Racism, Blacks and Monkey's.

[Bewlay Bros]

The Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds was called a "monkey" by Harbajan Singh during a recent test match. And those of you not familiar with cricket, this has caused quite a stir.

Now my point is Andrew Symonds DOES look like a monkey. Because he is the only coloured chap in the Aussie set up (he is from Abo extraction) this has be deemed racist.

Why????

Although a Christian I fully accept we come from monkey's (Primates). It is only natural therefore that some people will resemble their forefathers.

If I say Lee Evans, Will Young, Daniel Craig, Gary Lineker and Wayne Rooney all look like monkey's, am I being racist? No, because they are wgite. But they bloody well do!!!

Yes, although not an evolutionary debate other people look like other animals. Jade Goody looks like a hog, Celine Dion looks like a ostrich, Princess Anne looks like a horse, Vinnie Jones looks like a staffie and the guy who played Mickey Pearce on Only Fools and Horses looks like a rodent.

I can see that maybe during our Empire, (not long after Darwin) coloured Africans were seen as primitive and were depicted as apes, but they did shrink heads and eat other tribe members, so a little banter did no harm. But now I fail to see why Symonds has got the hump. If you see the guy, he is built like the proverbial brick sh*t house and will take fools lightly.

Why, dear ABers, is monkey such a bad insult ONLY to blackies and not whities?

[persianlady]

Indians are racist. Muslims are racist. They usually only marry within their own ethnic group. Indians also have the caste system which discriminates against even their own people from "lower castes" . Get real. We are all racistl, tribal to some extent,

[helpmetoo]

do we recall the proverb 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me'?

the more that thick people rise to the insult the more that will be made of it, why not ignore?

oh dear, have i implied thick and black together? spose in balance i know of one thick white person, trigger from only fools and horses

[Quinlad]

And you makes two.

[helpmetoo]

quinlady,

is it cos im white?

[libertie]

Hahaha....superb!

[Twenty20]

I dont get this, is it racist for a black person to call a white person a monkey or not?

It's possible that Robbie Williams, for instance, looks like a monkey (in my opinion). If I'm black and say that, am I being racist? Ok, I know its not polite, but is it racist? Or is it only black people who can be racially insulted?

[fletcher.5]

One observation. It proves the white man does not have the monopoly of being racist, its open to all, if you have the balls to use it.
However, with the Aussies, they love to give it but, mummy`s little soldiers cannot take it

[Ice.Maiden]

I recently overheard a rather large but rude woman refer to me as a "skinny cow." Now forgive me, but I don't think I resemble a cow at all - although her reference to my stature was possibly how she perceived me. The point is, I didn't get upset or come back with an equally-insulting retort. I walked on, with a wry smile. The saying about "sticks and stones" is very true.