But the point is that they aren't 'well-grounded' fears. They're just prejudices based on a personal distaste for him. You say yourself that he hasn't actually 'done' anything wrong.
As kids growing up in the sticks, this was how racial prejudice was always explained to us. Waste of time, of course; there were so few darkies and whatnot about that nobody had ever actually bothered to develop a mechanism for dealing with the topic. There simply wasn't "racism", as urban sorts understood it.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Originally Posted by Burney
As kids growing up in the sticks, this was how racial prejudice was always explained to us. Waste of time, of course; there were so few darkies and whatnot about that nobody had ever actually bothered to develop a mechanism for dealing with the topic. There simply wasn't "racism", as urban sorts understood it.
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