pragmatic1 wrote: » Was down at my local pub a few days ago and one of my mates told me about a racial incident that took place the night before. We have a temp priest from Nigeria and some of the local idiots started calling him a black bastard.
Nodin wrote: » And I suppose in a few pages of pointless to and fro, we'll get a post from you asking 'when did this thread become about meeeeeeee'.......
Fratton Fred wrote: » Christ on a bike
pragmatic1 wrote: » Ironic. I'll say one thing for the ra, they're a fairly inclusive bunch.
Guy:Incognito wrote: » As long as you're the right religion of course.
The Waltzing Consumer wrote: » Eh, got to ask, look at what is says racism is: "Racism is a specific form of discrimination and exclusion faced by cultural and ethnic minorities
WindSock wrote: » Jesus, some of the claptrap here that is spouted as racism. Think people need to get out a bit more. Go to another country or something and experience life as an ethnic minority, or witness it with one. (no, Parnell st doesn't cut it)
PeterGriffen wrote: » I hear racist comments with depressing regularity where I live. One that really irritates the hell out of me is the fact that my incredibly racist brothers-in-law have named their black dog "Nigs", which they find hilarious.
biko wrote: » Wonder where the 3yo picked that word up?
bonerm wrote: » AH probably.
virmilitaris wrote: » Notices on bars here in Korea saying "No Foreigners". In fairness to Koreans the reasoning behind it isn't necessarily racist. They don't want foreigners in the bars because A) most don't speak Korean, most don't understand the culture and end up pissing off the Korean customers by trying to talk to the women (Talking to strangers = cultural no no) or C) the bar is a hostess bar where certain unspoken rules apply and the foreigners don't know them or respect them. So it's racist for non-race reasons. :pac: Oh and also job advertisements which explicitly state what kind of race/colour/nationality they want or do not want.
biko wrote: » Yesterday I heard a 3yo from a "deprived background" calling a black 10yo ni6ger. Wonder where the 3yo picked that word up?
Nodin wrote: » "Talking to strangers = cultural no no"? How the jaysus do koreans go out on the pull then?
CantGetNoSleep wrote: » Is one of their first names Nick by any chance?
pragmatic1 wrote: » Was down at my local pub a few days ago and one of my mates told me about a racial incident that took place the night before. We have a temp priest from Nigeria and some of the local idiots started calling him a black bastard. I know racism is found in every country, but it shocked me because we've had different races living here before and I've never heard of anything like this. Have any of you seen crap like this and if you have, did you do anything about it.
Amhran Nua wrote: » Can you clarify which pub it was and what time it happened? Incidents like that are illegal and it should be very easy to verify whether or not they actually occurred. Send me a PM if you don't feel like mentioning it publicly.
caspa307 wrote: » http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/:eek::eek::eek::eek: havent seen but was shocked to stumble upon this
enda1 wrote: » Why immediately jump to the racist card? Perhaps the priest is not a nice guy and had a run in with one or more of them? Maybe they find him completely non-understandable and are expressing their annoyance in an over the top manner by calling him a bastard. Black is just an adjective (and forms easy alliteration in this case) which could just as easily be small, fat, tall, blonde, etc. etc. Its not so easy to judge whether or not they are racist sentiments unless you know the motive behind the statements. If they are calling him a bastard because he's black/because of his race then fine label them racists. While if they are calling him a bastard because of another reason then "black" is only an identifier.
