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Snooker is a racist game? |
Just listening to LBC, where a black man phoned in and told the presenter that snooker is a racist game because the white ball has to hit the colored balls. Is he okay? People look for deeper meanings in everything, especially if they want an excuse to show how difficult things can be for them. In cultures all over the world colours have a variety of meanings, completely independent of the colour of peoples skin, largely because such signifiers range from beyond such times of multinational contact. It is not wrong, that as a species (and I mean humans) have cultures built up around what they see around them. White and black (which as artists around me have always pointed out are media, not colours) are polar opposites as far as colours are concerned and have often been positioned against each other - this is not a racial issue. I've been in China for the last year where one of the most popular games involves playing white against black pieces - this is not a social commentary on the class struggle between ethnic groups in the devloped world but a thousand years old game based on strategy and balance. Racism doesn't even enter into it. This gentleman's point of view is merely a reading of the game. He is, of course, entitled to his opinion, however that doesn't mean that it has any real foundation. It is a strange fact that the majority of people who comment on racist bigotry or religion never take the time to look at the background of what they are going to comment on, or think about the bigger picture of what they are going to say. It's worth thinking that of the colours, yes - the black is worth the most points, but the pink - the 'colour' most associated with caucasians (after white) is next in line. And how many Green and Blue people have you seen? Really? BALLS...YUMMMY It was just a joke, not a very good one. If you say so - I expect the snooker balls don't feel emotion or hatred nor are affected by racist remarks. iM SURE THAT HE IS FINE , AND I BET ANY MONEY U ARE WHITE AND I BET THAT U EVEN THINK THINGS LIKE BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP IN THIS DAY AND AGE IS OK TOO.............. ITS NOT ABOUT THE GAME BUT THE MEANING BEHIND THESE THINGS . i WOULD TAKE OFFENCE TOO IF I WAS A PERSON OF COLOUR .. Yeah! an if you want to win you HAVE to hit the Black ball with the White Ball into the pocket....I think it should be banned.......crap. its nt a racist game |
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