[lit-ideas] Re: Elephant Washing

  • From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:58:06 +0100 (BST)

As an Arsenal fan it is against the grain to rush to Spurs defence, and it is 
important to note that the 4-0 drubbing they received was merited, but see:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/apr/06/emmanuel-adebayor-racism-tottenham
- in particular, 'a Tottenham spokesman said: "The chant referred to has been 
previously discussed with the CPS, who do not consider it racist. We shall 
continue to remind our fans that we do not tolerate any form of obscene or 
abusive chanting."'
Accordingly it appears we may collectively sigh with relief that there is 
nothing racist about "Your dad washes elephants and your mother's a whore".
Perhaps EA should grow skin like elephant.
Second, surely it is "elephants Togo" that should have been put in the search 
engine? If so, there is no reason to suppose the Spurs fans did not do their 
homework here other than that they are an ignorant, illiterate bunch of goons.

Donal 
London


--- On Fri, 8/4/11, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Spurs fans apparently sang, "Your Dad washes elephants" after E. Adebayor, born 
in Nigeria to parents from Togo, scored in the Real Madrid game.  The anti 
racism people are deciding whether this needs to be investigated.  Perhaps 
Spurs fans should enter "elephants, Nigeria" into some sort of search engine?
http://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Nigeria


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