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parsi Occasional Poster Location: Epping, Sydney. Registered: January 2004	Re: Martina Navratilova racist?? Mon, 17 January 2005 02:56 i can see where you are coming from thinking she is racist but i have to disagree with you here. racism is the belief that a race of people are inherently superior/or inferior to another race of people. i think it is a bit of a long bow to stretch to suggest that Martina's comments fall within that sort of spectrum. she is making a point of view that i think is not specifically aimed at shuai peng or asians but rather immigrants in general. you make the point that martina would not make the same comment if the player was european. firstly i think she would extend her comments to a european player, and secondly this comparision is not valid as the situation is not sufficiently analogous. european commentater/ asian player verse european commentater/ european player. a more helpful comparision would be a situation where a European player went over to China at age 4 to live there permanently. by the age of 19 this player can only speak smatterings of mandarin/catonese despite having lived in the country for 15 years. then at a tennis tournament a chinese commentator lambasted her for this insufficiency. this also has the advantage of turning over the stereo type of racism( ie. that eurpoeans are the only racists, and blacks, asians are the only victims) personally i think in both contexts (ie. what martina said and in my hypothetical example) the comments are not racist and are actually quite valid. i think it displays either an ignorant/ apathetic/ or cultuarally insensitive/selfish attitude not to competently learn the language of the country that has been so generous as to accept you as an immigrant. my 2c... [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Martina Navratilova racist??	b1gb3n	Fri, 14 January 2005 21:28
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	Galactic Soap	Fri, 14 January 2005 22:18
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	RA28	Fri, 14 January 2005 22:52
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	RobST162	Sat, 15 January 2005 01:51
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	b1gb3n	Sat, 15 January 2005 05:15
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	RA28	Sat, 15 January 2005 02:38
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	ae86drift	Sat, 15 January 2005 03:30
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	RA28	Sat, 15 January 2005 03:32
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	davedrifts	Sat, 15 January 2005 03:50
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	draven	Sat, 15 January 2005 06:54
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	SEXY 16	Sat, 15 January 2005 09:58
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	jackel	Sat, 15 January 2005 14:50
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	gianttomato	Sun, 16 January 2005 09:03
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	thu187	Sun, 16 January 2005 15:40
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	b1gb3n	Sun, 16 January 2005 19:46
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	gianttomato	Sun, 16 January 2005 22:23
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	chrisss	Mon, 17 January 2005 02:38
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	parsi	Mon, 17 January 2005 02:56
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	b1gb3n	Mon, 17 January 2005 04:13
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	gianttomato	Mon, 17 January 2005 06:55
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	b1gb3n	Mon, 17 January 2005 04:15
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	thu187	Mon, 17 January 2005 05:47
	Re: Martina Navratilova racist??	b1gb3n	Mon, 17 January 2005 14:44

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