Diversity and Inclusion Charter

[rbr 1,278]

As a Rangers supporter of colour , who has been attending Ibrox since I was 14 , I can honestly say that I have never experienced or felt threatened or been racially abused due to my skin colour .

 

I have though heard plenty of derogatory terms being used at opposing players , mainly in the 80,s and early 90,s , now it is so rare that if it did happen I would remember .

 

In all the times attending games , and I was a season ticket holder from 86 until approx  2003  the only time I can remember seeing anything remotely racist was a 2 game period when the NF had a type of stall set up on the Copland road , but again this was a blip and they were never seen again .

 

The whole BLM debate gets confusing because to every single person it means something different , the aims of the BLM movement are not what players and normal people are protesting about , it really is a sad indictment of society in 2020 when basic human decency has be be protested for .

[Bill 13,717]

  On 20/07/2020 at 21:17, rbr said:

It really is a sad indictment of society in 2020 when basic human decency has to be protested for .

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It’s an even sadder indictment when the genuine promotion of human decency is knowingly used by an anarchic organisation to win popular support that its own activities could never justify. Create a message that’s beyond dispute and hang it round your neck as an unassailable shield against all criticism. It’s clever but corrupt and every time a knee is taken to support the message it also lends profile and credibility to the monkey on its back.

[rbr 1,278]

  On 20/07/2020 at 23:35, Bill said:

It’s an even sadder indictment when the genuine promotion of human decency is knowingly used by an anarchic organisation to win popular support that its own activities could never justify. Create a message that’s beyond dispute and hang it round your neck as an unassailable shield against all criticism. It’s clever but corrupt and every time a knee is taken to support the message it also lends profile and credibility to the monkey on its back.

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And there in lies the problem , and one though I agree with your point,  I simply have no answer for .

[onevision 1,630]

  On 21/07/2020 at 06:25, rbr said:

And there in lies the problem , and one though I agree with your point,  I simply have no answer for .

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The message has grown so many tenticles that not one person has an answer or a means to end it all....all in all this whole sorry saga is depressing.

[bluedan 93]

This is such a deep subject and I feel since our lads took the knee the other day and I've subsequently read some negative comments about them doing it, I'm starting to see it from the other perspective. 

There's no doubt that the UK BLM organiser has a Marxist ideology (she's said so in an interview). 

But then I remember the #metoo movement, a movement set up with the best of intentions but became clouded somewhat by some women flat out lying. And I think there's a parallel with BLM or any movement in that certain people or a faction within the moment will push their own agenda using the name of the movement essentially as a cover. 

My Gf is black and from the States, we've had a lot of discussions on the subject. Funnily enough, she tells me she's barely come across any racism in her life so she in a sense struggles to understand what is happening.

The thing that irks me and probably many people is that certain people go on about "unconscious racism" or " All White people are inherently racist" and that's something I can never accept. 

Growing up in a small Scottish coastal town I had very few experiences with black people but the ones I did have were very positive. I've got quite a few black mates who I'm very close to and have been for years, so I don't see how I can be "inherently racist". 

The taking the knee at first seemed to be, at least in my interpretation, an acceptance of the wrong doings of past white people. It was something that I'd never accept because I'm responsible for myself and my daughter in how she's raised, not anyone now or especially generations ago. 

But I see another side that I also now understand and now support. I really admire Goldson for saying what he did. It was a bit of a moment for me personally and I've been thinking a lot about it the past few days. 

We have had many black players throughout the years and currently we have some. Our captain is black and although he has his moments, he's served us brilliantly. 

It touched me seeing our club come together in this way and I see the movement for what it should be, through our players. 

I don't see it in the political sense of the movement I.e the Marxist angle though as I've said, a certain faction are I believe that way inclined. 

What I'm trying to say is I don't look at Aribo, Goldson, Kamara, Morelos or Tav doing this and believe they're Marxists. 

I saw through them that they stand for the whole some part of the movement and that's what we shouldn't lose site of regardless of antifa or whoever the fuck. 

Bit of a mish mash, hope it made sense. 

[Rousseau 11,532]

Those are some cracking posts above; balanced and informative. 

[alexscottislegend 2,642]

  On 20/07/2020 at 17:44, CammyF said:

Here is Heart and Hand podcast featuring a mixed race fan of Rangers discussing this issue - listen and let this sink in.  

 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/39516798

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I did but I have to disagree with Tess saying the far left and the far right are both as bad as each other - the far right does not believe in equality in any way.

[forlanssister 3,132]

  On 21/07/2020 at 10:22, alexscottislegend said:

I did but I have to disagree with Tess saying the far left and the far right are both as bad as each other - the far right does not believe in equality in any way.

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Oh furfuxake 

[26th of foot 6,211]

Identification of the Enemy.

 

During my professional training, I was always told by the old sweats that the HARDEST thing was to identify the enemy. There was no point in returning fire until there had been a clear identification and a subsequent fire control order.

 

In reality, it proved a lot more difficult than in training, even with those big anecdotal indicators.

 

Gersnetters are firing off in every direction, the enemy has wandered off with a smile on their faces.

 

I suggest a weapons tight situation be applied, until someone identifies the trolls. 

[alexscottislegend 2,642]

  On 20/07/2020 at 23:35, Bill said:

It’s an even sadder indictment when the genuine promotion of human decency is knowingly used by an anarchic organisation to win popular support that its own activities could never justify. Create a message that’s beyond dispute and hang it round your neck as an unassailable shield against all criticism. It’s clever but corrupt and every time a knee is taken to support the message it also lends profile and credibility to the monkey on its back.

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That's an oxymoron I would have thought.