Evra accuses Suarez of racism

[Vermilion]

I think that is highly offensive. Why not just calm down little man?

He did'nt ask to be a little man! I'm sure he'd rather be 6 foot tall!
Why not just say......... 'calm down man'.....actually......just say 'calm down', it's safer.

[BringbackBiscan]

As said by Barnes, the implication is not the same.

Being white there isn't an inherit slur attached to being called white so if someone called me white even with intended racism it would wash over me because it means nothing.

Barnes is chatting bollocks, or rather someone else is using his name. Calm down little white man & calm down little black man is the same thing. Just a load of excuses why only white people can be racist.

[Fivex]

Someone else is using Barnes' name?

[BringbackBiscan]

Someone else is using Barnes' name?

Great player but he's as thick as ****. There's no way he wrote it. Someone else has put his name to it, obviously with his permission, it happens a lot.

[Shaggy]

Great player but he's as thick as ****. There's no way he wrote it. Someone else has put his name to it, obviously with his permission, it happens a lot.

What the hell

He didn't "write" anything, it was an interview with Henry Winter. And he was absolutely right too.

[Tee]

Sorry, but if a black person said "calm down white boy" to me, then yes I'd find that offensive.

There is absolutely no need to mention the colour of someone's skin when telling them to "calm down". The only reason to do so is to cause offence IMO.

[Nick77]

I think that is highly offensive. Why not just calm down little man?

What about calm done little Manc ****?!!

[Red_Polo]

Barnes is chatting bollocks, or rather someone else is using his name. Calm down little white man & calm down little black man is the same thing. Just a load of excuses why only white people can be racist.

If there is no difference why do you think people do react so differently? If you think there's no good reason it would seem to imply there is some sort of unnecessary anti-white conspiracy, which is utterly farcical.

Of course there is a difference, to not see that is incredibly blinkered. To accept that doesn't in the slightest mean 'only white people can be racist', it just means accepting that racism is a bit more complicated than chucking about a couple of lazy false analogies accounts for.

[Craig_H]

I think that is highly offensive. Why not just calm down little man?

Wouldn't that be 'size-ist' ?

If derogatory comments related to race are going to be rightly deemed unacceptable, why are derogatory comments about height/size seen as being ok?

[Chrono]

Wouldn't that be 'size-ist' ?

If derogatory comments related to race are going to be rightly deemed unacceptable, why are derogatory comments about height/size seen as being ok?

<Little man syndrome>

[Red_Polo]

Wouldn't that be 'size-ist' ?

If derogatory comments related to race are going to be rightly deemed unacceptable, why are derogatory comments about height/size seen as being ok?

I suspect you know the answer to that question but you know I like to indulge anyway...

As with so many things, there's a sliding scale but you have to draw the line somewhere. Thankfully we can trust the wise custodians of justice at the FA to understand the nuances.

[Leyton388]

If Suarez is convicted on the say so of Patrice "everyone's a racist" Evra. Then it will set a dangerous precedent.

[ChesterDave]

If there is no difference why do you think people do react so differently? If you think there's no good reason it would seem to imply there is some sort of unnecessary anti-white conspiracy, which is utterly farcical.

Of course there is a difference, to not see that is incredibly blinkered. To accept that doesn't in the slightest mean 'only white people can be racist', it just means accepting that racism is a bit more complicated than chucking about a couple of lazy false analogies accounts for.

Because people are stupid? A slur that references any skin colour is racist. To suggest otherwise is incredibly blinkered.

[BringbackBiscan]

If Suarez is convicted on the say so of Patrice "everyone's a racist" Evra. Then it will set a dangerous precedent.

It's not on Evra's say so. Luis doesn't deny saying what has been said, therefore no proof is needed.

[BringbackBiscan]

I suspect you know the answer to that question but you know I like to indulge anyway...

As with so many things, there's a sliding scale but you have to draw the line somewhere. Thankfully we can trust the wise custodians of justice at the FA to understand the nuances.

Media influence mainly. White people are not brought up to think the term white man is offensive, replace white with black though and it's a whole other story.