UEFA CL 2020 gameday 6

I’m not. If something genuinely racist was said the players did the right thing walking off the pitch.

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Why mention his race at all? He said ā€œthis black guyā€ and as Demba Ba has pointed out, there’s no way he’d have said ā€œthis white guyā€ if referring to one of the white subs. Stupid comment anyway. Ignorant more than anything probably.

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Definitely not the right way of saying it, but I don’t think it merited walking off the pitch.

Now something worse may have been said so it’s speculation at this point.

Demba Ba took offense to it. He was referred to by his race for absolutely no reason.

I’d walk off with him for it

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I think it does. A referee referring to you by the colour of your skin for no reason at all is completely unacceptable.

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If there was 7 black lads in a line and 1 white guy and I didn’t know their names I’d say it the white guy if asked to point him out.

The world is gone completely mad. I hear in some schools teachers can’t say he or she anymore in case the child is gender neutral.

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NegrƩ could be a local colloquialism

That’s fair enough if he did. I’d stand by a teammate too.

For my vantage point I’d say it wasn’t racist but I’ve no idea of the tone. If, in a crowd of white men with one black man present, I referred to one as the ā€œblack guyā€ if consider it more descriptive than racist.

Your comparison is stupid. You’re ignoring the race of the referee and ignoring the history of racism against people of colour. And ignoring you fact there weren’t 6 white subs and 1 black guy.

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Can you refer to someone’s race at all so? Is race one of those things we should pretend to ignore?

If someone calls out a ginger is that racist? Asking for a friend

No. You don’t ignore race obviously. But a referee using it to refer to a player for no reason at all is simply wrong.

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The fourth official clearly forgot his white privilege here

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Was his number visible?

Do you support Millwall too?

Ffs :grinning:

If the roles were reversed and somebody said the white guy and the players walked off the field people would be laughing their heads off. It’s nonsense.

Demba Ba is black. It isn’t racist to call a black person black or a white person white. It’s pure nonsense.

I think we are getting into ridiculous territory if you can’t describe a black man as a black man.

If Demba Ba felt it was racist or said in a racist manner that’s fair enough. I’m just making the general point.