Not really. It's not a 'win' for people just being not racist surely?

And the trouble when the word minority is used, its almost there as an excusing factor - "its just a minority, so we don't need to worry about it". 49% of people can also be a minority.

Posted By: Yellalee on July 20th 2021 at 09:18:20

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Racism in Sport. Positive. (Other Football) - DiscoDale, Jul 20, 09:06:57
- The win is when we stop having to call out the positive support (Other Football) - Jester, Jul 20, 12:53:52
- Not really. It's not a 'win' for people just being not racist surely? (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jul 20, 09:18:20
  - Also a fair few celebrating those things are also racist. (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 09:57:19
    - #logs out# (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 20, 13:14:20
    - Although people gove celebrities of all races stick over their tax avoidance schemes and (Other Football) - Jim, Jul 20, 11:20:18
      - I think Legacy Fan's point is the way people express their distain for these things... (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jul 20, 11:35:24
        
        Indeed (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 12:33:58
    - Comparing tax evasion and doping to missing a penalty? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 20, 10:02:04
      - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 10:02:43
        
        Only comparing reaction from racists (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 10:16:55
        
        Perhaps “tribal” is a better description than “national” since same at club level (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 10:17:42
  - Good point. Just sick of seeing hate in so many places (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDale, Jul 20, 09:23:02
    - You just said it was a tiny minority (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 20, 09:26:51

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