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Old 20-06-2018, 10:57 AM #1
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Alan Sugar has been criticised for posting a tweet about the Senegal World Cup squad that compared the players to people selling sunglasses and handbags on beaches.
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I thought it was quite funny.
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I thought it was quite racist!
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I don't think he's a racist person but how the hell did he expect people to react to that
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People seem to have lost their sense of humour now that everyone is offended by everything.
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Sis let's not pretend that you wouldn't be (rightfully) offended if the tweet was making fun of Jewish stereotypes.
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I thought it was quite racist!
Is there something wrong with the folk who sell things on the beach?


I still dont get it
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Not going to fall for your baiting LT! No one is that obtuse
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Sis let's not pretend that you wouldn't be (rightfully) offended if the tweet was making fun of Jewish stereotypes.
Listen, I laugh at Jewish jokes all the time. The thing about being in a minority is to try not to take offence at everything because most of the time no insult is intended.
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Not going to fall for your baiting LT! No one is that obtuse
im neither I dont get where the racism is meant to be

I take it a lot of young African men sell stuff on the beaches around Marbella and dress in bright colours and or wear footy tops?

Pray tell me when you were last there?
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Listen, I laugh at Jewish jokes all the time. The thing about being in a minority is to try not to take offence at everything because most of the time no insult is intended.
Fair enough! Like I said, I don't think he's a racist person, but he should have known that the tweet would cause a lot of offence to a lot of people
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That's not a racist tweet, that's a racist joke. The latter are less offensive and generally do not have an underlying agenda. Of course, some racist jokes do, but I don't think that is the case here.
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- It's borderline racist but I don't think he necessarily meant to be racist; I believe that he just doesn't "get it" (as he is a bit of a dinosaur... and this is fairly common).

- It isn't funny anyway, whether it's racist or not. It's a sh*t joke. And I actually think he was initially more butthurt that no one found it funny than anything else

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It’s an obvious joke(even if poor).People have been making ‘close to the bone’ jokes forever.
Comedy is an important outlet for society to be able to laugh at all these taboo subjects.A release.
I think a sensible head is needed when judging something as an ‘ism’ and if it has malicious intent behind it.Context is key.

Let comedy live
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Anything goes in comedy. This just isn't funny, tbh it probably would've been funnier had it been more offensive
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not getting why its racist tbh.
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Ignorant dick but I don't think he's racist, he's just dumb.
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Sure - easy to do.
He needs to say sorry
He is no racist.
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Sure - easy to do.
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He is no racist.
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i still dont
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don't think it's racist, more to do with Senegal being poor
either way, pointless observation, pointless tweet
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OK I will ask, to be answered by either - if you really can't see the link to race - what is the joke? What's the punchline?
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OK I will ask, to be answered by either - if you really can't see the link to race - what is the joke? What's the punchline?
That the sellers on the beaches of Marbella are black Africans and wear footy shirts and or bright colours?

more a funny observation?
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