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Originally Posted by SeoulFire
Race card is easy to play - much easier than saying "stop being so mean!".
Lowbrow and offensive? Yes. Racist? No.
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As someone from African decent who strongly dislikes the inappropriate use of the race card, I don't pull it out often and put a lot of thought into it when I do. Consequently, after careful consideration I believe this chant is infused with racism.
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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
there are chants about John Terry's dad being a drug dealer and his mom being a whore as well, it's not just Manny
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They know John Terry's dad is a drug dealer, I would bet the house that most of the United and Spurs supporters who sang the chant have no clue what Adebayor's father does for a living. It is ignorant and naive to think that the allegedly racist part of the chant was taking a dig at a profession with low status in society rather than its ethnic/regional nature. It wasn't a bunch of guys having a laugh because someone's father does a job people with little money and education do, it was a bunch of guys having a laugh because someone's father does a job people, who they think, have a lower or no human worth do.