I don't think I was implying you were racist. That was never my intention so apologies if it came across that way. My whole point in this back-and forth was to highlight how the comment you made could be construed as being discriminatory based on real life experiences. I'm black and I've had an afro in the past, my sisters still do, as well as some close friends. I'm not bringing this up just to 1-up you on who is "more black", but it's your refusal to acknowledge my point and insisting that afros are simply a choice, thus just a silly hair style worn by clowns is why.
Cheers mate fair enough. Listen with my original comment about his hair looking silly and every reply since in this conversation it hasn't been my goal to be offensive or offend anyone. If you felt that i was please understand that wasn't my intention.
To be honest i don't even know if Fellaini is considered black (is he?), that may just be because of ignorance on my part. His hair style to me has never been something i associate only with black people, as i have seen people of different races with similar. So racial connotations never crossed my mind when i made fun of his hair.
Essentially you were dismissing my family, other black people and evidently gingers as clowns because the way their hair grows. I hope you understand why I felt the need to say something.
Look i honestly only brought clowns into the debate not to compare black people or any other race (or even gingers, my wife is ginger) to clowns, but simply to highlight why some people might think Fellaini's hair looks silly. My reasoning was that clowns most likely wear hair like that because it makes them look a bit silly (i now know there may be other more sinister historical reasons). I accept it was a bad example to use for the point i was trying to make and i can now see why you misconstrued what i was trying to say. Again i didn't mean to cause offence to anyone.
Theres a whole other debate to be had at another time and place which you touched upon earlier, as to the true origins of why clowns wear those wigs. But up until this conversation i had honestly never thought about it in depth, maybe it is a hangover from an earlier time when the mocking of certain races was acceptable in clown shows. I read a little bit about the subject last night.
After seeing 1000's of clowns in my life on tv etc wearing those wigs perhaps many of us subconsciously connect someone with big hair to looking a bit silly because of most clowns appearance. I accept i may be guilty of this myself.
So i think it's safe to say this was just a bit of a misunderstanding on both our parts, and maybe a little ignorance on mine.
