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How can the sweaties say this isn't racism?
http://news.bbc.co.uk.../scotland/9438033.stm
Lobbing Banana's, all be it illegal ones, on to the pitch and making monkey noises is sort of racist, surely??
Lobbing Banana's, all be it illegal ones, on to the pitch and making monkey noises is sort of racist, surely??
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It could have come from a fan from either side, or a neutral; it could have been kicked there from anyone on the bench/stewards, etc. (sportspeople often eat bananas as an energy boost).....did you see it thrown, geez................erm, Red_John ?
I believe that most Scottish people and football fans will have seen black people often enough to let them play football without the attendant 'monkey-noises' so prevalent in the past.
I believe that most Scottish people and football fans will have seen black people often enough to let them play football without the attendant 'monkey-noises' so prevalent in the past.
Do racists still throw bananas???
Surely that's a little outdated now (it was the choice of insult for racists from the 70s who held black people to be ape-like). I would've thought bigots would've moved on to something a little more esoteric by now.
R: 'Sweaties'. What is this and why does this apply to Scottish people? I saw large groups of Scots fans around the Emerites stadium last night, and none of them appeared to be sweating.
Surely that's a little outdated now (it was the choice of insult for racists from the 70s who held black people to be ape-like). I would've thought bigots would've moved on to something a little more esoteric by now.
R: 'Sweaties'. What is this and why does this apply to Scottish people? I saw large groups of Scots fans around the Emerites stadium last night, and none of them appeared to be sweating.
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I suppose you noticed that the match wasn't played at Hampden Park? There may well have been as many English football fans there - to see Brazil, of course - as there were Scots. If I remember the old "banana days", and I do, such incidents were far more common at English grounds than Scottish ones.
The Jocks have history of this kind of thing:
When Graeme Souness became Rangers boss he broke down barriers by signing a catholic player (Mo Johnston) and a black player (Mark Walters).
Walters had bananas thrown at him on his debut at Celtic Park and again a fortnight later away at Hearts
http://news.scotsman....-for-Scots.3628273.jp
When Graeme Souness became Rangers boss he broke down barriers by signing a catholic player (Mo Johnston) and a black player (Mark Walters).
Walters had bananas thrown at him on his debut at Celtic Park and again a fortnight later away at Hearts
http://news.scotsman....-for-Scots.3628273.jp
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