Well Done GAA
by planetparker
The GAA must be congratulated on the swift action taken in response to the racial abuse directed against an African player in Carlow. Such bigotry and racism is entirely foreign to the founding principlaes of the organisation.
Prekudice is all too prevalent in Ireland today, whether it is racism, or hostility to sexual minorities, the disabled or members of the Travelling Community.
I’m not a psychologist but I believe that racism and prejudice are a form of psychosis or neurosis, often associated with other conditions like alcoholism. It is also often rooted in fear and deep-seated feelings of inadequacy. While racism needs the condemnation of all right-thinking people and should be criminalised by our country’s laws, but individual racists need treatment and therapy. I very much doubt whether any of our judiciary would impose a spell of treatment by a psychotherapist to those engaged in racial abuse. Let’s face it quite a number of them are racists themselves.
If prejudice could be put down to the gasps of the gutter we might all feel reassured, but unfortunately it exists amongst the highest levels of our public service - often those who are supposed to counter it.
