Racism towards Ozil?

comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 4 minutes ago
Some of you seem to be basing your arguments on the idea that the backlash over this photo is the first instance of racism he has experienced as a German with Turkish background. I'd venture that isn't exactly the case...
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is that the point ?

maybe he thinks he won't get selected anyway.

maybe he thinks he doesn't want to play for other reasons (such as the manager).

whether that's the case or not, the racist abuse he claims to have received is clearly completely unacceptable, and he thinks that this is the best way for him to raise the issue, then fair play to him.

the issue doesn't strike me as being about arguing over what the real reasons for his resignation are (probably not many people give a ts0s about that), they strike me as being that the player has (claimed to have) received abuse and threats from 'fans', and also that those abuse and threats have been racially motivated. clearly this is not an acceptable situation, and it needs attention.

Hoeness hasn’t exactly helped matters. Yes Ozil was crap during the World Cup (and maybe well before that, I don’t know), but the aside from Khedira who was appalling, Germany’s worst players at the World Cup played for Bayern (Muller, Boateng and Hummels).

The fact that I’m not a fan of Ozil or arsenal is irrelevant, it’s a shame he’s been made to feel the way he does.

He won’t be missed

comment by Mr Boom Boom (Post LomLexit) (U21740)
posted 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
comment by Stretty - mr mourinho (U3123)
posted 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
He's a daft sod for making this a race issue when it clearly isnt. cant handle critisism. blokes a clown.

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"“A German fan told me after the game, ‘Özil, fakc off you Turkish shti, pssi off you Turkish pig.’ I don’t want to even discuss the hate mail, threatening phone calls and comments on social media that my family and I have received."

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Xenophobia, not racism.

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I don't think it's because he has a Turkish background, I think it's a backlash on muslims in Germany as a whole. Because of their behaviour in Germany the indigenous population have had enough.

The business with Erdogan is the main driver here, surely?

Many of those that dismiss this would be outraged if a group of dual national England footballers were having photographs taken with Donald Trump, or Ariel Sharon, and one called them 'my President'

The business with Erdogan is the main driver here, surely?
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I doubt that very much. There is an active campaign Europe wide to move the population further right. Its coming from Russia with a few allies in the US.

Of course Ozil was very naive agreeing to the meeting with a dictator. I am sure some marketing twonk probably suggested it would boost his sales in Turkey. But to suggest that a photo op is a root cause of singling him out is a massive red herring.

Its obvious that Ozil was targeted and when he called out the racism for what it was, the bigots ran for cover as they almost always do behind some social political reason to justify their otherwise illogical feelings.

comment by #4zA (U19575)
posted 1 day, 7 hours ago
no, racism
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No you dont know what you're talking about, clearly

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 8 hours, 25 minutes ago
The business with Erdogan is the main driver here, surely?
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I doubt that very much. There is an active campaign Europe wide to move the population further right. Its coming from Russia with a few allies in the US.

Of course Ozil was very naive agreeing to the meeting with a dictator. I am sure some marketing twonk probably suggested it would boost his sales in Turkey. But to suggest that a photo op is a root cause of singling him out is a massive red herring.

Its obvious that Ozil was targeted and when he called out the racism for what it was, the bigots ran for cover as they almost always do behind some social political reason to justify their otherwise illogical feelings.
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It is the driver of this particular set of circumstances for sure.

Cuddling up to a brutal dictator of another country, Germany crashing out, plus Ozil's usual disappearing act in football matches.

He has been made the scapegoat, but it is only what we see every year in the PL. We have no anti Turk agenda, we just see how little value he is