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Balotelli Faces FA Probe Over 'Racist' Pic of Super Mario
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Mysterious
Banned
How the fuck is that anti-semitic?
mocolostrocolos
Member
I don't think he's racist, just Balotelli.
Probably the "grabs coins like a Jew" part.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Long-standing stereotype that Jewish people are obsessed with money.
Mysterious
Banned
I know... still don't see how it's anti-semitic.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
The part where he grabs coins "like a jew", maybe?
Anyway, this picture is in no way racist or anti-semitic. It's poking fun at stereotypes and that's basically all.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
I laughed.
panda-zebra
Member
The purple stuff added on by whoever at the bottom was clearly not as well thought out as the top part.
Balotelli gonna Balotelli.
Balotelli gonna Balotelli.
There is the stereotype of the greedy Jew
SlaughterX
Banned
Yeah jewish people have their own label for racism, cuz it's like, more racist, or something.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Ahh fuck, that jew part really sucks. The black part is a stereotype, yeah, but he's black, so he can say it.
SlaughterX
Banned
Pretty sure he didn't make the pic, I remember seeing it before long ago. He probably just posted it because his name is Mario too and he thought it was funny? Dude posts here?
Sparrowhawk
Member
Maybe it's because they're an ethnoreligious group and not an actual ethnicity?
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Can an Asian affirm that all Asians are bad drivers too?
XANDER CAGE
Member
Hasn't that image existed for ages sans the last two comments? Not exactly a great original image, but those addendums are decidedly more mean spirited than the original joke.
panda-zebra
Member
That's the thing with the FA though, no he can't say that. He can't be black and use anti-black racist comments, FA are, err, very black and white when it comes to that, re: Ferdinand and Cole "choc-ice" incident.
thequickandthedead
Member
Guy should be banned for posting a LADBible pic.
I too see nothing anti-semitic about that, the only issue I see is he's talking about national stereotypes... oh wait you can be Israeli and not Jewish and black is a skin tone. Non-purple is good bit I really see no issue with it in genral but it's FIFA and anything close is zero tolerance
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
The English, Italian and Japanese aspects are all facts while the Black, Jewish and Mexican aspects are racial stereotypes and connotations. The contrast between the two is enough to make it racist, even if the cause is just an ill thought out joke.
Really? Balotelli, the black Italian soccer player who has had to deal with nasty racism and hooliganism his entire life, is being investigated? I don't think the joke is in great taste, but I think the FA should reserve their investigation to onfield allegations. Why not just tell him to remove the Instagram and let us all be on with our lifes...
Garrett Hawke
Member
Should've stopped at the text above Mario's head. Yeah, it gets pretty racist at the bottom.
Haha yeah I remember that.I think he also got banned on NeoGAF for that when someone asked for black characters in Nintendo games.
Neogaf -> world.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
So he's Jewish "for the jokes"?
LyleLanley
Banned
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I'm judging purely from my own system of ethics. I don't even know what FA is, lol. Is it a football / soccer thing? I don't follow sports.
Sparrowhawk
Member
English Football Association.
GHG
Member
And then what do we call "jumps like a black man" then?
This is all so pathetic. It's a joke.
LyleLanley
Banned
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
The last part must be new. I've never seen this version before.
If his mother is jewish he ticks most boxes
He is black
He is Italian
His mother is Jewish
And he is named Mario
that makes some sense he would post that. Seems like somewhat funny reference. I don't think this means he should be investigated for racism.
If you want to assume the worst you can but I don't see why.
He is black
He is Italian
His mother is Jewish
And he is named Mario
that makes some sense he would post that. Seems like somewhat funny reference. I don't think this means he should be investigated for racism.
If you want to assume the worst you can but I don't see why.
scoobidoo112
Member
Christ, since when is it illegal to be offensive? (which the picture isn't, it's the opposite)
Political Correctness needs to die.
Political Correctness needs to die.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
The SEETHING hatred oozing from that pic is just too much to ignore.
This guy has a serious problem and needs to be fined, incarcerated and rehabilitated.
RIP Ballytello.
Also Athiesm is a pseudo RACIST CULT MOVEMENT towards Christianity! It's so racial it hurts.
This guy has a serious problem and needs to be fined, incarcerated and rehabilitated.
RIP Ballytello.
Also Athiesm is a pseudo RACIST CULT MOVEMENT towards Christianity! It's so racial it hurts.
robertsan21
Member
haha first world problems. People need more real problems in their life
makes the outrage extra amusing
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
go find a black dude and a Jewish dude and ask them to jump high and grab you some coins respectively
let us know how it worked out
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