Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Forty-Niner wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:54 am In the early 90’s, when we lived in Waltham Forest, the Orient players were frequent visitors to our house.
Now at this time we had a very large dog who was a great pal of Robbie Taylor’s, a fact which Robbie never tired of telling people.
Unfortunately, and there is no other way of putting this, the dog didn’t like black people.
The first visit of Ricky Otto was eagerly awaited with sparks expected to fly.
My wife was happy to provide tea for the players but drew the line at cooking and anyone wanting food had to bring their own.
Ricky, who had been forewarned, took the precaution of arriving with an extra portion of Kentucky and the dog instantly had a new favourite.
Is there a moral to the story?
Perhaps the way to overcome prejudice is through the medium of fried chicken, although probably not.
More likely, the way to a dog’s heart is through its stomach.

Buckingham wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:48 pm
Personally I'm not offended. But I can see why others would question it. However, I do wonder what gives you the right to decide what people should or shouldn't find offensive.

The story itself doesn't bother me so much. But the pathetic "poor me" response from the OP was worth calling out.

Anyway, this has had far more attention from me that it deserves. I've said my bit. I'll leave you to exchange racially focused anecdotes in peace.