sergio Garcia hang your head in shame with that Racist comment

You guys honestly think he meant it as a racist insult?

If Fuzzy Zoeller had never mentioned fried chicken all those years ago the dish would never have even entered Sergio's mind.

Clearly it was just a spur of the moment connection between a certain type of food and Tiger.

the smirk tells he knew he was trying to be funny.

There's a huge difference between trying to be funny and intentionally being racist.

Intent is the key to racism.

Or trying to be a little offensive and intentionally being racist.

Only get out for Sergio is to use his native tongue for plea bargain purposes . English not his native language , just say he would have said something different in Spanish . Surprised the PR guys have not figured that out .

"I obviously was caught off guard by the question but I understand my answer was totally out of place and I can't say sorry enough," Garcia said.
"Most importantly I want to apologise to Tiger. I don't have his phone number but I've called his manager. He didn't pick up but I left a message saying I would love to talk as soon as possible telling him how sorry I am and say it was a bad comment."

The pair hate each other, Garcia is a total plum for making such a daft comment & playing straight into Woods hands, this incident will only enhance Woods image in the world of golf which up till then was not great imo.
As for Garcia the mans an idiot & may well never recover from this, was not really mentally attuned before to win a major, this was the  final nail in the coffin as far as that aspiration is concerned.

you would think Garcia would know all about persecution considering where he is from,saying that he supports Real Madrid!

Whilst it was clearly a stupid comment, and Im no fan of Garcia, I don't think he meant it to be racist. Just an off the cuff jibe. A bad joke gone wrong imo. Tiger did choose it for his Masters dinner after all and that is no doubt ingrained on a lot of people's mind.

it was never going to be taken any other way than a racist stereotype whether he was trying to be funny or no, the problem is you can get away with those sort of comments to and about friends, but when its someone you are having a spat with it is only going to have negative meaning.

Of course it was always going to construed as racist. I just don't think it was intended that way. Each to their own.

it was a leading question by an American journalist

his brain should of registered

I'm not saying Garcia is racist don't get me wrong, i say many things and probably much worse to my friends as banter however you can't  say things with negative racial undertones to enemies and certainly not on television. It was a mistake  and of course he regrets it but the choice of words were racially motivated and that's the problem if it was a white guy he wouldn't have said it.

Also in America things like this are much more of a big deal in the UK i don't think we even make the connection between fried chicken and Black people, but in America there is and its quite sensitive.

is chicken rice + peas racist ?
is irish stew racist ?
is jerk chicken racist ?
is pie + mash racist ?

haggis/porridge  with a irn bru

Words by themselves are not inherently racist so that's not really a valid argument, the word black isn't racist but if used in the correct context it becomes so. Its not what words you can and can't say its how they are said. I really don't understand the so we can't say fried chicken anymore posts or is that a racist word when it isn't the actual issue.

Is the racist implication only blacks eat fried chicken?

why couldnt he just answer 'no'?

In america it goes back to slavery times and the fried chicken thing is associated with poor black people ect, most other places it doesnt really mean anything though on the internet nowadays it has become a big thing and many memes play on it so it has become much more popular and current in recent times

George O'Grady, European Tour Chief Executive:

'most of Sergio's friends happen to be coloured athletes in the United States...'

Get with the programme George...

There was a Coon chicken chain all the way up to the 1950s in the US. Yes that's right Coon chicken.

When I born, I Black,
When I grow up, I Black,
When I go in Sun, I Black,
When I scared, I Black,
When I sick, I Black,
And when I die, I still black...

And you White fellow,
When you born, you pink,
When you grow up, you White,
When you go in Sun, you Red,
When you cold, you blue,
When you scared, you yellow,
When you sick, you Green,
And when you die, you Gray...
And you calling me colored??

JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR WOODS TO COVER HIS MURKY PAST AND GAMES HE HAS GOT UP TO - TALK ABOUT TWO FACED - WITH A BIG CHIP ON THE POOR SENSITIVE BOY'S SHOULDER

oh sh!t now i will be done for chips now  I mean KFC chicken and chips 

oh woodsey baby I am genuinely sorry

Moisok I don't think you get it or willfully ignore it. I don't think any one on here is saying Woods is a fantastic role model. Woods' past does not make what Garcia did ok. I think casual racism is tolerated far more in Spain than the UK. Maybe he meant it, and maybe he didn't. Only one person knows, but I know which side of the fence I come down on. For the record I wouldn't want to meet either of them.

do you think the same fuss would have been made if woods had said"im inviting sdergio around for dinner and well be having paella"? undoubtedly more stereotypical but I doubt it would have caused all this fuss.

exactly sickof -  it only works one way - I understand that people find it all rather tiresome

do they ever get the real racists in the US and other places I wonder
instead of concentrating on this tosh!!??

You know the good old deep racist south - blacks getting ganged up on and beaten up and/or killed because of their colour.

Well sickof there wouldn't be the same reaction if Woods mentioned paella for good reason. If you didn't know why the fried chicken comment had an undertone to it before you have now had it explained by several people. That you ignore that is up to you. I am done with this topic now. Time to move on and perhaps the two of them can get back to talking about golf.

From Sporting Life website:

'European Tour chief executive George O'Grady has issued an apology for using the word "coloured" when defending the decision not to sanction Sergio Garcia for a controversial remark about Tiger Woods'.

Well done George!

there's one thing for sure Woods is no fool and he will gauge everybodies response and milk it for all it's worth unlike the Fuzzy Zoeller situation when his first response was of hurt which quckly changed when he realised Fuzzy's popularity!

he said "very coloured"

Who's going to apologise for George O'Grady's racist gaff ? And can that person do so without making another racist gaff ?

Chris Morris couldn't have written this better

I really fail to see how calling someone 'coloured' is racist.

I never realised saying coloured was racist

not racist just an outdated word i suppose like half-cast ect.  in south africa mixed race refer to themselves as coloured in places, but not really anywhere else nowadays

This is pretty straight forward.  Both of them are 2 of the worst examples of egotistical sports people with no grace currently doing the rounds - forget the ability.  Sergio is thick.  He is trying to be funny and has no clue about the nuances of humour of the english language.  This was not a racist comment.  It was the comment of a completely ignorant person without any clue to the pretty unsavoury racist undertones.  They deserve each other.......

THERE IS NO BANTER ANYMORE.

tomato or tomato

These guys live in a bubble.

The one is talking stupid things and the other is too easily offended. (I would laugh my a$$ off if I was mr cheater)


In another note:
There are over 1 billion people in the world today who do not get enough food to eat.
That’s one in 7 people on Earth don’t know where their next meal is coming from.
500 people are killed because of war every day= 182,000 every year.

A little perplexed by those defending Sergio here. At worst - a racist making comments about the African Amercian history of slavery as a way of demeaning Tiger. At best - an utter moron who lacks the intelligence to decipher for himself that making such a comment in a televised interview was a wise move. Undoubtedly - an utter fecktard who if exiled to the European tour has no one to blame but himself and will not really be missed at any rate.

Why answer any questions whatsoever about his relationship with Tiger, especially if unsure of the ramifications. For someone so media trained as a pro golfer of 15 or so years, how hard would it have been to leave that question alone? Absolutely ridiculous and his place in the doghouse is fully deserved.

a top pro swinging his kok around,like pieces of meat doesn't bother you?

i hope sergio doesnt get too depressed about this...........what he said was dumb.........he didnt kill anyone.........what tiger said abut the marshalls saying sergio had already hit is far worse......its a blatant lie

actions not words

The ones most upset about this are the Hens because while the Chickens get all the Media coverage, the poor Hens cant lay enough Eggs to keep up with the demand for all the Eggshells that the Whitey's have to use, to tread on throughout their lives.

anyone who things this is a racist thing is a clown, this is about Garcia being the worst loser that ever swung a golf club. He hates Harrington more than he hates woods only because on 3 occassions garcia snatched defeat from jaws of victory.
A little sh!t who doesn't deserve to be playing golf and the only player that is guarenteed to blow a gasket on the homeward stretch of a major.
Although he's given up sniffing powder he must still have it in his system.

A nice neutral comment by ban

Garcia been fond of the old marching powder of the years like?

a naked group hug on the 18th green at muirfield should help mend their relationship

i'd be more than happy to join in

gonna invite chucky too ?

whose idea do you think it was

I can understand people not being aware of fried chicken being a derogatory stereotype prior to this incident (although it surprises me on a golf forum, given the huge publicity after Zoeller's comment in 1997).  What I can't understand is still defending it after it has been explained to you.  Sergio doesn't like Tiger.  He knows fried chicken is a racial slur.  He said it.  Sergio knows it was wrong, he has admitted it.  It is not the crime of the century but neither is it "banter", "PC gone mad" or so on.  So where's the confusion? 

who said there was?

about 50% of the posts on this thread did

true

May 24, 2013 -- 1:13PM, xmoneyx wrote:

a top pro swinging his kok around,like pieces of meat doesn't bother you?

Not in the slightest. What a man does in his bedroom and who he does it with is his business, comparing that to a racial slur at a media conference is more than a bit silly. Not sure how you're using that as an argument for Sergio...

actions speak louder than words

Sergio knows it was wrong, he has admitted it.  It is not the crime of the century but neither is it "banter", "PC gone mad" or so on.

It isn't a surprise given that he hates him that he would bait him with such a comment, it doesn't mean he is racist but just using it as a stick to beat him with.

May 25, 2013 -- 8:51AM, xmoneyx wrote:

actions speak louder than words

Fair enough I see where you're coming from now. It's ok to be racist to people as long as you don't like them, or if they have cheated on their wives. Good to know.

If Tiger had been asked the same question and he replied "yeah maybe we would have some tapas" nothing would have been said...

golfnut i can't tell if you are on the wind up or serious

Im serious.....Tiger would have been called racist you think?

its not the same situation a tapas doesnt have the negative connotations the the friend chicken comment has when applied to african americans

Says who?..It means its what black men eat......tapas means what spaniards eat....

ok then

This phoney racism is getting totally out of hand, fried chicken and watermelon are southern American foods that used to be eaten by all races, if Sergio had asked for a game of basketball would that also be construed as racist.

Rhino get your horn out

I'm saying what  Garcia did wasn't racist,but if  you make a decision to whip your kok out for a diff race ,it's debatable

xmoneyx  i dont understand what you are trying to say? whip your kok out for diff race ?

hav s-e-x with a diff ethnic background in which you were alien from up bringing

are you saying thats a bad thing or what? and i dont know what its got to do with whether Garcia was being racist or not

it's bad if u know your using your position to use them for your own needs

ie. cafe girl

I think most of us would agree that in general this racism issue is getting out of hand....it was a silly statement from Garcia but not a racist one,the support he has had from the crowds for the 2 days i have been to Wentworth would suggest the golfing public agree.....

Good bet to win the US open after this maybe!

It was without doubt a racist comment. Garcia has been seething with Woods since the players (a complete over reaction btw). Having run out of things to say about that incident he then makes the fried chicken comment. Clearly it was said with the intention of insulting Woods. This is where Garcia went badly wrong instead of insulting an individual he insulted a race. His immediate back tracking showed he quickly realised he was in trouble. The fact he may or may not have had a drink or two makes no difference in fact it probably shows that under the facade lies a nastier side to Garcia.

Sergio has come out of this badly and will regret it for a long time.

i agree mighty whites

tiger is very much an open goal when in comes to insults, and sergio not only missed the target with his insult but stuck it in his own net !

A horrible series of gaffes by highly-paid people who should know better.

A black week indeed for golf.

DOH !!!!

I'll repeat again, 'The word is not the thing'......hence when you all understand that, there can be no such a thing as being racism using words. If there is no racism then a person can not be a racist when using words.

Whether it was racsist or not.................. Tiger's tweet saying he was hurt by it is complete and utter swollox. Pathetic from Woods. A bigger man would have made no comment or just laughed it off......but not Woods, he loves to play the wounded soldier routine.

US media lov him--go on any word

Garcia will be roasted about it US OPEN

May 26, 2013 -- 3:44AM, xmoneyx wrote:

it's bad if u know your using your position to use them for your own needsie. cafe girl

Are you sure those women weren't using him? Fame and notoriety generally equals a payday no matter how bad the reason for said fame. And why mention this at all in a thread about Sergio Garcia being racist? Still not sure what you're stance on theme of the thread is after how many posts... Gone way off point. Sergio's comment was racist and the fact it was levelled at someone who has done some things that disqualify him from father of the year don't make it right.

ok you win rhino

Hold on a cotton picking minute here!!!

Sergio would have probably make the fried chicken quip in regards to Dustin Johnson or Bubba Watson - he was suggesting AMERICANS loved their Kentucky.

Do you honestly think Sergio would openly infer Tiger because he is BLACK loves his fried chicken?? Sergio more than likely had a brain fart and forget it was derogatory through translation. Sergio is Spanish and was supposing an olive branch and offering an American brand of food.

I wonder why people are always so determined to make excuses for this kind of behaviour. Clutch at straws, ad hominem arguments, etc.

Sergio is a golf man, he knows full well about the controversy re Fuzzy/Tiger/Fried chicken. He used it deliberately as a dig at Tiger, maybe he didn't think it through, but to find all sorts of lame excuses for him is ridiculous.

Let's just get one thing straight, no race has a monopoly on racism, there is probably more racism towards white people in southern Africa than there is towards black people in Spain, but we have to stop making lame excuses for this sorts of behaviour by people like Sergio. Loving or Hating Tiger is irrelevant on in this matter, let's try to be objective.

I don't buy into the stereotypes = racism argument, because one is a disdain for another race while the other is an observation usually based (at some point) on facts. Saying black people like fried chicken isn't racist, it's a stereotype. Sure, it's in poor taste for any one to exploit stereotypes , but it's not automatically racist.

simple truth is garcia is a braindead gobsh!t that some people enjoy watching playing golf. Anyone who stands up for him just of similar mentality. Theres rats in all walks of life.

ole

Angel, no one said that Garcia is a racist. You are the one creating this strawman arguments.

The facts are simple, Garcia made a derogatory statement based on Tiger woods race/skin colour. That's it. And that is a fact. And that can not be acceptable.

Would you make an excuse for Tiger Woods if he said that Garcia has a small Jimmy and can't satisfy his wife? I think not. That's a derogatory statement based on a stupid and false racial stereotype.

If Garcia is so stupid as to assume that Tiger Woods should love fried chicken 'cos he is black, Tiger might also be so stupid to assume Garcia's jimmy is small because he is white. And you would be here defending them both.

who's Jimmy?

Tiger is a joke just ask Elin:)

As a Tiger fan all I can say is that Tiger is such a pu55y it's embarrassing.

This isn’t about whether Garcia is a racist or whether Woods is a pu55y. It’s about the Zoeller incident. Given Tiger’s reaction to what Zoeller said all those years ago, for Garcia to repeat it now is a very serious insult, not unlike somebody brazenly repeating a remark which has already been through the courts and found to be libellous.
I can’t accept that Garcia has been on the tour for 15 years and doesn’t know about the Zoeller incident.

oh--I don't know about Zoeller--what did he say?

I think people are blowing this up way to far. Sergio knew what Fuzzy said and was trying to be funny unsuccessfully and Tiger's reaction just shows what a pu55y he is. End of story.

I think people are blowing this up way to far. Sergio knew what Fuzzy said and was trying to be funny unsuccessfully and Tiger's reaction just shows what a pu55y he is. End of story.

Woods and Garcia can't stand each other. It must get under Garcia's skin everytime they compete against each other that Woods comes out on top. Probably the most famous of all was the final grouping on the 2006 Open at Hoylake, when Garcia wore a yellow costume. After destroying him by seven shots, Woods sent a text out to his friends – “I just whopped Tweetiepie ...”

Garcia could have fired a whole host of insults at Woods linked to his personal life if he so wished, the fact is he chose to make a racist comment that shows him in a very poor light.

Woods and Garcia can't stand each other. It must get under Garcia's skin everytime they compete against each other that Woods comes out on top. Probably the most famous of all was the final grouping on the 2006 Open at Hoylake, when Garcia wore a yellow costume. After destroying him by seven shots, Woods sent a text out to his friends – “I just whopped Tweetiepie ...”

Garcia could have fired a whole host of insults at Woods linked to his personal life if he so wished, the fact is he chose to make a racist comment that shows him in a very poor light.

Woods and Garcia can't stand each other. It must get under Garcia's skin everytime they compete against each other that Woods comes out on top. Probably the most famous of all was the final grouping on the 2006 Open at Hoylake, when Garcia wore a yellow costume. After destroying him by seven shots, Woods sent a text out to his friends – “I just whopped Tweetiepie ...”

Garcia could have fired a whole host of insults at Woods linked to his personal life if he so wished, the fact is he chose to make a racist comment that shows him in a very poor light.

tweetiepie is worse than fried chicken

enough said about this incident, Sergio gave an abject apology, the guy is sorry let`s just move on.

Woods Meets Zoeller For Lunch
By JOE DRAPE
Published: May 21, 1997

Before continuing his effort to win three straight tournaments, Tiger Woods cleared up one major off-course distraction today. Woods met with Fuzzy Zoeller, sharing lunch at the Colonial Country Club here, and accepted Zoeller's apologies for the racially derogatory remarks he made about Woods at the Masters championship.

Afterward, both golfers said they hoped to put the issue behind them. The MasterCard Colonial that begins Thursday is the first tournament in which both golfers will participate in since the Masters, where Zoeller's comments touched off a national controversy. Zoeller referred to Woods as ''that little boy'' and joked about the young winner's requesting fried chicken and collard greens at the Champion's dinner, where the winner selects the menu.

''Fuzzy and I had a nice lunch conversation,'' Woods said shortly after their meeting today. ''I found out something I needed to know and it's over. Hopefully, we will have a good tournament. Over time, we will see it be an incident that will make this better for golf.''
Zoeller said he was relieved to meet with Woods and hoped the face-to-face meeting would put to an end what he called one of the worst episodes of his life. In the month since the remarks, Zoeller lost an endorsement contract with Kmart.

''I meant nothing by it,'' Zoeller said. ''I did do apologies.''

Zoeller made a public apology to Woods after the incident, while also withdrawing from a tournament in Greensboro, N.C., because of the negative publicity. Woods waited three days to release a prepared statement that acknowledged Zoeller was ''a jokester'' and most likely didn't intend to offend. He said he believed the statement was sufficient. ''It's the people in the media who keep bringing it up,'' Woods said. ''Once I released a statement I thought it was done.''

He conceded, however, that some members of the PGA Tour believed he should have spoken to Zoeller sooner. Woods said he received, but did not return, two phone calls from Zoeller, whose gregarious, witty personality has made him one of the more popular players in more than two decades on the PGA Tour. Woods said he didn't believe, however, that he mishandled the incident.

''I wouldn't say resentment; they just questioned it,'' Woods said of his colleagues' reaction. ''Hey, it wasn't me who brought this on.''

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