the N word.


"Chairman of the Football Association Greg Clarke has resigned after using the term "coloured" to describe footballers from different ethnic backgrounds.

Mr Clarke earlier apologised after his remarks during a select committee hearing today.

In a statement, the FA said: "We can confirm that Greg

Clarke has stepped down from his role as our chairman.

"Peter McCormick will step into the role as interim FA Chairman with immediate effect and the FA Board will begin the process of identifying and appointing a new chair in due course."

Mr Clarke had said: "If I look at what happens to high-profile female footballers, to high-profile coloured footballers, and the abuse they take on social media... social media is a free-for-all."


https://news.sky.com/story/fa-chairman-greg-clarke-resigns-after-using-term-coloured-12129420

Fred Moletrousers wrote:In the name of all that's holy...what is the fuckin' difference between a "coloured player" and a "player of colour"?

Tommy Monk wrote:


Why do black people wear really baggy trousers?


Because their negros (knee grows).

Syl wrote:There is something about him that really irritates me. I was born and bred in Salford but i never met anyone who spoke with such a nasal exaggerated Salfordian accent as him.

Fred Moletrousers wrote:In the name of all that's holy...what is the fuckin' difference between a "coloured player" and a "player of colour"?

Replace the word "player" with that of "woman" and both the former gracious First Lady of the United States of America and Her (not Royal) Highness Megan, Duchess of Sussex would both be grovelling and demeaning themselves over their penchant for terminology!

HoratioTarr wrote:

Syl wrote:There is something about him that really irritates me. I was born and bred in Salford but i never met anyone who spoke with such a nasal exaggerated Salfordian accent as him.

That's a Partington accent.