Was it racist?

A small note on the Zlatan-Lukaku dispute.

To call a black person a "donkey" , a word that can easily be confused with and rhymes with monkey can rhetorically be labelled as a case of parallellism,  assonance and alliteration and is a common practice in  covert racism when trying to put someone down over their heads, as when being sarcastic, assuming the person either doesn't get it or that it was so cleverly disguised that it can't be questioned. As for the attack on Lukakus mother and using the term "voodoo-shit" that is a more blunt attack on persons weak spots, as family and religion. To stereotype black people as being voodoo-practitioners is also racist and religion and family are private matters that should not be attacked in public. However, the context of the situation must be considered. In any heated  and out of control argument most humans attack their opponents weak spots, and if that is considered to be race, culture, religion or family then those are the things that will be attacked.  This can also be seen as a form of Freudian slip, where a person that is provoked looses his persona and reveals his innermost feelings and thoughts. Which could mean that Zlatan revealed himself as a covert racist. Then Zlatan commented on Twitter that: "In Zlatan's world there is no place for racism.", which is a comment that denies the victim of racism to claim that he was subjected to racism, because "there is no place for racism". The following comment " We are all the same race- we are all equal" is also denying people who have been oppressed because of their ethnic heritage to reclaim pride over their 'race'. That is to belittle the victim of racism. So, what Zlatan really should have done is to consult an expert in racist communication regarding how he should have confronted the racist accusations. The best thing would of course been to admit he was out of line and apologize. People make mistakes, they act and say things when emotionally affected. Everybody want to claim they are not racist, but even if a person ideologically embraces the idea of total equality between every group of people, that is an utopia, an ideal to strive for.  Injustices happen daily because of the competitive nature of humans, their egos  and power games. My point here is that one can well point out racist behavior in a person who does not identify themselves as racist, because it is the victims right to speak of the racism he or she has been subjected to regardless of the personal ideology of the person they feel attacked by. I believe in equality, but I would not sit so high up on my horse to claim that I never have or never will say or do something that could be apprehended as racist. If that happens I would appreciate being told as well.  Nobody is perfect and we learn and grow from our mistakes. People need to stop becoming hysterical when they are caught in the act of racism and start listening to how something they did or said was offensive to someone else instead of immediately becoming defensive and counterattack. 

So that was my little note on the subject. Please listen to my song "Tell her Cheavy voodoo shit" on Spotify. It's an old song from 2007.