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Video Evidence: Arsenal Fan TV broadcast a racial slur, then Claude provides a frankly unbelievable tale of what he meant to say

By The Boy -

These are the facts and you are very welcome to them. Claude, the bald white chap to the left of the picture above, as South Korean superstar Heung Son-Min left the field said, quite audibly “DVD’s coming off”.

Then, earlier this afternoon Robbie dragged Claude in, to get an explanation.

Sadly Claude decided not to apologize, but to invent what he meant to say, “there’ll be another DV(sic) coming off”, referencing THFC’s form for releasing DVDs after particularly memorable games.

Surely, even a person such as Claude has some grip on basic language and knows that most people would say “there’s a DVD coming out”? When referring to any product, one would say “has the album been released”, or “when is the album coming out ?”

Nobody ordinary person would say “I can’t wait for the DVD to come off”, that’s a nonsensical way of speaking.

As far a cancel culture goes, I’m firmly against it, but this is straightforward derogatory language aimed specifically at an Asian footballer, and Arsenal Fan TV have a duty of care not to put out content that requires a team of lawyers to explain it.

“DVD’s coming off” is what was said, and anything else is after the fact.

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Steve KillerCushion Williams
Steve KillerCushion Williams
3 years ago
Reply to  East Stand

I didnt know hardly any of that. I known white and black and asian guys selling bootlegs back in the 90s. … Bootleg and fake everything in fact…

Steve KillerCushion Williams
Steve KillerCushion Williams
3 years ago
Reply to  Eddie

It’s pc taken to a new level.. Fonejacker did an asian dvd guy which i just took as a funny character. “wanna buy a dvd?”… I didnt know it used to be a thing like easty says below.. Its getting silly though.. So what if a lot of chinese did sell dvds, then whats wrong with taking the mick out of them? It doesnt mean all chinese do it. Like most i dont condone racism.. But theres nothing wrong with taking the mick out of people, regardless of what colour or culture they are.

East Stand
East Stand
3 years ago
Reply to  Eddie

It’s an old one… Remember Lee Young-pyo or Young -pyo Lee the South Korean right footed left back we had some years ago? Spurs fans sometimes call him ‘DVD’ Almost affectionately it rhymed but it was a racial stereotype nonetheless.

About 15 years ago or whatever these South Asian guys used to go around on the street or car parks in the UK selling bootleg DVD’s of the latest blockbusters. Blatant organised crime but the guys doing the selling were probably trafficked here to do it no doubt. They used to come up to you and say “you want DVD?”

They were everywhere at one point, and I never saw it as that bad a thing to say. Not PC but offensive to a point I guess.

There is a hypersensitivity about these things like there wasn’t a few years ago, it was partly ironic. It was as if you knew it was stereotyping but it wasn’t mean it in an offensive way. However, it was offensive and certainly these days it’s just lazy to not recognize that.

Thing is these guys aren’t around selling DVD’s anymore which makes this idiot look not only thick but also a bit of a dinosaur. No wonder people are saying “DVD, what’s that all about?”

Eddie
Eddie
3 years ago

Yes I wondered that and after giving it some thought the only thing I could come up with was that unofficial DVDs are produced in Asia.However I still don’t get it.Is that really racist?

Steve KillerCushion Williams
Steve KillerCushion Williams
3 years ago
Reply to  East Stand

There are a few podcasts and spurs fans tv stuff on youtube… I have never come across anything as obnoxious, rude, and chavvy like as the arsenal tv though…… I am confused though can anyone help? Whats DVD? Whats a dvd got to do with Son and south korea? Whats racist? I’m being thick here I expect, but I can’t see the connection.

East Stand
East Stand
3 years ago

Racism and lazy bigotry comes in many forms. I don’t see how you can double down on other racist behaviour and not this, what’s the difference? Name calling is name calling and it’s very ‘1970’s’…

I hope if we ever have fan TV channel that we staff it with actual people and not this level of pond life.

CowSpurs
CowSpurs
3 years ago

It’s like a poor man’s Dominic Cummings! An absolute crock of ‘it.

Tappaspur
Tappaspur
3 years ago

Big game for Marcus later. Benfica away.

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