You could never quantify it but

Would be interesting to be able to gauge the number of football fans who are now less racist than before because of the impact of black/Asian/south american footballers.

There are different types/levels of racism and in my view in areas such as Norfolk amongst older generations quite a lot of the comments you hear are a result of the fact that there simply were not many black people about until relatively recently. Even when I was growing up in the 80,s it was pretty rare to come across black people in Norwich.

Completely different now and I can't see many of the younger generation of Norwich fans having the same attitude, especially when they have black heroes on the pitch such as Tettey, Bassong and Jackson

Posted By: Jim on November 3rd 2012 at 10:23:28

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Good Hughton article sorry if WW2.. (NCFC) - loz, Nov 3, 08:42:02
- God, the comments. Bloody hell. (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 09:59:37
  - sums up the Torygraph readership unfortunately imho (n/m) (NCFC) - Monty Peculiar, Nov 3, 10:33:10
    - Surely that's a red herring though? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 3, 10:37:48
      - Probably. Though my guess is that readers have tendencies to drift towards ... (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 10:58:10
        
        Mind, I'm often surprised at some of the reactionary comments on Guardian articles (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Nov 3, 11:09:28
        
        And the supposedly left wing BBC as well. (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 11:15:20
        
        I miss this (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 11:34:00
        
        Ha! That's brilliant! (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Nov 3, 12:35:35
        
        Yep, that's fair. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 3, 11:01:03
        
        What gets me is that people feel such a sense of injustice that they think they personally (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 11:04:52
        
        Yep 'what about white racism for us equally persecuted types, huh?' (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 3, 11:14:19
      - Putting the article aside. I don't think NCFC has a racism problem (NCFC) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 3, 10:51:28
        
        I agree to a certain extent. I've bawled a couple out who have been racist near me (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 3, 10:55:51
- Considered and articulate. I think we have a good manager and a good man (n/m) (NCFC) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 3, 09:58:25
- lovely article about Mr Chris, thanks for posting (NCFC) - dr fanta, Nov 3, 08:55:01
- Depressing comments. Sort of sums up the problem really. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 08:50:38
  - Clarkson hosting hignfy yesterday too. Doesn't help anything really (NCFC) - pants, Nov 3, 11:52:30
  - The problem has been blown out of all proportion (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 3, 09:58:36
    - There is a problem with racism in society still. Read those comments. (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 10:04:44
      - And it's only occasionally because of social and legal restrictions. (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 10:07:58
        
        You could never quantify it but (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 3, 10:23:28
        
        I think it is declining, yes. (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 10:30:43
  - I was you plum. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:03:04
    - No, the comments underneath it I meant. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:03:28
      - Easy, tiger. Pub today? (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 09:44:42
        
        Not today, rushing hither and thither unfortunately. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:58:52
        
        Hither AND thither? Unlucky. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 10:02:03
  - oh,i thought you were on about the article,. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 3, 09:01:21
  - Think of the progress that has been made since the 80s though,i know you're old enough to (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 3, 08:58:30
    - Oh agreed, it's socially unacceptable now to behave that way. (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:02:43
      - Yes (NCFC) - Ladbroke, Nov 3, 10:12:00
        
        I can't imagine what that was like. I don't think I'd have gone to the football if it was (NCFC) - Only1Doherty, Nov 3, 10:14:57
        
        But if you don't go (NCFC) - Ladbroke, Nov 3, 10:26:05
        
        A lot of people didn't. Crowds much bigger now in general. That's only a part of it but (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 10:25:08
      - yeah,you see it on the chatrooms while watching the games,it's embarrassing at times, (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 3, 09:09:15
  - Can't believe one of the comments referred to "coloureds" ! (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Nov 3, 08:57:34
    - Shocking in this day and age. This one was gobsmacking aso: (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:00:08
      - Sadly there are a lot of people still around who think like that. (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Nov 3, 09:09:58
        
        Yep. So many morons. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:15:15

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