Could his reaction be genuine, absolutely it could but I think he's blowing it out of proportion.
I dont get it all. An islander calling another islander a monkey is not racist. These terms are thrown around amongst family snd our own people all the time. Is it still racist if Hammer said it?
Look not a nice thing but I have been called far worse by primary school kids at work. At the end of the day they are just words, not going to give you brain damage or break a leg.
it’s like me calling other leb’s stupid things, I’ve done it many times and if it’s slung my way I could care less.
Mam is indigenous, he is of "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent from Far North Queensland (Kuku Yalanji)", he isn't Pacific Islander. It is all about context. Comments "of a racial nature" are a big no no these days in professional sport, and have been for a while. Remember the fall out from crowd comments directed at Naden during the Warriors Penrith game in 2020? Leniu was part of the club at the time, so he really has no excuse for not being aware of this.
No offence bro but TSI are pasefika people. Melanesian like PNG and Fiji. It is not racist at all. Its like saying rappers are racist for using N word
How do you explain that Ezra Mam made an official complaint "of a racial nature", if it isn't racist at all?
Not sure bro. These terms are thrown around amongst ourselves all the time. It makes no sense the way Mam is acting. A Samoan calling a TSI a monkey is not racist at all.
I laughed way too hard at this. It was too funny when they said how fit he looks. He looks the exact same as he has all these years. Unfit as f**k!!!
It is probably appropriate to take Mam on his word for the time being. As humans we aren't always great at reading people we know well, let alone people we don't know at all. Reports are he was genuinely upset. If you or I were genuinely upset over something, we wouldn't want people dismissing it in some way.
Very silly from the chooks to allow him to make comment, I agree. I think he’s in for a long stint on sideline.
Im not sure where you draw the line on racism though. The experience of a Samoan and TSi is similar in terms of prejudice. This is like saying a greek cant call an italian a wog
It’s bit confusing hey bro. If a word is derogatory though to an individual, it shouldn’t really matter who says it imo. You’re either offended by the word or you’re not. It’s not about proving intent, as the word is offensive no matter what. I could of it completely wrong though
I agree with what you're saying. Though the reason the NRL is going to give him a big penalty is for him saying it in LV when they're trying to get a good rep there. It was the wrong time & place to say something like that. If it happened in round 2 back in Sydney it wouldn't have gotten so big.
I feel like i live in another world. How the fck is a Samoan accused of being racist to another Pasefika person by using the term monkey. He did not say black anything. It is not racist. Melanesian and Polynesian have so many cultural, language and custom similarities that it can be argued that we are the same race. The world has gone fkn mad
But in reality. The impact of these types of words is different when said by a white person because of colonialism, stolen generation, slavery, blackbirding etc. i kbiw its a double standard but that's how it is…or at least i thought
