It wasn’t lazy journalism

It was a challenging and provocative piece, and it’s part of a broader debate that’s engaging a lot of thought and reflection. Unconscious bias - which is what would lead writers to tend to accentuate the physical attributes of black players, cf white players - is something for us all to challenge ourselves over, and try and tackle. It’s more subtle and complicated than just ‘racist’.

You might disagree over whether this a big problem, or even a problem at all, but it wasn’t lazy journalism.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on August 7th 2019 at 21:51:57

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Seem to remember that the bien pensants of the Wrath decided it was racist to observe that (NCFC) - Old Git, Aug 7, 20:03:39
- I've heard water is racist (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 7, 20:29:43
- Bit embarrassing this. Had a drink? (n/m) (NCFC) - asics_kit, Aug 7, 20:27:08
- That’s some dumb ass logic right there Old Troll (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Aug 7, 20:10:25
  - Some hold the view that saying Paul Pogba is a fantastic athlete (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Aug 7, 21:11:25
  - It's a ref to this I think (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 7, 20:51:37
    - That’s the badger (NCFC) - Old Git, Aug 7, 21:26:23
      - I think norway and Worz come out really well in that thread - others not so (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Aug 7, 21:36:10
        
        I wasn’t intending this as a popularity quiz (NCFC) - Old Git, Aug 7, 21:41:31
        
        But the point being made wasnt about a single article (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 7, 21:54:29
        
        It wasn’t lazy journalism (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 7, 21:51:57
        
        It was a stupid piece (NCFC) - Old Git, Aug 7, 22:03:18
        
        Do you understand why people take unconscious bias seriously? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 7, 22:10:37
        
        As Jonathan Sumption said in answer to a particularly stupid question at the end (NCFC) - Old Git, Aug 7, 22:17:21
  - Oh, was it you too Schteve? (NCFC) - Old Git, Aug 7, 20:11:11
    - No (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Aug 7, 20:16:00

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