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WHAT WE NEED IS A FIFA REFEREE

WHAT WE NEED IS A FIFA REFEREE

The his­tor­i­cal claim that the FIFA World Cup  presents “…an oppor­tu­ni­ty to fos­ter peace and good­will among com­pet­ing nations” is, unfor­tu­nate­ly, more lofty ide­al than real­i­ty. But it does have a use­ful appli­ca­tion in the foul-beset field of diplo­mat­ic games­man­ship — Red and Yel­low cards.Read the rest

Racism is a selective label

Racism is a selective label

The sin of racism is almost invari­ably con­joined with ref­er­ences to its most per­ni­cious off­shoots; colo­nial­ism, slav­ery and exploita­tion. That’s valid until it becomes selec­tive, at which point it speaks ill of we who like to think of our­selves as “right think­ing peo­ple”, and of those we elect as leaders.Read the rest