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[News] Sam Kerr (well someone had to)
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Your first sentence is heading in the right direction.
The second one opens up a whole world of unnecessary complications.
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Really haven't read anything about this case in the msm at all , just followed this thread and gathered details from NSC's finest posters .
Therefore I may not be fully up to speed with all the relevant details however from what I can gather the court case came about because a Police Officer was upset and distressed after what was said to them by the defendant ,rather than would may have occurred in the cab previously .
If so then I would suggest that they have chosen the wrong job if they are that precious and can't take a bit of lip from a pissed up chav .
Therefore I may not be fully up to speed with all the relevant details however from what I can gather the court case came about because a Police Officer was upset and distressed after what was said to them by the defendant ,rather than would may have occurred in the cab previously .
If so then I would suggest that they have chosen the wrong job if they are that precious and can't take a bit of lip from a pissed up chav .
Sorry, I can't quite understand this and would welcome clarification. I was under the impression that she let loose a volley of racist expletives in a police station, but played the race card ? I've obviously misinterpreted this, and would appreciate clarification on this matter.
A volley of racist expletives. Not quite, she called a police officer ‘stupid and white’ once. Her defence was that what she was saying was being dismissed because she isn’t white.
Putting aside the more debatable parts of what happened and her defence has anyone ever been convicted of racial harassment for saying something equivalent to ‘white and stupid’ once? Most racist abuse uses more offensive language - the closest example I can think of is Suarez and Evra and the police didn’t get involved in that.
Not really - that's one the the legal system has already taken on board.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
your use of that band in this context/ thread is verging on sacrilege .....shame on you H
Personally I see racism as discrimination based on skin colour. No complications. No shades of grey.
End of.
And when it comes to unfairness and discrimination in this country, wealth Inequality is far more of a factor than race.
As it happens Sam Kerr‘s behaviour was a classic case of wealth entitlement. I’m glad the judge told her where to shove her application for costs.
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I think it’s possible that the Policeman was dismissive of what she was saying because she was drunk and very rude. It’s actually incredibly difficult to not be dismissive when people are drunk and rude, it takes a skill that the Policeman did not appear to demonstrate.
Sam Kerr comes across as vile and entitled because she probably is but I’m almost more angry at the waste of money and time this Policeman’s complaint has caused.
I say this because I am both white and privileged. My privilege is that my ‘whiteness’ is not part of my self identity or make up. I literally never think about it in this country, I’ve never had to. I have the privilege to not care about my skin colour. I have the privilege to not link my culture, my food, my music or my job to the colour of my skin. So if Sam Kerr called me ‘stupid & white’, she’d get the ‘f***-off’ but I’d be showing off to my friends about telling a Chelsea footballer where to go rather than suffering the sort of mental anguish and distress it must have taken for that poor Policeman to push this to court.
Nasty, drunk, arrogant footballer meets patronising, pathetic, jobsworth policeman wanker shocker. What a waste of time and oxygen for all concerned except the lawyers of course!
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LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Interesting postI think it’s possible that the Policeman was dismissive of what she was saying because she was drunk and very rude. It’s actually incredibly difficult to not be dismissive when people are drunk and rude, it takes a skill that the Policeman did not appear to demonstrate.
Sam Kerr comes across as vile and entitled because she probably is but I’m almost more angry at the waste of money and time this Policeman’s complaint has caused.
I say this because I am both white and privileged. My privilege is that my ‘whiteness’ is not part of my self identity or make up. I literally never think about it in this country, I’ve never had to. I have the privilege to not care about my skin colour. I have the privilege to not link my culture, my food, my music or my job to the colour of my skin. So if Sam Kerr called me ‘stupid & white’, she’d get the ‘f***-off’ but I’d be showing off to my friends about telling a Chelsea footballer where to go rather than suffering the sort of mental anguish and distress it must have taken for that poor Policeman to push this to court.
Nasty, drunk, arrogant footballer meets patronising, pathetic, jobsworth policeman wanker shocker. What a waste of time and oxygen for all concerned expect the lawyers of course!
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
- Oct 17, 2008
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This is interesting. I am mixed race, British/Mauritian, but with a relatively pale complexion (though I do tan well!).
I personally can’t abide people who make their entire personality one particular trait, up to and including their race. There are a lot of people in life who relate every single thing in their lives back to race. The same kind of people who claim others have “white privilege” when things don’t go their way, in a situation that has nothing to do with race.
I have no time for people whose entire outlook on life is based around one aspect of what makes them human. I’ve known Professional Stoners, Professional Drinkers, Professional Karens, Professional Northerners, Professional Camp Gays, Professional Hard Men/Thugs and yes, Professional Blacks.
Racism is a distinct thing. The second we start getting into “feelings” of unconscious bias and the like, we are inflicting issues like race on a situation that very likely doesn’t need it.
In Sam Kerr’s case, she felt, without evidence, she was being dismissed due to “white privilege” (which she mentions several times), injecting race into the situation.
She then crossed the line into racist abuse by saying the officer was “stupid and white”.
They didn’t meet the criteria for a conviction, we all move on.