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[Lord Jim]

US SPORTS TELEVISION network ESPN has apologised for using a racial slur in a headline for a story on basketball star Jeremy Lin.

ESPN ran the headline “Chink in the Armor” on its mobile website after Lin had nine turnovers in the New York Knicks’ loss to the New Orleans Hornets in their NBA clash on Friday night.

The offensive headline could be seen on mobile and tablet devices before it was later removed.

Lin is the NBA’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent who’s unexpected dominance on the court sparked a seven-game winning streak and led him taking on a cult following, or ‘Linsanity’, akin to that enjoyed by American football star and devout Christian Tim Tebow.

ESPN said in a statement yesterday that it removed the headline 35 minutes after it was posted.

The network said it is “conducting a complete review of our cross-platform editorial procedures and are determining appropriate disciplinary action to ensure this does not happen again. We regret and apologise for this mistake.”

The story was first reported by Outsports.com which has a screengrab of the controversial headline.

http://www.thescore.ie/espn-apologises- ... 6-Feb2012/

[Gob]

[BoSoxGal]

The world has gone mad.

[Gob]

The mother of a seven-year-old boy was told to sign a school form admitting he was racist after he asked another pupil about the colour of his skin.

Elliott Dearlove had asked a five-year-old boy in the playground whether he was ‘brown because he was from Africa’.

His mother, Hayley White, 29, said she received a phone call last month to say her son had been at the centre of a ‘racist incident’.

She was then summoned to a meeting with Elliott, his teacher and the deputy head of Griffin Primary School in Hull.

Ms White, an NHS healthcare assistant, said: ‘When I arrived at the school and asked Elliott what had happened, he became extremely upset.

'He kept saying to me, “I was just asking a question. I didn’t mean it to be nasty” and he was extremely distressed by it all.’

Ms White claimed she was asked at the meeting to read a copy of the school rules and in particular its zero-tolerance policy on racism.

‘I was told I would have to sign a form acknowledging my son had made a racist remark which would be submitted to the local education authority for further investigation,’ she said.

‘I refused to sign it and I told the teacher in no way did I agree the comment was racist. My son is inquisitive. He always likes to ask questions, but that doesn’t make him a racist.’

The school had launched an investigation after the younger boy told his mother about Elliott’s comment and she complained.

Ms White, who lives in a three-bedroom house with her son and nine-year-old daughter Olivia, has now applied to have Elliott moved from the school.

She claimed she was told there were places at nearby Thanet Primary School, but the council informed her last Friday that this was not the case.

‘I am going to appeal against this decision because I think Elliott is being victimised,’ she said.

Karl Turner, Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East, last night insisted that the school and Hull City Council had a statutory duty to take racism seriously.

‘However, having spoken to Hayley, I’m satisfied that her seven-year-old son, Elliott, was not being racist in his remarks but just inquisitive,’ he said.

‘It seems the matter has been taken out of all proportion and common sense seems to have gone completely out of the window.’

In a statement, Griffin Primary head teacher Janet Adamson said the school had acted ‘in accordance with the council’s guidance for schools on the reporting of racist incidents’.

Vanessa Harvey-Samuel, head of localities and learning at Hull City Council, said: ‘There is a statutory duty to report any incident that is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person.’

Last year, it was revealed that teachers are branding thousands of children racist or homophobic following playground squabbles.

More than 20,000 pupils aged 11 or younger were put on record for so-called hate crimes such as using the word ‘gaylord’.

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[Jarlaxle]

More than 20,000 pupils aged 11 or younger were put on record for so-called hate crimes such as using the word ‘gaylord’.

Excuse me, please?!

[Joe Guy]

"Hey chink, Give me a drink!"

"I'm sorry, we don't serve #%&*$&$'s here."

[Gob]

They sacked him!

Jeremy Lin headline slur was ‘honest mistake,’ fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico claims

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baske ... z1my2SxYUp

[BoSoxGal]

[Scooter]

Ok, don't tell me I was the only one who spit my drink at my screen when I read the OP.

[Gob]

ITV were forced to apologise today after a reporter covering a Downing Street football racism summit twice referred to black players as 'coloured'.

Richard Pallot was talking about the lack of black managers in the game when he made the mistake.

ITV admitted that the report - recorded in advance of the 1.30pm news - should have been more carefully checked before it was broadcast.

The journalist was covering the summit held by David Cameron on racism in football with leading black footballers including John Barnes and Jason Roberts.

Mr Cameron said in Parliament today that there are 'worrying' signs that racism is creeping back into football.

Following the ITV broadcast, dozens of viewers objected to the uses of the term 'coloured' on Twitter.

In modern times, it has come to be considered offensive because it classes everyone who is not white as being the same.

The incident happened after Alan Hansen was forced to apologise for using the same word on Match of the Day.

The pundit, who reportedly earns £40,000 a show, said 'coloured' twice during the BBC1 programme as he talked about racism in the game in December.

After Mr Pallot used the same term, one Twitter user wrote to ITV: 'When was it okay to use the word coloured? And to make it worse is that you were talking about racism!'

Others who attended the summit included former executive deputy chairman of Millwall FC Heather Rabbatts, left, general secretary of the Premier League Nic Coward, and Reading FC footballer Jason Roberts

Others who attended the summit included former executive deputy chairman of Millwall FC Heather Rabbatts, left, general secretary of the Premier League Nic Coward, and Reading FC footballer Jason Roberts

Another person said: 'Why do the itv news keep saying "coloured" when they mean black. It's a bit uncomfortable to listen to..'

An ITV spokeswoman said they were sorry and the recording should never have gone out.

'ITV News apologises for the inappropriate use of the word "coloured" in a report on racism and football in today’s News at 1.30,' she said.

'We take this error very seriously and we regret any offence caused.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1n92nVL00

[dgs49]

Is it offensive when you refer to an Englishman as a Brit? Why isn't he referred to as an Engllishman? Scots are called Scots. Ulstermen are called Ulstermen. Welsh are called Welsh. Why are Englishmen called Brits?

And why are all "Whites" just thrown into a common pile, be they Italian, Inuit, German, or Spanish?

My God, next thing you know the Wogs will be complaining about being called "Wogs"!

Jesus.

[Gob]

Is it offensive when you refer to an Englishman as a Brit?

No.

Why isn't he referred to as an Engllishman? Scots are called Scots. Ulstermen are called Ulstermen. Welsh are called Welsh.

Ulstermen and Scots and Welsh are also called Brits.

Why are Englishmen called Brits?

Because they live in Great Britain;

Great Britain or Britain (Welsh: Prydain Fawr, Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn Mhòr, Cornish: Breten Veur) is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles. With a population of about 60.0 million people in mid-2009, it is the third most populous island in the world, after Java and Honshū. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets. The island of Ireland lies to its west. Politically, Great Britain may also refer to the island itself together with a number of surrounding islands which comprise the territory of England, Scotland and Wales.

[dgs49]

Refer to a Scot as a "Brit" and you are likely to have a fight on your hands.

When you use the term Brit, it invariably refers to an Englishman.

And by the way, "Great Britain" is not an island. But I'm sure your fingers were just flailing out of control in your haste to disagree with me.

No harm done.

[The Hen]

You ask a question as you lack the knowledge. You are told the answer and you argue the toss?

Don't want to know? Don't ask.

[Gob]

Refer to a Scot as a "Brit" and you are likely to have a fight on your hands.

Bollocks.

When you use the term Brit, it invariably refers to an Englishman.

Bollocks.

And by the way, "Great Britain" is not an island. But I'm sure your fingers were just flailing out of control in your haste to disagree with me.

No harm done.

No? Can you go to Wikipedia and edit the entry I cut and pasted then please?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain

Dave, I lived in Britain for 43 years, I am Welsh, I hold a British passport, I have just come back from a five week holiday there.
You have heard about it on TV.
Nuff said.

[Sean]

I think that Dave is confusing Great Britain with the United Kingdom.

An easy mistake for the ill-informed.

[liberty]

I think I saw something about this on the news some years ago. The term English or Englishman is going out of fashion? Generally what so do the people in England call themselves?

[Sean]

It's certainly not going out of fashion in England lib. Every English person I know would refer to themselves as English or an Englishman.
We don't refer to ourselves as Brits.

[Crackpot]

now thems fightin words!

[dgs49]

I'm wrong about "Great Britain," and was thinking of U.K.

My point is that Englishmen refer to themselves as Englishmen, but to everyone else on the planet, the term "Brit" refers only to an Englishman, and NOT to a Scot, or a Welshman, or someone from Ulster.

I have not taken a survey on this point, and only speak for everyone I have even spoken to on the subject. In fact, not more than a month ago during discussions with a company headquartered in Manchester, one of the sales reps said something to the effect, "Don't call me a Brit; I'm a Scotsman."

But what did he know?