Football and Racism

[Sir Moody]

Racism is West's issue. It is the issue of anyone who had colonies and was involved with slave trade. We don't have that issue, not because we're better or something, but simply cause we didn't have practically any contact with blacks. Maybe if Serbia had been a colonial empire, involved in slavery and slave trade, with many centuries of racism and treating blacks like subhumans we would have had the same issues Britain has. People here simply don't see blacks in that light and for them there isn't much difference between insulting someone because he has a big nose or because he's black. For you guys, the former is considered rude and the latter a crime basically, for us, both are rude. Those same guys who insulted Danny Rose would go to a bar tomorrow and drink happily with another black guy. For them, Danny Rose was a guy who played for the opposing team and acted like a prick. That's the whole story.

absolute BOLLOCKS

Racism is not an issue "created" by the slave trade it existed long before the slave trade and has outlived it - if anything the Slave trade was made possible BY racism not the other way round

and that last line is like the racist groups over here who start quotes with "I have Black friends BUT..." - it doesn't matter if the hooligans would happily drink in a pub with a Black man - they were Racially abusing Danny Rose and thus they were being Racist - end of story

to be honest you sound like you are trying to bury your head in the sand and are desperately trying to pile more sand on to make it all go away - this isn't the first incident and it wont be the last - your country has a Racism problem in football and you need to deal with it not hide from it