Balotelli cartoon - is this racist ?

[tototoner]

I don't think so but its causing quite a stir

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...se-for-Mario-Balotelli-King-Kong-cartoon.html

 

[HappySpur]

If I were a Giant Mythological Gorilla I would be totally offended to be cast as a Balotelli.

 

[Dinghy]

IMO it's as racist as the Scumball chant.

 

[punky]

Racism is subjective. If you want it to be racist, it is.

 

[KentuckyYid]

A few years ago The Sun ran a similar cartoon of Rooney on the Eiffel Tower. Just like the Balotelli cartoon the message behind it is the player conquered and not that the player is an ape.

I'd argue that those who find the cartoon offensive think with a racial angle before anything else, and therefore are the real racists.

 

[TaoistMonkey]

It is racist. Black people can jump high but they certainly cant climb large buildings.

 

[Col_M]

Racism is subjective. If you want it to be racist, it is.

Very well put.

 

[tototoner]

Racism is subjective. If you want it to be racist, it is.

good point

 

[DuDe]

Racism is subjective. If you want it to be racist, it is.

That is exactly the kind of comment I was going to make.

 

[Spursking]

Like Gullit once said. I am not offended if someone tell me I am a negro, because it is what I am. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Dinghy]

Like Gullit once said. I am not offended if someone tell me I am a negro, because it is what I am. Nothing wrong with that.

So what did he say about being called a monkey?

 

[Spursking]

So what did he say about being called a monkey?

I don't know if he has been called that. That is not good, but if someone had called me a monkey, I would not care about it.

 

[Dinghy]

I don't know if he has been called that. That is not good, but if someone had called me a monkey, I would not care about it.

1) IIRC (it may be an urban legend) you are not black (or whatever the currently PC description is! ) though are you?

2) That was what was the suggestion in the 'outrage' at the cartoon; that Balotelli was being called a monkey (or actually a fucking big mythical ape but...you get my drift?)

(shit I have read too many of SP's post and started numbering my replies!!!! )

 

[Ziege]

Racism is subjective. If you want it to be racist, it is.

Racism is actually very black and white, but due to people misusing the term and calling everything 'racist' for political reasons (usually to gain something or play on sympathies) it has become warped and gray, when in reality the definition is very clear-cut and straightforward.

Racist: someone who believes a person of an ethnic background is superior to another inherently.

Racism: the practice of the above.

The end. But now every comment, every picture and every little nit-picking thing that someone doesn't like is 'racist'. It has become nothing but a buzz word and a get out of jail free card, which is really sad.

 

[jimtheyid]

I don't know if he has been called that. That is not good, but if someone had called me a monkey, I would not care about it.

I thought you were a white guy. Where do you hail from then?

 

[OmarsComing]

Absolutely not racist

 

[hoodlum]

It's racist because of the gorilla connection. If they wanted a giant, city destroying creature that wouldn't be construed as racist then they should've made him into Godzilla.

 

[hoodlum]

I don't know if he has been called that. That is not good, but if someone had called me a monkey, I would not care about it.

Depends on the context, no?

 

[GodGomes]

Only the person who came up with it would know.

 

[Kushal]

Racism is actually very black and white, but due to people misusing the term and calling everything 'racist' for political reasons (usually to gain something or play on sympathies) it has become warped and gray, when in reality the definition is very clear-cut and straightforward.

Racist: someone who believes a person of an ethnic background is superior to another inherently.

Racism: the practice of the above.

The end. But now every comment, every picture and every little nit-picking thing that someone doesn't like is 'racist'. It has become nothing but a buzz word and a get out of jail free card, which is really sad.

What about the Chinese then?