Also, there is no likeness, other than that they are both black.
Completely forgot about this thread.
It'll be a 6 match ban unless they appeal & win
Racism doesn't need intent. Unintentional racism or unconscious bias (see also 'white fragility') is every bit as damaging (more so, in fact) than overt or intentional racism.Remember when someone threw a banana at Bale because he looks like a monkey and people were saying that was racist.
Loads of people don't have a clue what racism is anymore.
I don't think Silva posted that with any racist intent. In fact, I know he didn't.
But then I think, fuck it, it's Bernardo Silva and it's City, so throw the book at him.
Wait a second. You can't see that that image has racial connotations? You need to be told? Also, connotations is putting it mildly. These comic characterizations are from WAYYY before anyone needed to be subtle about racism.
That Crouch vs Timmeh comparison? RACIST!!
That Moyes vs Gollum comparison?
ALSO RACIST!
You get my point.
Is the characterisation still on the packets today? Yes
Do they also have a white one representing white chocolate? Yes
People want to look for racism in everything it seems.
Yeah, if a British player posted a pic of Gollywog along side a black player there would be an immediate recognition of how problematic this was. This kind of 'banter' is not acceptable.And it shouldn't be.
Yeah, it looks like an albino racist stereotype. In no way would a white person be insulted by it, because the discourse that engendered the image doesn't apply to white people, and no other aspect of the caricature applies.
Yeah, I searched SUPER, SUPER HARD, and I think I found a tiny mote of racism here.
It's weird, my brain couldn't conceive of how they came up with such an original logo either. It's an entirely...
unique...
type....
of
visual
representation.
Yeah, if a British player posted a pic of Gollywog along side a black player there would be an immediate recognition of how problematic this was. This kind of 'banter' is not acceptable.
I'd like to have sex with this post.And it shouldn't be.
Yeah, it looks like an albino racist stereotype. In no way would a white person be insulted by it, because the discourse that engendered the image doesn't apply to white people, and no other aspect of the caricature applies.
Yeah, I searched SUPER, SUPER HARD, and I think I found a tiny mote of racism here.
It's weird, my brain couldn't conceive of how they came up with such an original logo either. It's an entirely...
unique...
type....
of
visual
representation.
Guardiola also defended Silva by arguing that Mendy bears a resemblance to the Conguitos logo. “It was just a joke,” he said. “It’s a cartoon and the face is quite similar. The same happened a thousand million times with white people.”
All those Iberians are ignorant racists.
Guardiola thinks it looks like Mendy too, and fails to see that the denigratory representation of Black people is completely different from a doppelganger image of a white person. FFS.
He must be thick as fuck. Imagine going on twitter on your work account and posting a black colleague and that picture. It doesn't matter that they're mates. It's at the very least a very stupid thing to do and I know in the vast majority of workplaces, gross misconduct.
I also don't think he's acted as a racist or with malice or whatever, but this in no longer acceptable as it continues to spread a negative stereotype, and he should realise that. Hope he thinks about it as he watches us beat his side from the director's box next month.
Guardiola's attitude perfectly encapsulates the stall of the civil rights movement and the uphill battle it faces in achieving anything approaching equality. That is, the total ignorance of most white people about how prejudice actually works and its manifestation over centuries, and their own part in perpetuating it.Guardiola thinks it looks like Mendy too, and fails to see that the denigratory representation of Black people is completely different from a doppelganger image of a white person. FFS.
Is the characterisation still on the packets today? Yes
Do they also have a white one representing white chocolate? Yes
Is that racist towards white people? Or are we overlooking this?
People want to look for racism in everything it seems.
Fairly sure the Portugese slave plantations in Brazil was as bad as any, and worse than most.The fact that he's from multicultural and multiracial Portugal makes it even more retarded.
As the only person on this site with roots in the Congo, we should move the serious aspects of this discussion to the General Forum.
Did somebody actually write the sentence "Is that racist towards white people?" in this thread...? Is that a whoosh?
The white one is an albino Congolese, who are usually murdered and eaten by witchdoctors in black magic rituals.
Tragic really.
Oh.
Well that's alright then. Silly me. Carry on.
I used to love Um Bongo, so I'm going to claim roots there too, as well as my honorary Jewish title.