Heretier Lumumba racially abused (?)

[BF Tiger]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...against-heritier-lumumba-20140830-10ackh.html

Seriously, "f**k off back to Brazil" is now considered racist.

OK then.

Personally, I'd rather head to Brazil rather than Colac (Hodge), Warrnambool (Lewis) or Leongatha (Roughead).

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Do we really need a thread every time a crowd member says something racist? It seems we are getting one every single week

 

[Cmarsh]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...against-heritier-lumumba-20140830-10ackh.html

Seriously, "f**k off back to Brazil" is now considered racist.

OK then.

Personally, I'd rather head to Brazil rather than Colac (Hodge), Warrnambool (Lewis) or Leongatha (Roughead).

That's a bizarre comparison to be making.

Please don't confuse obvious xenophobia with your preferred holiday destination.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Inb4 people whinging about political correctness

 

[Suma Magic]

As there are multiple different races of people who live in Brazil; so it's more countryist than racist. Or maybe the person is just xenophobic. Not sure how it can be concluded to be racism, but you never know.

But I'm no expert.

 

[Hodgepodge]

Not even a racial slur . . .just a non-story.

 

[FLYINV]

I think that the point is the guy's as Australian as you or I, so doesn't deserve to be discriminated as something lesser because he has a Brazilian background.

People come to our country from all sorts of backgrounds, and if they adopt our values and become citizens they deserved to be recognized as Australian full stop.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Lol, I didn't know there was well groomed Collingwood supporters

The slur was overheard by a group of Brazilian Collingwood supporters a few rows away, sparking a verbal row, according to a spectator who contacted The Age.

 

[bresker]

I reckon Martin Clarke should f**k off back to Ireland and play for Down, but that's a carefully considered opinion rather than a slur.

BTW can we have some pictures of Collingwood's Brazilian fans?

Anything like this?

 

[Moist Biscuit]

He's a dead set dickhead, not surprised thst someone yelled that.

 

[Fevola99]

I used to yell at Brent Renouf to * off back to New Zealand but I didn't know it was racist at the time.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Only on BF is telling someone to * off back to their country of birth not racist. Good grief.

 

[Rod Stroker]

That's a bizarre comparison to be making.

Please don't confuse obvious xenophobia with your preferred holiday destination.

You should be telling the reporter not to confuse xenophobia with racism. Sloppy 'reporting'.

Brazil is not a race

 

[Cmarsh]

You should be telling the reporter not to confuse xenophobia with racism. Sloppy 'reporting'.

Brazil is not a race

Much of the time xenophobia and racism are intertwined.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Much of the time xenophobia and racism are intertwined.

It's convenient for the uneducated

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Only on BF is telling someone to **** off back to their country of birth not racist. Good grief.

A country is not a race.

Neither is a nationally.

 

[bresker]

If I went up to a Vietnamese person and said "Eff off back to Vietnam" it would be considered racist.
If I went up to a black person and said "Eff off back to Africa" it would be considered racist.

Indeed "eff off back to (insert country here)" is language commonly used by racists. We can only guess whether this supporter is a racist or not based on flimsy evidence; however, if you use linguistic phrases frequently used by racists, prepare to be labelled as one.

 

[Underarm]

Ah, apparently we only want internationals in our country if they are playing sport and doing it well. Excuse me while I adjust my moral compass...

 

[BEEG]

Australian of the year early favourite

 

[galindez]

I've been told to * off home to China before. Felt pretty racist.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Australian of the year early favourite

Brazillian of the year?

 

[Tiger_man322]

Is yelling to Mike Pyke "* off back to Canada" racist?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Is yelling to Mike Pyke "**** off back to Canada" racist?

Yes.

What's so hard to understand about this?

 

[didaksrightfoot]

He's a twat who acts like he doesn't want to be Australian though. He changed his surname back even though he was raised in Australia by Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien. It's perfectly reasonable to tell him to **** off back to Brazil if he loves it so much better.

You have got to be shitting me.
We all have our views about him - but you can't honestly be saying that he's a "twat" for deciding to revert to his birth name, and trying to incorporate everything that make up his identity.

I'm sorry mate but life is not just simple like that.

 

[FLYINV]

He's a twat who acts like he doesn't want to be Australian though. He changed his surname back even though he was raised in Australia by Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien. It's perfectly reasonable to tell him to **** off back to Brazil if he loves it so much better.

Right, so the little glimpse you get of him in public forums is enough evidence for you to make the judgement that he doesn't want to be an Aussie? Nevermind that he's probably done more positive things for this country with charity work than you ever will.

You also seem to ignore the fact that his name was Heritier Lumumba for the first 9 years of his life.