Luis Suarez was handed an 8 match ban for using the same term against United's Patrice Evra... I don't believe for one minute that Cavani wasn't aware of the controversy caused there and that he didn't know the term was offensive in the UK.
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"Mr Evra's evidence was that, in response to his question "Why did you kick me?", Mr Suárez replied "Porque tu eres negro". Mr Evra said that at the time Mr Suárez made that comment, he (Mr Evra) understood it to mean "Because you are a nigger". He now says that he believes the words used by Mr Suárez mean "Because you are black".
Mr Evra said that he followed up Mr Suárez's reply "Because you are black" by saying "Habla otra vez asi, te voy a dar una porrada", which means "Say it to me again, I'm going to punch you". Mr Suárez replied by saying "No hablo con los negros". Mr Evra said that, at the time, he understood this to mean "I don't speak to niggers", although he now says it means "I don't speak to blacks".
100% agree, great comment and well broken downit is not racist to talk to a friend using your mother tongue/slang
in latin america the word is nothing to do with race. its an affectionate term for people who have darker skin than average.
the nearest english word would be tanned.
however, it does sound like an english word that is a term of racist abuse in english
gary neville was on sky sports the day after asking "why isn't edison cavani subjected to inclusivity and diversity training the minute he lands in the country'
this is a man who didn't even bother to learn spanish when he lived and worked there. yet because he has misunderstood a word written in a language he cannot speak, set in a cultural context he doesn't understand he believes foreigners are so innately racist that they should not be allowed into the country without being trained to english standards on diversity. the irony here is so delicious it could be spread on toast.
neville is a pig-ignorant little englander and has there displayed far more racism and xenophobia than cavani.
wrt to suarez
the allegation was not that he used negrito, but the spansih word for black
given that the he used it in this context:
i don't think the two incidents are in any way relatable
But where do the fines go? Back into grass roots football, paying the wages of the top brass at the FA?Just read that Edison Cavani has been fined a ridiculous £100000 for a comment he made on twitter and banned for 3 games.
It's always made me wonder where the money goes?
I don't watch Premier no more. In todays climate the money their on and the way they flaunt it makes me wanna gaff bile.
Plus,
Their a bunch of diving moaning pussies and the quality of Premiership football is awful. Every teams goes out not to lose were it should be to win , boring sh#te
So what about Silva from man city getting a ONE match ban and 20 grand I think it was, for using the same expression to I think it was his team mate Mendy earlier on this season, the FA are a bunch of hypocrits and a good point raised by someone earlier about where the fine moneyNo what i mean is he may thought wasn't racist but that ain't no excuse. You are in another country you need to be aware of the culture and more importantly what you say. Saying he didnt think it was racist is not an excuse you get just get by with.
Do agree precedent was set with suarez and same match ban should have applied to cavani.
So what about Silva from man city getting a ONE match ban and 20 grand I think it was, for using the same expression to I think it was his team mate Mendy earlier on this season, the FA are a bunch of hypocrits and a good point raised by someone earlier about where the fine money
goes
Do gooders have ruined this country full stop.
If I was Cavani I'd get a top lawyer to appeal this ban and fine bang iout of order. He only posted a message to a mate who was happy with it and made no complaint, what's all the fuss about?
Yeah I would of thought his advisors would probably of told him just take it but personally I would be like, well I didnt mean no racism why should I take the punishment, only united and cavani know what conversations there has been.You can't beat the PC brigade mate. His sponsors would probably drop him in an instant. United would cancel his contract....he would literally be cancelled lol.
Bending over and taking it was the smart play. The only play.