agreed......i cant ever imagine that the NFL, MLB or whatever league would EVER stand for that type of obvious racism...not to mention, those types of hoodlums probably wouldnt have the balls to pull that crap at a game over here
There certainly are racists in Europe, and they have crazy ideas like racists here in the U.S. One slight difference is that they don't have the history of such strong institutionalized racism that the U.S. has, so their words and taunts don't carry the same weight there. It's a sad state of affairs when racism rears its ugly head no matter what continent it happens on. There is no excuse for it.
I doubt that because there is also a good documentary I saw on youtube about the British hooligans who went to Germany for the 06 World Cup and their main goal was to cause fights/riots, below is part 1 of the documentary if you want to watch it. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OOTGe12Wu0U?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OOTGe12Wu0U?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
The world cup was largely racist-free, fortunately. The problem definitely exists, and it is worst in Spain and in Italy, and to some extent in Eastern Europe (specifically Serbia). It also exists to some extent in East Germany in amateur leagues. It is a real shame. There should be more of an outcry against this. E.g., Aragones should have been fired on the spot for his racist statements against Henry, and that he was not is a bad sign. In Germany, he would have been fired the same day for these statements, I can guarantee you that.
There are more: Turkish-origin defender Serdar Tasci, Podolski and Klose (both from Poland), Trochowski (also Poland), Marin (Bosnia). I am probably forgetting a few. And yes, what you heard about Eto and Balotelli, I can confirm. It's a shame. When a few idiots try to do something like this in the Bundesliga, there is strong self-policing among the fans and the idiots are basically isolated and kicked out.
Not sure I buy this. This crap would NEVER fly in the US. We're light years beyond that. We even have a half black president!
Not sure why this is surprising. Any country that's predominantly one race would have heavy amount of racism. This is common sense, as we all like to be associated with people like ourselves. Racism in the US is at least tempered with the fact that we see people of different races everyday. It's hard to hate the people you work or go to school with too much. This doesn't happen in most other countries.
I think your grouping a large group of people who you disagree with as "collectivists" show that you need to seek a professional intervention from Dr's Randy and Ron Paul. They of course encourage Americans to adopt a group mentality and see themselves as "libertarians" The fact that virtually all of them have the superficial physical characteristic of "white" skin coloring should of course not be noticed or commented on.
Racism is open and public in Europe. The targets are Arabs, Muslims, and Africans (there is obvious overlap amongst these groups). It's people like AroundTheWorld who are fueling this racism, bigotry, xenophobia, Islamophia, and hate on the continent..
I don't know. Why don't you start a separate thread about that topic? This thread is about racism in a place that claims to be the bastion of freedom, liberalism, human rights, equality, etc... Also, what are your thoughts about racism in Europe?
No, it's actually the truth. There isn't the same history of using the racist terms to demean, or dehumanize minorities there in an effort to make them inferior like we have here in the U.S. It's why in Spain there is a saying "Trabajar como un negro." Everyone including any blacks there will say that it's based on a racial stereotype but will admit that the stereotype there doesn't have the same negative baggage associated with it that it might in the U.S. It just isn't as offensive where the offenses committed because of race weren't as institutionalized, violent, prevalent etc.
