- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
African society and culture varies much more than European society but it's just considered 'Africa' as if they are all the same.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, you have people shouting racist abuse and throwing bananas on the field, and there are issues regarding the number of black coaches and managers in the game, but which other industry allows a young black boy the exact same opportunity as a young white boy?
- Bits And Pieces
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- Nov 07, 2020
I give balanced, constructive views and what happens is that bits and pieces of what I say are used against me.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, images of black men with big lips and a round head were used to make us feel inferior, but it doesn't need to be like that, we don't need to self'loathe. We can change the narrative.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The simple fact is there are no laws you can pass to stop people racially abusing black footballers. So the solution is to come up with something that doesn't make people want to abuse black footballers in the first place.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a very political and military family.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad came from Trinidad to Jamaica when he was 19. He had to go to Jamaica to join the British regiment, where it was based. After Sandhurst, he returned to the Caribbean as a junior lieutenant, based in Jamaica. He met my mum and became a Jamaican citizen.
- Gentleman
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a proper old English gentleman, even though he was from the Caribbean. He used to stand up and salute during the Queen's Christmas speech.
- Goal
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you score a goal by dribbling you don't remember it because it is instinctive.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
A white manager loses his job and gets another job, he loses his job, he gets another job. Very few black managers can lose their job and get another job.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fight against racial bias in society will not be won by hounding Liam Neeson or boycotting his films. It will be won by allowing honest discussions about why people hold biased views and exposing the flawed logic behind them.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
While we have to take personal responsibility for our actions, I have a great deal of empathy for people who are unconsciously racially biased, and indeed count myself among their number.
- Environment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people would accept that we are, to a certain extent, products of our environment.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Policing language and even legislating against certain behaviours will only go so far to address the pervasive problem of racial bias. To get at the root cause we must have open, honest and sometimes painful conversations.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should be the first to help disadvantaged people. What would happen if other countries decided to follow our example?
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are the first on the frontline to go into countries to liberate people in the name of freedom - that's what we've claimed. And now, all of a sudden, they need our help and we turn them away. Yet the rest of Europe stands ready to help. Why are we the first to jump ship?
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020