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Made me think in the commentary did he just say 'martial arts', and why... old guy I used to work with always said, 'if you say something, it must have been in your head'.
Was of the same ilk. Tyler is 77. He’s been brought up in a world where such terms are deemed normal & acceptable.it was more stereotypical than racist,
when i heard him say it, i thought WTF !
Exactly.Did he say the same thing when Jota kicked skipp in the head?
or if a commentator said "the Spurs defence has more gaps in it than an Englishman's mouth".I wonder what they’d say in Korea if one of their commentators described a Harry Kane foul as a rugby tackle or scrummage.
Im asian and it didnt even register when i was watching tbh, and if it did id have probably have laughed.
Like others have said "stereotyping" rather than racist, albeit poking fun in a lame way.
Our own fans referring to me as Son/giving me extra hi fives when son does well is more annoying than this and i take that in jest despite not being korean and having been going to games for 30+ years, so lets calm down a bit i think, he can make his public apologies/go on his tolerance course and let's move on.
That’s the point isn’t it?
Are we still happy to use stereotypes?
They don’t have to be shocking or refer to demeaning behaviours. But they do ( in my opinion)tend make someone’s appearance or place of origin more important than their individual qualities. It isn’t
In most Korean schools Tae Kwon Do is taught, similar to how we have PE in English schools, so there is truth to the Asian stereotype around martial arts.
Its a silly comment but calling it racist and trying to cancel someone is potentially a bigger problem. Calm down and evaluate.
So if that other player was from a major rugby playing nation would that be racist as well? Stereotyping all players from nations that play rugby a lot into one bucket of rugby tacklers?He was called out as being racist because when another player did the same move he referred to it as a rugby tackle but Son's was martial arts.
This I agree with. The guy is a shoddy commentator and it wasn't the right wording to use, but IMO it also wasn't racist.Agree. Sadly, the conversation often centres around "was it racist?" I don't think that's really the point.
A commentator's job and skills is all about their use of language. Tyler making this comment shows he's just not good at his job.