(October 21, 2019 at 3:48 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(October 21, 2019 at 3:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Oh, I wasn't offended, I've just never heard anyone connect the team name with racism, however tangentially. I was explaining, not criticizing.
Boru
Dude, sometimes humor is just that.
It was not implying racism on their part, but it is still true that a team name like that would not fly here in the states. You'd in reality if we had an NFL team named "The All Blacks" have a response from the white anxiety right saying "Why cant we have a team named "The All Whites".
I totally accept that that rugby team name has nothing to do with race.
Just like if I joked "I can find Fort McHenry on my GPS but not Fortitude."
I know you don't think it's racist. You said you didn't know the history of the name, so I was explaining it. Sorry if it came off any different.
For whatever it's worth, I have never EVER thought or suspected that you are even a little bit racist.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson