Suarez Banned For Not Being Racist

This is how the headlines should read.  What I am trying to figure out is how the FA came up with such a decision.  Suarez has been found guilty of saying racist comments yet has also been found not to be racist.  The term in question throughout this whole charade is "negrito".  If anyone is offended by this term I wonder if they really know what it means.

To start with it is not what you think it is.  It is not the racist term that many American Rap artists uses frequently without anyone raising an uproar.  Negrito is a term for a class of ethnic groups from South East Asia with possible African heritage.  It is also has a literal translation of 'little black guy'.  If this term is to be considered racist then the FA have opened up a can of worms that would make the PC world look insensitive. One can not be racist if one uses a term that has been defined by anthropologists. How can the FA find a word that is not offensive in one language to be racist when translated to another?

From here Liverpool FC should take this to a court of law as part of their appeal to show how foolish this decision is.  If it is found that this term is no longer allowed, imagine how many other terms would be considered racist.  If you cannot refer to an ethnic group, would Australians be unable to say Aboriginal. How do we refer to the Chinese or Indians.  The UK government would be found guilty by the FA for terms it uses in its census for how it breaks down its ethnic classes:  ie, White, Mixed, Black, Chinese & other, and in those groups it broke it down even further.  Would a person be banned if in a game they referred to a redhead as a wranga.  Is it no longer acceptable to call someone a white guy?

The sporting field is a place where sledging will always take place and in my time I have heard some things that are not acceptable in most places.  It is not always a good thing but it is a part of sport.  Yes there are lines that should not be crossed, but from this point on the FA will need to carefully decide what it does and I will be watching to see how John Terry goes with his racist charge.

I have covered this issue before and I will state that I in no way support or condone racism.