We all know that ignorance is a basis for racism.A well educated person can still be ignorant.Le Penn may be educated but he is still ignorant.Tolerance is not just something you should learn through academics.i.e.school,college,university.You might have a masters degree but you might still be racist.The important part of a persons education begins when that person is a child.The biggest influences on that small child are his/her parents.If you have parents who are racist then by the time you are of school age you have already been indoctrinated with the false logic and hate that is racism.An ignorant statement here and there from your parents, as you grow up,("they take all the jobs"....."they take all the houses"...."they smell"......"they are not as good as us"),will sink into a young mind and pervert his/her way of thinking.Then as that person gets older,they choose friends with the same views.Very rarely,if ever,will you find a racist and an anti racist as firm friends.For the anti racist the issue is just too big to simply ignore.Both sides believe that they are right in what they think BUT,it is the racist who is wrong.There are no concrete grounds for believing in racism.All the old negative cliches that are quoted by racists today have been quoted by racists for years and years,and any normal person knows that there is not a basis in truth for any of those cliches.To be honest,its difficult to decide what this problem we have actually is.Yes its racism,but this racism is only aimed at people with a different skin colour.Does a white Australian in your country get abused as he walks down the street?Or a white Englishman,white American or white African?What if the person is a black Australian,Englishman,American or African?So this racism is not directed at all non nationals at all.It is directed at only the people with a DIFFERENT COLOUR SKIN.Therefore these stupidly ignorant racists must believe that as long as you are white,you are not a threat to them or their way of life.In fact,you are probably just like them,but if you are a non-white, then in their warped minds that makes you different somehow.There is no logic or reason that makes any sense that supports racist thinking at all.It is a mindset for people who are unable and incapable of thinking deeply enough to see how unreasonable their beliefs are,fuelled by other people,of their own choosing,that they surround themselves with.
I grew up in central London a long time ago amid what was even then a multicultural society.In Camden,where i was born,were English,Irish,Greek,Indian,Pakistani,West Indian,Turkish,Portuguese,chinese and many other races,who shared the same housing estates,the same schools and hung out on the same streets.It was not always rosy and peaceful by any means.There were gangs of course.The gang i was in was made up of all races.We were all working class kids of a like mind,whatever our race.There were also gangs who's members were of a single race.These guys thought differently to us.They didn't believe in mixing with other races.I couldn't understand why that was at the time.I understand a little better now though.
Personally i was lucky.I had parents who,although poor and not over educated,were at least civilised and intelligent.My 3 brothers,my sister and I were raised to be tolerant of others and that under the skin ALL people were equal.Many kids were not as fortunate as i was.I remember sitting in friends houses and hearing their parents exchanging racist views and opinions,telling their 8 year old son,"I dont want you hanging around with any niggers." No reasoning or explanation for the kid.Just statements like that.How many parents still carry on like that today?.......Too f.u.c.k.ing many is the answer.
So what can we do about it?Well its stupid to say that we can't do anything about it.Of course it all depends how much you hate racism.Anyone who says that there is nothing to be done obviously does not suffer the taunts and insults themselves,so their opinion on the matter tells you one thing."It does not affect me so why should i care."
Obviously one person like me cannot do much to erradicate racism worldwide,but i can do all that i can to change things in my immediate surroundings.At a football match,if i hear anything as distasteful as racism,i do not ignore it or simply shake my head in disgust.I will report the person involved and make sure he is ejected from the game and hopefully arrested,which will happen in England as it is a criminal offence.All countries must make racism a criminal offence.It must be made clear to the population that racism of any kind will be dealt with by the courts and the guilty are punished.If racism is tolerated by a society,a government,then the racists in that society are just being encouraged, to carry on thinking that the ignorant hate that they feel is acceptable.
So if a racist will not be reasoned with,then the next step is to force the racist to toe the line.Society must "educate " its people.Then its people can begin to educate its children.Some diehard racists will persist,so then these people must be severly dealt with.
It always amazes me that even within Europe,after a well publicised display of racist behaviour,that a particular Government needs to be publicly admonished by other countries before ,as a nation,an apology is issued.Even then a particular Government STILL will not condemn the incident or apologise.I was shocked by the Spanish Governments inability to accept that the racist behaviour by some of their citizens at an international football match,was indeed serious enough to warrant ,first an apology and second a statement along the lines of how much this behaviour shamed the country in the eyes of the World.What sort of message did that send out to the scum who caused the upset?Eventually a statement was made but it had to be dragged out of them.Sorry to all the decent Spanish for using that as an example,as i am sure that even you were embarrased by your Governments inability to see what was wrong.If your Government did not embarrass you on that occasion then you still need to think long and hard about things.
When England played Turkey in a Euro 2004 Qualifier,some ignorant English ****s decided to sing racist songs towards the Turks.The British Government wholeheartedly condemned that behaviour as "not acceptable in a decent civilised society,and will not be tolerated".The words of Tony Blair on the night.NOT the next week or a month later but on the news that night.
So, educated government equals educated society,which equals educated parents which equals educated children.
For those who persist with this uncivilised ignorant crap...tough laws to deter and tough punishment for those who offend.
. Dinamo's supporters tried consolating him by taking photos togheter but I think he felt even worse 
maybe i'm eccentric!
.....education.....education.....education