Guardian show all South Americans look the same.
Top notch editorial work by the Guardian right here.
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Player Rodrigo Bentancur
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Watch them blame it on us since all Spurs players clearly look the same. They even dress the same whenever they play.Guardian show all South Americans look the same.
Sitting around with my family a couple of weeks ago watching a K-Drama set on Jeju and my (Korean-born not Korean-American) wife joked she couldn’t tell the male leads apart — not for the first time. We all laughed at her — even though she’s the smartest in the family.
It’s a joke that we sometimes crack amongst ourselves although Bentancur will get a lengthy ban for basically the same sentiment. I speak only for myself. It’s bullshit. I can differentiate between this and anti-Asian racism — been subjected to it countless times and my wife even more so— and I really don’t need some white saviors interjecting on my behalf.
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This is quite possibly the funniest thing I've seen this year. Astonishing that a such a huge organsiation can make a fuck up of this nature when reporting THIS of all stories. Possibly the best example of irony I've ever seen.
Top notch editorial work by the Guardian right here.
Why do I think this is deliberate, the Romero agenda isn’t a made up thing
Top notch editorial work by the Guardian right here.
Top notch editorial work by the Guardian right here.
Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancur charged by FA over alleged racist remark
Rodrigo Bentancur has been charged by the FA for an alleged misconduct breach for a remark made about his teammate Son Heung-min
www.theguardian.com
It wouldn’t surprise me if this would have been treated differently if RB was referring to another club’s player, and not his captain and friend.
Knowing what a gentleman he is, I bet Son has got involved and downplayed the whole incident.
If that has happened the club are unlikely to go against Son’s wishes and inflame the situation.
First of all, it was meant as irony.
Secondly, Bentancur did not say all Koreans look alike - he said Son looked like one of his relatives (his cousin I think if I am not wrong).
Besides, when I lived in Africa, I was on several occasions mistaken for other white guys, being told we "all" look alike. Did I feel offended? No! Did I feel they were being racist? No, not at all.
The all white middle class leftwaffe were all offended on Sons behalf and that’s what matters
What on earth are you smoking?
"Sonny's? It could be Sonny's cousin too as they all look the same."
you think he said that because he genuinely thought Son looked identical to his cousin?
It’s a fake. I posted the original with the photo of RB.
Well, do you have proof that he meant that all Koreans looks like Son?
Bentancur apologized to Son and the public, and Son accepted his apology.
Yes, it was a silly banter about Son but I doubt he'd post it his banter about Son publicly if he thought he was racist by what he said (but, yes, it would have been better if he had not posted the clip). And sometime one can say things to friends that, when taken out of context, can be easily misunderstood (f.ex., black people often use the N-word to each others but a white person cannot...)
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It's not fake, they just edited the article after half an hour.
If you don't think things like this are on occasion deliberate you didn't follow the Daily Mails tendency to put stories about gangs near pictures of Rahim Sterling. I kind of think you might be right. Link Romero even tangentially to rascism in the wake of that Enzo story.
He's been white in Africa don't ya know so that's exactly the same......
You're not and I knew the overreaction, primarily stoked by our own fanbase, would lead to a disproportionate punishment. I absolutely do not condone what he said, not one bit, but the reaction is a reflection of what passes for the stocks these days plus the dumpster fire that is social media - plenty of people happily sat on their high horse virtue signalling their disapproval for their quick fix of social clout via likes.
Meanwhile, Enzo Fernández releases an actual hate fuelled single with his Argentinian teammates as backing singers and what does he get for his "apology"? A promotion to captain. Go figure.
I'm still hopefully he'll get his and will be e-mailing the FA if he isn't charged....Oh hang on having seen how he's playing the last thing I want is a lengthy ban. Scratch that.
"The anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out said it had received a “significant number” of complaints."Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancur charged by FA over alleged racist remark
Rodrigo Bentancur has been charged by the FA for an alleged misconduct breach for a remark made about his teammate Son Heung-min
How many, from who and where?