I suppose it's possible that Gomez has made himself very unpopular with black people. I'd imagine Raheem is one of the most respected young black men in the black community and Gomez was trying to put him down in front of a load of pissed up scousers. Sterling spent years putting up with a load of racially flavoured hate and tried to turn it into a reasonable calm discourse. Gomez was sucking up to the people most responsible for the hate. What they used to call an Uncle Tom.
~ The Fume
