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Originally Posted by gazzae
Were you not complaining when a Welsh player was called English?
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Yes I was and I've not said the Koreans didn't have the right to be angry. However what they don't have the right to do is have a tantrum and throw their toys out of the pram by holding up the game and refusing to play until it was rectified. They came to play sport - if they weren't showing sporting behaviour then what's the point?
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Originally Posted by martyh
I saw it as a typical British family who happened to be of mixed colours ,which of course is quite normal in most countries including this one.
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The Daily Mail (unsurprisingly) kicked off over this one and for once, I partially see their point. They were saying it did not represent British families as a whole etc and I have to agree.
Having lived in Leicester for 2 years I would say multiculturalism is the norm. People of all colours, all over the place so in that instance (or as the Mail put it, an 'ethnic' person in each scene) the ceremony got it right.
However back in my home town, a small Welsh village where 99% (my estimate) of people are white, it's very much wasted and certainly not representative. Don't get me wrong, it's not a massive thing but for once the Mail kind of has a point.