Always hard to take a lot from a Twitter post from a club but an interesting read. Thoughts?
My initial thought was "this goes in a bit strong on the official at a relatively low level" but in hindsight I think there's potentially a level of unconscious bias involved from the official.
Always hard to take a lot from a Twitter post from a club but an interesting read. Thoughts?
Yes, in contrast to my reasoned discussion in the other thread regarding bias, this Lewisham Tweet is nothing other than passive aggressive misconduct. It's nasty conceited use of the 'prejudice card' which defames the referee's characterbut then after the bit in bold it talks about unconscious bias
Ref head taken off for a second this is the kind of post / statement regularly released by those in charge don’t want to give away 100% what I do but hope this makes sense.Suspect that tweet will get them in trouble. The start of it is fairly considered, but then after the bit in bold it talks about unconscious bias. And then goes onto very clearly suggest discriminatory behaviour by the match officials in the paragraphs below.
Football should be for everyone and no individual or group should feel that they have been treated differently because of their identity. It is disappointing that this is the way that we have been made to feel, as a community club from a diverse area.
We will be exploring all possible avenues to ensure the issues highlighted are properly addressed. We do this in the hope that incidents like this are not repeated in the future and that no player or coach is subject to unfair treatment because of their identity.
There's no doubt what they are implying here, it is more coming out and saying it than implying it.