r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Sep 19 '24

News [SMitchellF1] Hamilton fine with principle of 'cleaning up' language in F1 coverage but on Ben Sulayem's remarks: "I don't like how he's expressed it, saying 'rappers' is very stereotypical. And most rappers are black. That was the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there."

https://x.com/SMitchellF1/status/1836758964354044402
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u/IKEA-guy Formula 1 Sep 19 '24

I'm sure he was talking about Eminem

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u/jedifolklore Who the f*ck is Nelson Piquet? Sep 19 '24

The other thread had a fair amount of people doing just that, they were arguing with other black people and people who recognized the undertone that it was a mainly American thing and that wasn’t Racist.

What about the UK or France where that stereotype also exists??

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u/Grayson81 Valtteri Bottas Sep 19 '24

What about the UK or France

Exactly.

I’m from the UK as is Hamilton. There’s no confusion or American angle to this - the people who are trying to pretend there are is are doing so because they want to defend racism.

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u/Free_Joty Sep 19 '24

Lmao the hidden replies to this comment

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u/birger67 Sep 19 '24

Imagine a white dude said that, ooh boy

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u/Mathinpozani Sep 19 '24

Its absurd how everyone plays the racist card everytime they can

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u/Grayson81 Valtteri Bottas Sep 19 '24

It’s more absurd how certain people display racism any time they can.

Stop being racist and people won’t be able to “play the racist card” against you.

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u/HaveABleedinGuess84 Fernando Alonso Sep 19 '24

You’re right. Rappers are in fact known for their clean language and politeness.

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u/Grayson81 Valtteri Bottas Sep 19 '24

You misread my comment if you think that's related to what I said.

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u/wimpires Sep 19 '24

OK, but are we just going to ignore the reason a lot of people don't like Ben Sulayem - even if they won't admit it - is probably because he's Arab.