KICK HIM OUT!

That’s what I and many think of Mr Sepp Blater, over the remarks he made regarding racism in football.

The reason I believe he should go is simple – racism is alive in football and is another form of bullying.

There is no place for bullying and bullies in today’s society.

Bullies and bullying in any shape or form should never be tolerated.

Personally, I would of thought after the release of Tom Brown’s Schooldays, in the late 1800’s we all would have realised why bullies and bullying must be taken seriously.

We’ve all seen programmes of the churchman/woman who, it turns out, is secretly abusing their spouse or children in their care, while they have to deal with more pain being heaped on them by members of the public and people in their family disbelieving them.

My heart goes out to them, as anyone who has experienced bullying knows (as I have at my first university and at one workplace where I got the job the bully wanted for her friend) it does undermine your performance.

The pain of what I experienced at those places will remain with me forever.

So for Sepp to say such highly offensive remarks, which included him denying that racism is an issue in football, is sheer idiocy.

I really believe it’s time for him to go, but if there is any form of redemption for Blatter, then this link (here) is it!

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I’m glad a professional football player, such as Liverpool FC’s Luis S, has been charged with racism by the Football Association (FA).

Until something like this happens, racism in football will never be taken or dealt with seriously in the UK.

I don’t condone violence but I’m aware that until Mr Eric Cantona lashed out against a Crystal Palace supporter in the early 1990’s racism in football in England and Wales simply wasn’t taken seriously.

So whatever the outcome, again I give full credit for the FA for having the courage to take a stand against racism.

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On a sad note, I would like to say goodbye to cricketer Basil D’Oliveira who was a real gentleman who stood up for all sportsmen.

It was his attempted barring from representing England in the 1960s that led to the rest of the world blackballing South Africa from international sport until they got rid of Apartheid (state approved racism) by having a multi-racial election for all in 1994.

Ironically enough he would have been a member of the race group called Coloured, who were third class citizens after the whites, many believed themselves to be the master race.

The Asians were next – many of who did look down on the next two races.

The coloureds were the third class citizens, many of who then looked down on the Blacks - Nelson Mandela and bishop Desmond Tutu to mention a few.

The other racial groups, not just the Whites, called black people kaffir – which is a racist term for black people.

So rest in peace, Mr D’Oliveira, you sleep with the stars tonight.

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Light and Peace

Andria

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