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porp wrote:Using a banana as an ethnic slur is so provincial. Step it up racists! Besides, you're going to confuse West Coast Asian-American/Canadian fans.
The Associate Press did some pretty subtle work on the transcription of Obama's speech a couple of days ago (and even they are getting called out).
My thoughts exactly.
Next time go with the watermelon. Less confusion.
Maybe the offender was Spanish? There have been many incidents in Spain with fans throwing bananas at black soccer players.
Besides, bringing water melons to games might be slightly more suspiscious than bringing bananas...
Whatever you do, always give 100 %!
Except when donating blood.
So the accused is claiming he didn't realize a banana would be construed as racist and he was throwing it simply to distract Simmonds. While I do not buy it, I don't know the guy. But it sure would be a case of really unfortunate timing.
The only thing he really might have going in his favour is that it happened in the SO. Did he really show up with the intent to throw a banana at Simmonds and wait that long? The public humiliation is more than enough of a penalty.
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A tip to my coloured friends: take back the banana like you took back the N word. I think if we see some banana tossing in rap videos it'll be cool.