
Among black people there is a widely held notion that there should be some sort of racial solidarity. Black people should stick together in all things against the "white" establishment. Words such as coconut are used to remind the "brothers" where their loyalties should lie.
Racism is racism i'm afraid, we can't pick and choose what bits we like to keep...
I personally thought the whole JT thing was a waste of time and didn't need as much attention as it got...BUT now the precedence has been set so Rio (or the person who said the original tweet) needs to go through the same process as JT
Choc ice /coconut/uncle tom / bounty bar are racist terms, if anything it says being white is a bad thing and Black people should stick to their own kind regardless of who is right or wrong...
This Guardian article explains it better than i do:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis...d-ashley-cole?commentpage=2#start-of-comments
Racism is racism i'm afraid, we can't pick and choose what bits we like to keep...
it is a bit like that, some of the stuff on there in my mind was just total bollox as I cannot believe a club like BFC for example would not offer a trial to the captain of the local county side or the top goalscorer with 84 goals in a season just because he is asian.I haven't actually got round to watching that documentary, in fact I've actively avoided it as i was thinking it was going to be the usual clichéd "why aren't there more "ethnic" managers/players/fans etc in the game" prograamme.
Think I might check iPlayer over the weekend.![]()
Rio Ferdinands comment is very rascist
Rio Ferdinands comment is very rascist

he didn't the comment, someone else did - he just responded to it![]()

He repeated the comment and as he said it was the context in which he tweeted it....exactly the same argument of course that Terry made in court![]()
He repeated the comment and as he said it was the context in which he tweeted it....exactly the same argument of course that Terry made in court![]()
also shows why england were a shambles at the last wc and why hodgson left rio out of this squad.

I think that Ferdinand's comment was a serious error of judgement; however, I fail to see how it has anything to do with the way England performed at the last World Cup and why Hodgson left Rio out of the squad![]()

ffs they let him go to the Euro's now this...John Terry charged by the FA over Anton Ferdinand clash
Chelsea captain John Terry has been charged by the Football Association after last season's incident with QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.
Terry, 31, is alleged to have used "abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour" during the Premier League game on 23 October.
The FA statement continues: "It is further alleged that this included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Ferdinand."
Terry has until 3 August to respond
Selling the complimentary box provided whilst captain of us counts as 'letting' down to me
Check the papers, wasn't it yet another NotW exclusive. Perhaps the other issues with his personal life will get the full disclosure treatment lol
so it 4K a match whilst he was captain, whilst he was getting £170,000 a week..
Good. Only Cole, Lampard and Rooney to go.
When the England team isn't full of arseholes I may actually support them.
Good riddance to a horrible selfish **** who thought being England captain meant it acceptable to flog things. Never mind the numerous other issues. A cracking example of why Essex should be cut off from England and floated away somewhere toxic.
possibly............................
the charges against him more likely the reason.... I mean, he was tried in court and found not guilty. He seems to be charged 'twice' for the same offence.
I think that Ferdinand's comment was a serious error of judgement; however, I fail to see how it has anything to do with the way England performed at the last World Cup and why Hodgson left Rio out of the squad![]()
Good. Only Cole, Lampard and Rooney to go.
When the England team isn't full of arseholes I may actually support them.
How can you put lampard in the same category as the other two?
I actually feel a bit sorry for him as this seems to have turned into a witchunt, he was found not guilty and that should have been the end of the matter and we have lost our best current centreback now
Why don't you add Gerrard to make a quartet if you are including Lampard?Good. Only Cole, Lampard and Rooney to go.
When the England team isn't full of arseholes I may actually support them.
How can you put lampard in the same category as the other two?