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FA Chairman Greg Clarke has stepped down from his role as our chairman," said an FA statement.
Clarke said: "My unacceptable words in front of Parliament were a disservice to our game and to those who watch, play, referee and administer it. This has crystallised my resolve to move on.
"I am deeply saddened that I have offended those diverse communities in football that I and others worked so hard to include."
"Peter McCormick will step into the role as interim FA chairman with immediate effect and the FA Board will begin the process of identifying and appointing a new chair in due course."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54894864
That could be a blow to Project Big Picture
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He certainly had a full house in who he upset, blacks, Asians, gays and women.
But I have been confused about one thing for ages. Why is it OK to say "People of colour" but not "Coloured people"
It used to be wrong to say "black" but it is OK now.
It's confusing for a bloke of my age...
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He should have been sacked a while ago.
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I’m with you 59, I’m not sure who decides what is appropriate. I’d be going down like Greg ClarkeOriginally Posted by 1959_60
Black is ok, brown is nearer the real colour of most but I think is not ok. Is white offensive too?
I’m just not PC any more.
People who menstruate is weird, that stops the over 50s being women?? Time for bed!,
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What a load of codswallop that is , we’re better in this country at creating racism where it doesn’t exist than anywhere on earth
Just like BLM for its entirety, put back racism in this country 50’years as I said it would - I speak to people now who a far more racist than they ever were.
However couloirs people or people of colour as a statement- mis quote is ridiculous in that he’s been advised it’s not acceptable
The ethnic groups that this refers to have a bigger part to play In this if they TRULY want to stamp out racism and that is to be more tolerant and accept instead of villifiying and hanging people out to dry for nothing.
The mans not a racist.
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Stop pigeon holing people and the problem will end overnight.
Lewis Hamilton bleats on about being black when he is mixed race, Tyrone Mings was sermonising yesterday about how Clarke is guilty of not "labelling" people correctly.
FFS! God help us all if the England ladies football team find them selves with a gay goalkeeper of South Asian origin who was born in Britain with a black father.
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An awful lot of people thought the same way about the former FA Chairman Greg Clarke, Alf.
The "mixed race" (my words!) England defender Tyrone Mears said yesterday, "everyone had a duty of care to know the right terminology" to label people.
We are not an unintelligent bunch on here Alf, but most of us would fail the same interview that Clarke messed up. The faux outrage from the PC and snowflake brigade is astonishing.
Last edited by The Bedlington Terrier; 11-11-2020 at 08:36 AM.
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It's confusing for a lot of us 59er. To help enlighten you Councillor, Sanjay Bhandari, Executive Chair at Kick It Out, said Clarke’s position had become “untenable” and added: “The grisly compilation of lazy stereotypes shows an archaic attitude".
I'm amazed at your "archaic attitude" Jim - try and keep up man!
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I'm going to try and help you negotiate the PC Brigade's carefully laid minefield OC:
BAME: black, Asian, and minority ethnic (used to refer to members of non-white communities in the UK).
Gay: a homo***ual person (typically referring to a man).
Lesbigay: a term relating to lesbians, bi***uals, and gay men.
Black person - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa). Alternatives, but use them with extreme caution ~ blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black.
LGBT: Lesbian, gay, bi***ual, and transgender (often used to encompass any ***ual orientations or gender identities that do not correspond to hetero***ual norms).
GLBT: Gay, lesbian, bi***ual, or transgender.
South Asian person: South Asian ethnic groups are ethnolinguistic composition of the diverse population of South Asia, including India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
Lesbian: specifically, relational to a gay woman or referring to homo***uality in women.
Coloured person (also coloured): Use at your peril! This is considered now to be dated and offensive and was used by apartheid states to mean persons of not wholly or partly of non-white descent. South Africa used it in the heyday of apartheid oppression as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including Khoisan, African, Malay, Chinese, and white.
Homophile: Homo***ual, gay or lesbian, having a ***ual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender.
Hope this helps.
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