so if the fella who threw a banana skin didn't do it with a racial intention

it means all of the people reporting it are racist for interpreting it that way?

apparently he's known black people all his life.

The lad who threw the banana at Bale got done for racism.

Not sure how that verdict was reached imo unless it’s an admittance of Bale’s ape ancestry.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

it means all of the people reporting it are racist for interpreting it that way?

apparently he's known black people all his life.

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I thought it had to be an uneaten 'nana to be racist, the guy probably just likes bananas and had just finished one. Bet he wishes he'd taken an apple to the game now.

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

I thought it had to be an uneaten 'nana to be racist, the guy probably just likes bananas and had just finished one. Bet he wishes he'd taken an apple to the game now.

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Shouldn't be allowed to take bananas into the stadium. highly dangerous you can rob banks with them an all sorts.

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

I thought it had to be an uneaten 'nana to be racist, the guy probably just likes bananas and had just finished one. Bet he wishes he'd taken an apple to the game now.

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Apparently it was the discarded skin of a banana eaten by a boy beside him.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

it means all of the people reporting it are racist for interpreting it that way?

apparently he's known black people all his life.

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Normally, I would be leaping to this chap's defence and saying he's being treated unfairly.

However, he's a Tottenham fan, so fùck 'im.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Normally, I would be leaping to this chap's defence and saying he's being treated unfairly.

However, he's a Tottenham fan, so fùck 'im.

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Pretty much where I stand on this

But surely apes like full bananas and not just the skin? I'm not seeing the racism angle.

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But surely apes like full bananas and not just the skin? I'm not seeing the racism angle.

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I do sort of agree with this but then i still can't help but think that a) chucking anything is just dumb and b) a banana skin at a black player, at some point would your brain not compute that this could be taken rather badly.

It was a penalty, he was likely to score and quite likely to run that way. I'd say he had plenty of time to prepare and at no point did he think, this is a very bad idea

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I do sort of agree with this but then i still can't help but think that a) chucking anything is just dumb and b) a banana skin at a black player, at some point would your brain not compute that this could be taken rather badly.

It was a penalty, he was likely to score and quite likely to run that way. I'd say he had plenty of time to prepare and at no point did he think, this is a very bad idea

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There is another health and safety aspect here. what if he slipped on the skin.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

There is another health and safety aspect here. what if he slipped on the skin.

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Perhaps that'll be his defence. He was removing a hazard that could have caused an accident and it was just incredibly unfortunate timing.

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it means all of the people reporting it are racist for interpreting it that way?

apparently he's known black people all his life.

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Perhaps he was hoping that Auba would slip on the banana skin and injure himself?

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

it means all of the people reporting it are racist for interpreting it that way?

apparently he's known black people all his life.

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This is exactly the argument that these crackalackas use. Not about having black friends, which is a stretch, but that the accusers are the racist ones.