We are now but a few days from a tournament that will surely be talked about as much in terms of good thinking as good kicking.
So, herewith a handy guide for anyone suffering from anticipated perplexities.
1) Fans performing monkey chants whenever a black player has the ball...
= RACIST
2) A Uruguayan referring to his (also Uruguayan) mate on social media as 'negro'...
= NOT RACIST
Fortunately not a likely scenario during the 'Euros'.
3) Booing England players taking the knee before kick off...
= RACIST
Ok, you might think you are objecting to 'Marxism', but please check with the non-white, anti-marxist beside you before going there.
In general, this is one of those cases — actually not as widespread as contemporary culture appears to assume — where the benefit of the doubt has to go to the person at the end of the gesture.
4) Disagreeing with England players taking the knee before kick off...
= RACIST / NON-RACIST
In other words it is is in your head, so Schrödinger's Prejudice. There is no such thing as a thought crime, at least until someone haphazardly opens the box...
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