MY CITY MY SHIRT

[stan butler]

https://twitter.com/Bluetwin1927/status/1375108506844561413/photo/1

I like it

[UNDERHILL1927]

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https://twitter.com/Bluetwin1927/sta...561413/photo/1
I like it

Brilliant, great to see.

[NYCBlue]

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Where is that?

[life on mars]

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https://twitter.com/Bluetwin1927/sta...561413/photo/1
I like it

Hope thats on walls in Bristol and Swansea??

[splott parker]

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Fantastic to see.

[splott parker]

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Loved the comment that it’s a BobBanksy.

[City123]

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Fantastic.

Poor response from the club though - https://bricksmagazine.co.uk/2020/11...m-in-football/

"Unfortunately, this celebration of the city’s diversity and beauty was not well-received by all. According to Ismail, they were refused the official support of Cardiff City, who told me that they dismissed their project as encouraging ‘reverse racism’ – a damning representation of the normalisation of racism within football, and within the wider society.

Incredibly inspired by this campaign, I spoke further with Yusuf Ismail regarding his inspiration behind this project and their experience with the Cardiff City Football Club.

Prishita: Why was it important for you to have the involvement of the Cardiff City club? Could you tell me more about your experience with them?

Yusuf: I thought it important to involve the Cardiff City Football Club because I felt they could use their platform to reach out to People of Colour in Cardiff. The relationship between the Cardiff BIPoC communities and Cardiff City is non-existent; our hope was to use this project as a real turning point in community relations.

Early on in the project, we were invited by the club for a meeting to discuss our project with their Community Engagement Manager. We showed her some portraits, some campaign imagery and some short films that we had created for the project. Even though she said she loved the work, she seemed confused about the intent behind our project and was worried that if the club was seen to support such a project, it could run the risk of alienating their existing fan base. She stated that it could even be perceived as “reverse racism” if preferential treatment was shown to BIPoC communities – a statement that left us extremely confused and upset that someone would hold such views. It’s attitudes like these that highlight the importance of our work. If anyone feels that making a space more inclusive is a problem, then it’s clear that they are the problem!"

[the other bob wilson]

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Fantastic.

Poor response from the club though - https://bricksmagazine.co.uk/2020/11...m-in-football/

"Unfortunately, this celebration of the city’s diversity and beauty was not well-received by all. According to Ismail, they were refused the official support of Cardiff City, who told me that they dismissed their project as encouraging ‘reverse racism’ – a damning representation of the normalisation of racism within football, and within the wider society.

Incredibly inspired by this campaign, I spoke further with Yusuf Ismail regarding his inspiration behind this project and their experience with the Cardiff City Football Club.

Prishita: Why was it important for you to have the involvement of the Cardiff City club? Could you tell me more about your experience with them?

Yusuf: I thought it important to involve the Cardiff City Football Club because I felt they could use their platform to reach out to People of Colour in Cardiff. The relationship between the Cardiff BIPoC communities and Cardiff City is non-existent; our hope was to use this project as a real turning point in community relations.

Early on in the project, we were invited by the club for a meeting to discuss our project with their Community Engagement Manager. We showed her some portraits, some campaign imagery and some short films that we had created for the project. Even though she said she loved the work, she seemed confused about the intent behind our project and was worried that if the club was seen to support such a project, it could run the risk of alienating their existing fan base. She stated that it could even be perceived as “reverse racism” if preferential treatment was shown to BIPoC communities – a statement that left us extremely confused and upset that someone would hold such views. It’s attitudes like these that highlight the importance of our work. If anyone feels that making a space more inclusive is a problem, then it’s clear that they are the problem!"

Anyone feeling "alienated" by that portrait shouldn't be welcome at the club - on the face of it. this seems like a total misjudgement by City.

[splott parker]

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Total gobbledegook from the club in that reply.

[Tuerto]

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Someone else is doing the work that the club should've been doing years ago, all they have to do is throw their weight behind it, yet the club is worried that it might offend little old 'White Bloke', Me! Absolutely incredible. Disgrace, and a lack of understanding, and a huge opportunity missed. Email the club and complain if you disagree with them, the more people that do it, the better. This is where fans and the trust should put pressure on. Shame them.

[Tuerto]

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Total gobbledegook from the club in that reply.

Reverse Racism! Have the club looked at the demographic of our support?

[The Lone Gunman]

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Anyone feeling "alienated" by that portrait shouldn't be welcome at the club - on the face of it. this seems like a total misjudgement by City.

As you're almost certainly already aware Paul, my partner did a lot of work with representatives of various minority groups from the local community during her time as the Trust's community officer, as did other members of the Trust board. City gave her a few free tickets to distribute to them, but that was about it. The club's staff and officials weren't ever interested in actually doing anything constructive themselves. That was back in 2011, so it looks like very little has changed during the last decade.

[Tuerto]

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Anyone feeling "alienated" by that portrait shouldn't be welcome at the club - on the face of it. this seems like a total misjudgement by City.

There's a bit of a political edge to it, There's going to be, that's why racism exists. As usual, 'football' shits out because they don't want to upset things. Wear a T-shirt, rainbow laces etc, that's fine. Get fans involved, the community, speak to the people in directly effects, not some suit or someone on the pay roll and the club bottles it. Shithouses.

[Tuerto]

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As you're almost certainly already aware Paul, my partner did a lot of work with representatives of various minority groups from the local community during her time as the Trust's community officer, as did other members of the Trust board. City gave her a few free tickets to distribute to them, but that was about it. The club's staff and officials weren't ever interested in actually doing anything constructive themselves. That was back in 2011, so it looks like very little has changed during the last decade.

No money in it.

[BLUETIT]

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No money in it.

Didn't they send the painter back to Malaysia ? (chief scout or something, wasn't he )