22-01-2005, 14:33
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Re: Atkinson resigns after making a racist comment
Ooops.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...287912,00.html
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BIG RON IN NEW RACE ROW
Football pundit Ron Atkinson is at the centre of new allegations of racism after being accused of insulting Chinese women.
Atkinson was speaking to more than 250 people at a fund-raising event at one of his former clubs, at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium.
He is said to have sparked outrage at the event on Thursday after telling the audience: "The Chinese people have the best contraception in the world - but I can't understand why there's so many of them because their women are so ugly."
But Atkinson has defended himself, telling the Sheffield Star newspaper: "I cannot believe anyone has complained about anything I said.
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