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Old 12-10-2020, 08:33 AM   #236
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Originally Posted by GirlySports View Post
It's still wrong and racist, white guys are never called white.

If Klopp was sent off and the ref went to ask the linesmen who he sent off, he would never say, "The white guy over there."
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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