You’re going to be waiting a while for your apology there Saffa. Your post was racist.
Martinb in no way did I mention the words, " lack and or superior". If that was the case, then that would be absolutely racist. The context of using the word "better" in that sentence was to say that different people bring different strengths to a team like English football of the 80s vs today (because teams are allowed to play more foreign players). There is nothing racist in that, its a fact.
The Italian "philosophy" of how to play football is the "catenaccio" system, which prioritizes defensive solidity, tactical discipline, and organized counter-attacking.
A quick definition (from google) of the word "philosophy" is a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour. A definition of attitude is a settled way of thinking or feeling about something. Thinking is a mental process (because it originates from the brain), thus the word "mentality"
Lets look at the word "toolset" - a metaphorical set of skills, knowledge, or programs used to accomplish tasks or solve problems. South American players are known worldwide for their dribbling skills which solves a lot of problems in a midfield battle. Now, are South Americans the only people who can dribble well, no, we not say that, but peoples opinion on South American players is that they have many tools in their locker compared to other players. That's a very strong opinion among many people.
What I find particularly distasteful is that a person will take "1 line", or 1 word and equate it to being racist when the entire context of my message (including the news articles) is one of inclusiveness and love (of football heroes, local and national teams). That is piss poor mate and yes, requires an apology.
The Italian "philosophy" of how to play football is the "catenaccio" system, which prioritizes defensive solidity, tactical discipline, and organized counter-attacking.
A quick definition (from google) of the word "philosophy" is a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour. A definition of attitude is a settled way of thinking or feeling about something. Thinking is a mental process (because it originates from the brain), thus the word "mentality"
Lets look at the word "toolset" - a metaphorical set of skills, knowledge, or programs used to accomplish tasks or solve problems. South American players are known worldwide for their dribbling skills which solves a lot of problems in a midfield battle. Now, are South Americans the only people who can dribble well, no, we not say that, but peoples opinion on South American players is that they have many tools in their locker compared to other players. That's a very strong opinion among many people.
What I find particularly distasteful is that a person will take "1 line", or 1 word and equate it to being racist when the entire context of my message (including the news articles) is one of inclusiveness and love (of football heroes, local and national teams). That is piss poor mate and yes, requires an apology.
The topic is "Diminishing White South African footballer". The original creator of this topic is concerned that we not seeing young white footballers playing in South Africa anymore. My contribution is that the average South African fan is also concerned (as per the news articles I listed)
"made it seem like people have inherent abilities" - that is weak. What is your opinion on the abilities of Brazilian players? Will that opinion be racist? No, because your opinion is based on generally accepted fact. They good footballers.
cooichee you were so, so right
Dude take some responsibility for your own words.
If you say a PSL team is better with white players because they have certain attributes, that’s a racist statement, even though it’s a positive one. It implies a reverse negative statement.
The larger the group you are making generalisations about the more likely it is to cross the line. And these generalisations which are often racist are not very useful too.
Anthony and Sokrates? Ronaldhino and Fred (the Man U one)? Better to talk with qualifications and specifics to be less inaccurate right? Or frame things as an opinion rather than a statement of absolute fact, if it is that.
There’s lots of ways you could modify that statement to make it less racist and more useful.
Playing victim, ignoring what we’re saying and demanding an apology isn’t that great of a way to make anyone take your side.
And in great part I get it. I remember the massive chants of ‘Booooth’ in 2010 the commentators kept worrying we’d think was booing! Same way in the UK and even more in NZ working class football traditions are meeting gentrification and wealthy clubs. It’s not an argument about people missing the diversity of tradition white players of all backgrounds could bring to the football, it’s about the way you’ve talked about it.