I would like some stats on that assertion. Do you have much knowledge of Australian ethnicities?
Yeah, complete mystery.
Moderating:
Let’s dial it back. This is a personal attack.
You’re free to not offer additional details, but don’t then get upset when other posters make assumptions you don’t care for. Stay civil in this conversation.
We don’t need stats since we’re not talking about anything where stats are relevant. We have enough to discuss your example.
I don’t need to know anything about Australian ethnicities since, as you said, “the soccer teams don’t know opponents ethnicity and religion”.
Which is a curious claim, unless this was a soccer game for the blind of course.
Or we have someone who “doesn’t see color”?
Brown kids in Australia could be Cambodian, Thai, Indian, Māori, Aboriginal -maybe a hundred other countries or ethnicities. Please watch kids soccer game here and tell me all the ethnic backgrounds and religions for me please.
One does not need to actually know, correctly that they are; Cambodian, Thai, Indian, Māori, Aboriginal or one of a hundred other countries or ethnicities, to misidentify them and incorrectly use a racially motivated slur when referring to them.
Not that racially motivated slurs could be ‘’‘’‘correctly’‘’‘’ applied in the first place.
I think white kids will not distinguish (heck, many adults do not either). The other person is not “white” and that is enough for a slur.
At the start of the thread it seemed important who the other kid was. Now apparently it doesn’t. The boy sent off by the way is half Asian and half Māori. Does that count as ‘white’ in your world?
I was wondering when we’d get to the payoff line.
We know who the REAL racists are…
I checked, it was never brought up by me. Maybe you should consider that not having any details in your OP led to those questions?
Umm, no, and I hope this thread does not go down the ‘Only whites can be racist!’ rabbit hole.
To me calling someone a, “terrorist,” is always insulting and probably always racist. I do not care about ethnicity, race, religion, etc. about either person. It’s a bit like calling a white person, well any ethnic racial slur. It is still racist.
And the recipient of the insult?
I did not know this until now but it seems Australia is getting collectively more worried about terrorism.
The YouTube video below discusses this (jump to @22:30 in the video for the relevant bit). It seems paranoia is rampant so one kid saying terrorist to another while playing has more power than usual and could be dangerous for the accused kid:
Nobody here worries about what ASIO says. Most probably didn’t even hear that news. No panic in Australia- most are just worried that they have to wait four years for another Olympics
I wonder why the term ‘terrorist’ seems to have been taken as a meaningless insult, and depending on the other party very possibly an ethnic slur, by all responses in this thread.
The word ‘terrorist’ has an actual meaning. It means the person is guilty of one a list of grave criminal offences. The comparison I’d make would be with calling someone a ‘rapist’, ‘arsonist’, etc.
You seem to be taking things a bit personally, assuming we’re talking about you. That’s not the intent.
We are asking about whether the boy in question looks like they could be Arabic. If they did, then that could have factored into the decision. Because there is a stereotype that Arabs are terrorists.
You’re right: people can’t determine what the player was thinking. They can only use external clues. And if the person looks like they could be Arabic, it’s more likely the player was using a racist stereotype.
And, even if he wasn’t, it’s not good for the sport if players appear to be saying racist things. It looks bad for them, like they allow racism. So they have every reason to side with “don’t call people terrorists.”
I mean, there has to be some reason the person would even think of calling the other person a “terrorist.” Why would that even enter their head, if not for the stereotype? Soccer players don’t exactly act like terrorists.
And, to be clear, in case you know the kid: it doesn’t mean the kid is some horrible racist. They just live in a society where they hear these things. It takes a bit of effort to analyze what you say and decide not to say it. A kid may not have done that yet.
Hence punishment: to help the kid realize it’s a bad thing. Later in life, the consequences could be a lot worse. Imagine if they were the boss at a company and said that to an Arabic worker. They could be sued for a ton.
I don’t think the responses are overwhelming taking the term “terrorist” as a meaningless insult.
I think most agree it’s probably racist and indeed an insult.
I’m pretty sure I didn’t.
If I understand your post.
Are there ethnic or religious minorities that have been harassed as presumed arsonists for decades?
Because you brought up an insult on a child that could be construed as racist. We are here because you brought us here and have provided us with insufficient information.