Comments Thread For: Luis Nery is Indefinitely Suspended By The WBC

[soul_survivor]

Mexico is a country, not a race, in the same way as Italy is not a race, Norway, Cuba is not a race, and the United States is a country and not a race and so on. I think the word you are looking for is bigotry. I grant you there are bigots who hate Mexicans but are too ****** to know the difference between racism and bigotry.

Racist is the correct word that can be used in this context, because the English language is made up of denotations and connotations. Racism has a connotation with regards to disparaging remarks being made to nationality, religion etc.

Anyway, I don't think Nery has used that defence lol

On Nery and the fight, why did the WBC let it go ahead, if they are going to take such a stance on the circumstances?

[Verus]

Racist is the correct word that can be used in this context, because the English language is made up of denotations and connotations. Racism has a connotation with regards to disparaging remarks being made to nationality, religion etc.

Anyway, I don't think Nery has used that defence lol

On Nery and the fight, why did the WBC let it go ahead, if they are going to take such a stance on the circumstances?

I see your point, but I think the connotation is a bit stretched here -- painting with a broad brush. Is someone a "racist" if they hate Catholics or Baptists, or Women, or people from New Jersey? I don't think so. I do think that people who hate brown-skinned Mexicans, but do not hate fair-skinned Mexicans of European descent are racist, but if they hate all Mexicans regardless of their race that is bigotry. Anyway, these days, racism vs bigotry might be a distinction without a difference.

[soul_survivor]

I see your point, but I think the connotation is a bit stretched here -- painting with a broad brush. Is someone a "racist" if they hate Catholics or Baptists, or Women, or people from New Jersey? I don't think so. I do think that people who hate brown-skinned Mexicans, but do not hate fair-skinned Mexicans of European descent are racist, but if they hate all Mexicans regardless of their race that is bigotry. Anyway, these days, racism vs bigotry might be a distinction without a difference.

That's the whole point.

Anyway it is irrelevant to Nery, who as much as I dislike him, hasn't blamed racism yet.

[MexicanStyle#1]

Interesting comparison. I'd say its less a comparison to race & more about class comparison.

All these A sides get advantages & make their own rules cuz they bring in the money & get paid the insane money. This lesser known guy tried to get an advantage & make his own rules & he just found out he's not in a high enough class to get away with it lol.

Absolutely agree