Racism is entirely beyond me. I have no understanding why the colour of someone's skin could possibly make a difference about how you feel about someone. I am not, and never have been, someone affected by the colour of another person.
Nonetheless it is clear that, for many people, colour is a matter of value. You know you're s***, right?
Below is a Shearer/Wright video from the BBC.
And I realise from this video, that if you're white, you don't even necessarily hear it or realise it's going on. Or you dismiss it and ignore how wrong it is. And it does make my toes curl thinking of stuff I might have ignored on the terraces in the 70s & 80s.
Wright says that what helps is white people paying attention and talking about it. So I am.
And as an obvious note, if any of my friends or associates are racist, or for some reason you don't think this is subject is important, then just go away, because I don't want you around. You have nothing to say that could interest me, and I doubt you'd have the balls to say it anyway. Because you are lowlife scum.
My main takeaway; accept nothing racist from anybody about anything. Don't ignore it, don't dismiss it, pull that person up on it and tell them that you don't want it around you.
I think I do that. I think I've always done that. But we all need to do it all the time.
www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/56949360
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