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Thai referee banned for life after racial slur against black player. His defense cites that he is also black. (www.siamsport.co.th)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The Thai Football Association has issued a lifetime ban to Thai referee Mr. Somsak Poosomnuek for using a racial slur in Thai, equivalent to the N-word ('Ai Dam'), against Abdulkordiri Hamid, a Thai-Ghanaian football player fluent in Thai, during a third division game. In his defense, he claimed it wasn't racist, pointing to his own darker skin tone compared to the typical Thai individual. Additionally, he noted that his friends have consistently referred to him as 'Ai Dam' throughout his life.

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https://www.siamsport.co.th/football-thailand/thaileague-3/35815/

https://www.siamsport.co.th/football-thailand/thaileague-3/37131/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Apparently this is another photo of the ref (on the left, obvs). Can anyone confirm?

If so, a more accurate defence might be "I can't be racist because I tan sometimes".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Except the insults are towards the tan skinned Thai people, not towards the black race.

Being tan in Thailand implies the person is 'working under the sun' like labourers or farmers class thus they have lower in social status.

Its like calling someone redneck or homeless. Not race specific insult.

The articles is wrong about the ref calling himself as a black race person, instead he call himself a lower working class people.

One thing I hate about people on the internet is people who think the world revolved around them and their social problem applies everywhere in the planet. Black people barely exist in Thai, you'd think there's a black race specific insults made there?

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