johnsmith
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This 7 match ban on Tottenham's Bentancur for saying that all Koreans look alike, it's wokeness at its worst.
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Firstly, it is a phenomenon that we are most familiar with the facial features of the culture we've grown up in and spent most time. And we are least adept at distinguishing facial features of those races with which we have little interaction.
e.g. I have difficulty distinguishing African faces, simply because in my entire life I have not interacted with many African people.
e.g. I have heard Asians, living in Asia, tell me that they have trouble distinguishing western-caucasian faces.
e.g. I have heard many western-caucasians tell me they have trouble distinguishing Asian-Chinese faces ... which was the essence of Bentancur's comment. It's not racism. It's stating a fact.
e.g. I have limited ability to distinguish aboriginal faces, simply because as a city-dweller in the suburbs, over the decades of my life, I have met very few aboriginal people. It is not a racist statement for me to say I am not adept at distinguishing Australian aboriginal faces. It's a fact, due to me having hardly met any aboriginal people in the suburbs were I spent most of my time.
This is not racism. It's not hate. To infer that is wokeness.
But we live in a society where the foundations of English common law are been dynamited - where stating a fact is no longer a defence against woke-laws that define a crime as offending someone else.
It is simply a fact that people have difficulty distinguishing facial features of other races where they don't have a lot of interaction. It's not racism.
Even the object of Bentancur's comment - Son Heung-min the Tottenham captain - said he took no offence, so why is the English Football Association barging in to impute offence, when even the object of the comments did not take offence?
In summary, please do a Google search for - korean women look same
Tottenham Hotspur Appeals Seven-Game Ban for Rodrigo Bentancur
The Uruguayan midfielder received a seven-match suspension for making a racist comment about his teammate Heung-min Son.
Firstly, it is a phenomenon that we are most familiar with the facial features of the culture we've grown up in and spent most time. And we are least adept at distinguishing facial features of those races with which we have little interaction.
e.g. I have difficulty distinguishing African faces, simply because in my entire life I have not interacted with many African people.
e.g. I have heard Asians, living in Asia, tell me that they have trouble distinguishing western-caucasian faces.
e.g. I have heard many western-caucasians tell me they have trouble distinguishing Asian-Chinese faces ... which was the essence of Bentancur's comment. It's not racism. It's stating a fact.
e.g. I have limited ability to distinguish aboriginal faces, simply because as a city-dweller in the suburbs, over the decades of my life, I have met very few aboriginal people. It is not a racist statement for me to say I am not adept at distinguishing Australian aboriginal faces. It's a fact, due to me having hardly met any aboriginal people in the suburbs were I spent most of my time.
This is not racism. It's not hate. To infer that is wokeness.
But we live in a society where the foundations of English common law are been dynamited - where stating a fact is no longer a defence against woke-laws that define a crime as offending someone else.
It is simply a fact that people have difficulty distinguishing facial features of other races where they don't have a lot of interaction. It's not racism.
Even the object of Bentancur's comment - Son Heung-min the Tottenham captain - said he took no offence, so why is the English Football Association barging in to impute offence, when even the object of the comments did not take offence?
In summary, please do a Google search for - korean women look same
