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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2016 RBS Six Nations] Round 4: England vs. Wales (12/03/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 789416" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>I don't know whether you don't understand the difference between ethnicity and nationality or are just very precious. Had Marler said Welsh boy there's be no case to answer, the fact he's bringing Lee's ethnicity into it in what must be assumed to be in a derogatory fashion is where the trouble begins. </p><p></p><p>I think it's hard for a lot here, not saying you, to grasp the concept of the insult because it's rare for white people, which Im going to take a shot in the dark and assume most of us here are white, to be in an ethnic minority or even consider their own ethnicity and therefore they don't equate calling Lee a Gypsy to calling someone black boy or something like that. Calling Lee a gypsy may be racist in itself, I'm not sure about the UK but calling a traveler anything but a traveler over here can get you in trouble, they certainly don't accept being called gypsies in Ireland.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 789416, member: 45598"] I don't know whether you don't understand the difference between ethnicity and nationality or are just very precious. Had Marler said Welsh boy there's be no case to answer, the fact he's bringing Lee's ethnicity into it in what must be assumed to be in a derogatory fashion is where the trouble begins. I think it's hard for a lot here, not saying you, to grasp the concept of the insult because it's rare for white people, which Im going to take a shot in the dark and assume most of us here are white, to be in an ethnic minority or even consider their own ethnicity and therefore they don't equate calling Lee a Gypsy to calling someone black boy or something like that. Calling Lee a gypsy may be racist in itself, I'm not sure about the UK but calling a traveler anything but a traveler over here can get you in trouble, they certainly don't accept being called gypsies in Ireland. [/QUOTE]
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