FulwellViaLeeds
Central Defender
I reckon 40 years ago we used to say black people for pretty much anyone who wasn't Caucasian or from South East Asia.
Then that became unacceptable and we started calling blacks coloured.
Roll on a few years and coloured became unacceptable!
For me its all about the context the words are used in rather than the exact words used. Its usually abundantly clear whether they are being used in a racist manner or not.
Anyone who is being reasonable should be able to understand he wasn't trying to be racist. I think it's more that he said it while trying to convince everyone he was a champion of diversity, and in between some daft comments about the career interests of South Asian people and women's football. Not a great look really, and he just comes across as quite ignorant and outdated, even if that's not necessarily the case.
I think he probably needs someone he can defer to on these issues and learn how to watch what he's saying.
Suggesting he should lose his job over this is a bit ridiculous.
EDIT: He's lost his job.
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