Religious ignorance

China does keep tight control of religion as they prefer people follow the state rather than anything that would deviate any loyalty from it.

But the thing about Muslims is not just because the Uighers are Muslim. They are ethnically, culturally, language and historically different from the rest of China. There are other groups of Chinese but most of them are part or fully Han with just historical links to claims of different ethnicities. That's not the case for the Uighers, who look more Russian, Turkish, Afgahn than Chinese.

comment by The Devil's Advocate's Advocate - I Represent Him (U6522)
posted 10 hours, 49 minutes ago
The problem here, why it'll be so hard to eradicate, is football's acted as a haven to the close minded pretty much since it became a national sport. No matter how well the rest of society does at eliminating discrimination in all it's various forms, as long as there's a problem at all (and it's human nature to resent something, club rivalries are a thing because of that instinct) football will always attract the select few.

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Interesting view, though I'd say in-group loyalty is the primary driver, and that isn't necessarily a negative trait in and of itself. Imo, resentment arises more as an affirmation of the former.

comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 11 hours, 27 minutes ago
comment by The Devil's Advocate's Advocate - I ... (U6522)
posted 34 minutes ago
The problem here, why it'll be so hard to eradicate, is football's acted as a haven to the close minded pretty much since it became a national sport. No matter how well the rest of society does at eliminating discrimination in all it's various forms, as long as there's a problem at all (and it's human nature to resent something, club rivalries are a thing because of that instinct) football will always attract the select few.

It's actually quite ironic as football's one of the few material things today that unites the whole world in terms of passion for the game itself, but it's always going to have that dark side, I can't see how that's going to change unfortunately.
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Agree...............Traditionally football has always had strong roots in a demographic segment of poorly educated people............Whilst I think most clubs do try and do a lot of educational work, there is only so much they can achieve in a time frame. I think patience is the key, clubs should just target schools in an attempt to educate the next generation of fans, its too late for the older generation fan.
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Are you trying to say I'm thick Biggish!

You are alright Brum, you were inducted into the Chelsea family !

comment by harlequinHebdo (U16981)
posted 5 minutes ago
You are alright Brum, you were inducted into the Chelsea family !
-------------------------------------------------------------------I can thank god for two things harle!

1. Bestowing the good fortune of being a Chelsea fan upon me!

2. My Atheism!

3. being an induction engineer !

as a scientist and engineer i dont believe in any deity, natur and the universe is what it is, unfortunately natur screws up every now and again and voila racists terrorists rapists and so on they are freaks.

comment by vavarising (U21731)
posted 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
as a scientist and engineer i dont believe in any deity, natur and the universe is what it is, unfortunately natur screws up every now and again and voila racists terrorists rapists and so on they are freaks.
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This is the most scientific explanation for racism I have ever heard!

Quality stuff by vava!

A Racist will always deny his tone of words cause hes been caught out.