- Jun 11, 2012
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This isn’t the kind of statement I’d put my name to on social media for fear of a public shaming, but the eagerness to jump on an incident which could quite conceivably have zero racial connotations at all is extremely worrying. Public figures left right and centre are lining up to condemn this is as some sort of organised racist attack, rather than a banana skin being thrown in the general vicinity of a group of millionaire footballers.
I guess it’s possible that this guy took a banana to a game, ate the fruit and kept the skin to throw at the nearest black player at the first opportunity, but surely it’s equally possible that a man just ate a banana and threw the skin at a group of rival players celebrating in front of him?
Any discussion of race in this country gets polarised so quickly that it’s pointless looking for common sense, much less nuance. Tbh, I feel for the guy stuck in the middle of this. Enough people have shouted ‘racist’ at him now that nothing he ever says or does will wash the stain away. All over a fucking banana skin.
I guess it’s possible that this guy took a banana to a game, ate the fruit and kept the skin to throw at the nearest black player at the first opportunity, but surely it’s equally possible that a man just ate a banana and threw the skin at a group of rival players celebrating in front of him?
Any discussion of race in this country gets polarised so quickly that it’s pointless looking for common sense, much less nuance. Tbh, I feel for the guy stuck in the middle of this. Enough people have shouted ‘racist’ at him now that nothing he ever says or does will wash the stain away. All over a fucking banana skin.