Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:57 am  

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... Wales.html I love Aussie as a country and have been lucky enough to spend a bit of time there but it's social racism problem is rife. Even by those who you think would or should know better!

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... Wales.html I love Aussie as a country and have been lucky enough to spend a bit of time there but it's social racism problem is rife. Even by those who you think would or should know better!

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:04 am  

sgtwilko wrote:

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/10/06/12/RUGBYL_New_South_Wales.html

I love Aussie as a country and have been lucky enough to spend a bit of time there but it's social racism problem is rife. Even by those who you think would or should know better!

but what makes you think Australia is any different to most other 'civilised' countries?

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:40 am  

J O N N Y wrote:

but what makes you think Australia is any different to most other 'civilised' countries?

my own expirence. and I was talking about the difference between Australia and our own country. Social casual racism is rife in aussie. A kind which is totally unacceptable in the uk. this situation highlights that! If this was in football and Stewart pearce had done the same in the England camp then he would be fired! his head would be called for! There is no wiff of johns losing his coaching role, infact the player has had to leave as he was so offended! Why does johns still have his job? Because casual through away racist remarks in aus are acceptable. Even within it's highest profile domestic sporting event origin.

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:50 am  

sgtwilko wrote:

my own expirence. and I was talking about the difference between Australia and our own country. Social casual racism is rife in aussie. A kind which is totally unacceptable in the uk. this situation highlights that! If this was in football and Stewart pearce had done the same in the England camp then he would be fired! his head would be called for! There is no wiff of johns losing his coaching role, infact the player has had to leave as he was so offended! Why does johns still have his job? Because casual through away racist remarks in aus are acceptable. Even within it's highest profile domestic sporting event origin.

how do you know that it isnt tolerated in the uk? the only reason that this incident came to light is because timana tahu has walked out of NSW.

the amount of appaling coments that i have heard directed towards emile heskey in the last few weeks from people in my work leads me to think that casual throw away remarkd are also acceptable in the uk.

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:57 am  

Dean Lance

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:25 am  

Racism is rife in the UK. It's embarrassing and wrong and needs addressing. It amazes me how many people say derogatory things and think it's acceptable. I'm not racist and have family members who are Chinese and I try to speak out against it but I often feel that I'm defending my view when actually I'm in the right.

I applaud Tahu's stand and wish more people the world over would take the same stance. We may then eradicate racism

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:53 am  

J O N N Y wrote:

how do you know that it isnt tolerated in the uk? the only reason that this incident came to light is because timana tahu has walked out of NSW.

the amount of appaling coments that i have heard directed towards emile heskey in the last few weeks from people in my work leads me to think that casual throw away remarkd are also acceptable in the uk.

Well have the balls to pull people up! I do. stop been a part of the problem. around me and my social group it's totally unacceptable. I have a big expended family and racism has never been accepted. Maybe that's just my upbringing!

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:56 am  

sgtwilko wrote:

Well have the balls to pull people up! I do. stop been a part of the problem. around me and my social group it's totally unacceptable. I have a big expended family and rascim has never been accepted. Maybe that's just my upbringing!

thats quite an assumption of me that you make there. and of my family, and of my friends.

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:02 am  

J O N N Y wrote:

thats quite an assumption of me that you make there. and of my family, and of my friends.

sorry mate you've got me wrong! I was talking about my life not yours. My first comment was refering to you saying something in the work place where equality should be as standard. God knows where you work but it sound like something from the 80's to me?

Re: Aussies at it again! : Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:12 am  

Rhinos Fan Pam wrote:

Racism is rife in the UK. It's embarrassing and wrong and needs addressing. It amazes me how many people say derogatory things and think it's acceptable. I'm not racist and have family members who are Chinese and I try to speak out against it but I often feel that I'm defending my view when actually I'm in the right.

If you think its rife in the UK then you don't have much experience of what it used to be like in the 1970s and 80s, things have improved beyond belief, partly due to the law enforcing racism as a crime and partly due to multi-cultural integration within schools.

I understand people of my fathers generation being racist, they know no better, people of my generation have a duty to keep their mouths shut if they cannot help themselves but more importantly to keep their mouths shut around their children - if they pass on their racism to their children then that is unforgivable because it is a taught response not a natural one.