[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by JRutledge
So accusations of racism are never true?

Yeah, great summary, Rut. In the words of an esteemed member of the forum, "If that is what you read into my statements you did not really read them."

I didn't say they were never true. I'm not naive enough to think that racism has been completely eradicated from the world. However, in THIS case, the accusations seem to be untrue, and merely inflammatory.

I never suggested that was a valid criticism.

I understand that completely. I never thought that's what you were saying.

What I said was an accusation of racism is no different than saying someone was bias against an inner-city team.

I understand that, too. I guess it seemed to me that you thought the author was accusing the refs of that bias against an inner-city team. If you weren't saying that, then I misunderstood your comment. As far as I can tell, the author has made no accusation of any sort of bias against the refs, whether it be based on race, economics, class or whatever. That was the only thing I was trying to point out. If that was already clear to you, then my comments were unnecessary.