A few months ago, a few posters expressed a concern that the forum was running rampant with racist overtones. These posters, who will remain anonymous, stated that this forum has always had a problem with racism and all the ill-feeling towards the players of color who left Juventus over the summer was nothing more than racism. While these concerns were expressed, no actual discussion was held regarding this supposed problem.
When players such as Emerson and Thuram were pondering the exit of Juventus during the last season, terms such as mercenary were used to describe the former. After their departures, more ill-feeling was directed towards these players, especially Thuram for his comments regarding Juventus. During the actual discussion, a few posters labeled others, including myself, racists for having a dislike for the aforementioned players. Now after a few months vacation this discussion is seemingly working its way back into the boards, with the recent posts of a couple members.
So is there really a problem with racism on this forum? Personally, I don't really see a problem here, however I wanted others to weigh in on the subject. Considering we have such a diverse melting pot of posters from all over the Globe, I find it rather strange only a few see such a problem. Labeling someone a racist just because he happens to call a dark-skinned player a mercenary doesn't really make sense to me, as there have been mercenaries of almost all races documented in the history books.
If people truly see a problem it needs to be addressed... instead of just a few people calling other racists for no apparent reason.
When players such as Emerson and Thuram were pondering the exit of Juventus during the last season, terms such as mercenary were used to describe the former. After their departures, more ill-feeling was directed towards these players, especially Thuram for his comments regarding Juventus. During the actual discussion, a few posters labeled others, including myself, racists for having a dislike for the aforementioned players. Now after a few months vacation this discussion is seemingly working its way back into the boards, with the recent posts of a couple members.
So is there really a problem with racism on this forum? Personally, I don't really see a problem here, however I wanted others to weigh in on the subject. Considering we have such a diverse melting pot of posters from all over the Globe, I find it rather strange only a few see such a problem. Labeling someone a racist just because he happens to call a dark-skinned player a mercenary doesn't really make sense to me, as there have been mercenaries of almost all races documented in the history books.
If people truly see a problem it needs to be addressed... instead of just a few people calling other racists for no apparent reason.
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