I find this problematic. Someone recommended checking out Irish reddit and they were confused because back then at best 1% was black and most likely they would've been a soldier and thus kicked his ass.
So let me get this straight Liam. After you asked her what colour was her attacker, had she replied with white, you would have then proceeded to ask what the ethnicity of the individual was? You lived in a place and time when the overwhelming majority of the people around you were white, why the hell would you be leading with colour in the first place?
I think the thing thankfully though is he didn't do that horrible crime.
I wonder if Spielberg is thanking god Liam turned down Lincoln.
Considering the premise of his last several movies, and given this all started from him trying to explain how he understood his latest character's perspective, that is frustratingly not surprising. Like yeah, he really does get that headspace, doesn't he?
My question is if he was still a persistent threat. His past behavior warranted an ongoing evaluation even though it occurred decades ago.
The UK Press is irredeemable garbage. Look at their racism @ Duchess Meghan.
Ya I reread the interview for the part of who said "black" first and yaaaaaaaaa according to him he did bring it up first.
Valid point. I guess they are all over the place on a scale of Awful at worst to Ehhh at best.
It might be broadly possible that by 'overseas' he meant from the States and such, or that there was maybe some occasional street that he saw as a 'black area', though it is admittedly confusing.
Sadly true. When you see people immediately express concern for Neeson's reputation in light of this story without a thought to how black people suffer from hate crimes and racial violence, it's all too transparent that they don't value black lives.
I cant think of a single example where they had the intended effect.
The Black population in Northern Ireland is less than 1% today. In the 70s that percentage would have been way, way lower. It’s crazy to me how he doesn’t realise just how batshit insane he sounds that he asked the victim what colour the attacker was. With the victim having passed away, I’m starting to think this story didn’t happen exactly as we are being told.
I mean, it had to happen.
Did you think that maybe that makes you the true racist? thinkingemoji.mp4
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There are a good chunk of people in the troubles who would have killed anyone if they were on the "other side". My own father was an RAF engineer during that time and even he had to go through fire arms training and be on call because of the persistent threat of mass death from terrorist bombings.
Or donate to rape survivors support groups or talk about why you should talk more with the victims instead of flying off in a rage.
You're right in that he was disgustingly racist, but this was NI in the 1970s/1980s. Asking the background of a white person was very, VERY common then. Not defending him because you're right, but his reasoning is slightly more period authentic than you'd think (albeit still BS).
THIS
The black population in NI is a fraction of 1% even now, based on the demographics I just looked up. They were probably like .01% or less at the time.
Well clearly had she replied with white, he would have then proceeded to ask, “can you place his accent?”
But he asked about the colour of the attacker first. He didn’t ask whether the attacker was Irish or English. He didn’t ask if he was Catholic or Protestant. He didn’t ask what accent they had. He went straight to colour which makes no freaking sense for the place and time.
When an opinion is formed it honestly wouldn't matter how he came across.
In Northern Ireland, during the troubles? You honestly don't think white people were quizzing other white people over their specific ethnicity? They'd quiz people over religious and political affiliations back then and depending on who was asking and what the answer was they'd be killed and / or tortured.
Thing is, he's trying to claim that he'd have had a reaction to the same effect even if the attacker had simply been described as 'Irish', even vs Lithuanian or Scottish. Which is kinda bollocks because it was a time period with a specific 'other side' to things. Like, if he were prepared to hunt down other Irish, I think he would have been much more specific as to the 'right' kind - wherever the heck he fell on the conflict then - which in itself would entirely distinguish it from how he actually did act when faced with the simple abstract of 'black'.
Once again, he did not ask about ethnicity, he asked about colour. I’m confused here. Is the proper manner to ask whether a person is Irish, Scottish, or English to ask what colour they are?
You know what's weird
That's the subject in question. Black racism. Is it not? Also, I'm black btw. Yes, I'm aware of the other elements as well. My statement about black racism, does not negate the other elements, such as his macho revenge fantasies.
