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So this has come out as a potential outcome. What are your thoughts?
I personally feel that it won't achieve much under that title. It will segregate instantly people due to the colour of their skin.
What if a player is mixed-race? Which one do they sign up to? What if they value both ethnicity values in his heritage?
Another issue I have with it is the idea that "black" is still a term that can be used. In this day and age "black" draws in a HUGE amount of nations and backgrounds. In the 50s and "wind-rush" the term "black" was used predominantly to signify people from the West Indies. However, now there are so many different "black" communities in Britain that it cannot still be used. Does "black" mean the sub-Saharan African countries, predominantly French speaking? Does it mean Afro-Caribbean? Does it mean British? What generation black-british?
And how about this? What if I want to support black players, how do I show my support if I am not allowed to join because I am not "black"?
Many questions I'm sure this will bring up.
(One last thing - I do feel that all this in-fighting is not doing us any faviours when pleading/demanding that UEFA/FIFA lay a huge sanction on Serbia when we have our players not being able to unite on our own ground)
I personally feel that it won't achieve much under that title. It will segregate instantly people due to the colour of their skin.
What if a player is mixed-race? Which one do they sign up to? What if they value both ethnicity values in his heritage?
Another issue I have with it is the idea that "black" is still a term that can be used. In this day and age "black" draws in a HUGE amount of nations and backgrounds. In the 50s and "wind-rush" the term "black" was used predominantly to signify people from the West Indies. However, now there are so many different "black" communities in Britain that it cannot still be used. Does "black" mean the sub-Saharan African countries, predominantly French speaking? Does it mean Afro-Caribbean? Does it mean British? What generation black-british?
And how about this? What if I want to support black players, how do I show my support if I am not allowed to join because I am not "black"?
Many questions I'm sure this will bring up.
(One last thing - I do feel that all this in-fighting is not doing us any faviours when pleading/demanding that UEFA/FIFA lay a huge sanction on Serbia when we have our players not being able to unite on our own ground)
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