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Originally Posted by Swift
I do think that if it was a bench full of black guys and one white guy, then the phrase "the white guy over there" would've been used as an identifier.
Taking racial connotations out of it for a second, it's a useful descriptor no? If the whole bench was blond except for one ginger, you'd expect "the ginger guy" to be used as an identifier. If they all had short hair except for one long haired guy, you'd expect that to be used and so on.
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Do you think all red heads like being called ginger? If you were coaching a kids team would you yell from the sidelines to “cover the ginger”, or “the black kid”? Probably not because we know some of these terms can be sensitive. Calling somebody you don’t know a term like skinny, fat, short, etc is a dangerous game because many people have probably heard these terms used towards them with negative intent.
I don’t think this ref had bad intent, and no doubt the language barrier made the situation seem worse, but it’s still a moment we should all try to learn from rather then just brush off.