by Elgrande » Sun Feb 22, 2015 3:09 pm
I was determined to not make a comment because I knew some would slaughter me, but now the subject has been brought up I will have my say. Not condoning the Chelsea fans at all, but in some ways at least they were being honest rather than a lot of others who pretend to be open minded, but will still shy away from certain areas, shops or people in queues. That doesn't make it right at all.
What gets me though is that this incident involving 20 fans has been in the news for days, at The Africa Cup of Nations there was rioting, violence, tribal aggression, but hardly a murmur from the press?
Racism as defined now days happens all the time. Russians here in Spain treat other races with overt disdain and you here people making comments about "ignorant arrogant Russians, but that is white on white, still racist, but not visible. In Seville they were going to build a Mosque, the Spanish locals didn't want it so they buried a pig in the ground on the site meaning the ground was tainted, no Mosque. No big hoo ha over here, more a certain amount of admiration.
Try walking through parts of Thamesmead on your own and hear and feel the anti white sentiments.
What the Chelsea fans did was terrible, but the same things go on all over the world in all directions every day. For some reason though things like this are the only stories ever reported!