anyone else find it slightly hypocritical for Evra to claim verbal racism and be so hurt and offended by it, yet he wares Nike boots (I presume for which he is sponsored to do so), a company with numerous associations with human rights violations in regards to forced/child labour in Asia.
I'm not fussed.
I work in a garage with Poles and Asians and there at each other all day
One of my mates is black - English, and we were talking about this the other day and his thoughts were if someone calls him a black x in an argument he couldn't care less, he said he aint a slave, no one in his family was.
I think we can all agree on that but in all honesty Blatter, as much as I don't really have time for him, wasn't all that wrong. Even when used in negative context racist words only have as much power as the person on the receiving end let's them. It's not as though either player tired to expell the other from the pitch because of their skin color or nationality or continent of birth. Adrenaline was flowing and heated things were said in the moment. It's something that can be resolved by a handshake or at the worst just not talking to that person. The best way to combat it in sports is play the person responsible off the park