Why did Colombia lose to England in FIFA World Cup 2018?
Because of lack of Mr.James,perhaps?No,not really.Colombians looked defensive most of the time.They began to look for braver plays only about 80th minute of play,I thought.England,having 4 offensive players up front,looked set to make a huge mess on Colombia’s box.But they lacked any cutting-inside players other than Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling.Even then,they weren’t clinical enoigh.Radamel Falcao was shut down all the time.Juan Cuadrado,Juan Quintero,and others got some chances here and rhere,but they lacked the final killing touches as well.Maybe they atart to be so dependant on James now?Anyway,for me it was a game of almost pure luck.Even Yerry Mina’s goal was actually a result of a deflected unexpected shot by his side.Colombians played rough,Englishmen endured it and kept going.Tactically,England were intimidating,but Colombia responded by several clever counter strikes that were really so unfortunate not to score.England must keep improving,especially their cutting-inside skills.They need to improve the aerial skills as well,to reduce the number of wasted aerial chances against Colombia.But overall,good job England.Beat the Swedes,and keep going all the way to the trophy.Cheers!!
Is there racism against Indians in the USA?
Before the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, there were instances of anti-Indian prejudice - even at the Supreme Court .Today while Indians are pretty much 1% of the American population, continue to immigrate in high numbers (with ~200k undocumented estimated in 2009), and have been associated with job losses due to outsourcing/taking American IT jobs, I don't think Indians are targets of prejudice to the same extent other groups are.If anything, Indians are disproportionally visible in technology, academia, entertainment, business, and even government. That being said, things can change rapidly - and it goes without saying that since 9/11 Muslims (or those perceived to be Muslim) have faced prejudice and even violence. However, even this violence isn't really about India per se.I grew up in a smaller town in the USA and never faced much if any real racism. Lots of ignorance, but nothing that prevented myself or even my parents from fully integrating into the community. Nevertheless, there are some issues that Indians can face:Use of zoning and/or other municipal regulations to make building non-Christian places of worship more difficult.People complaining about your “ethnic” cooking smells (as if smelling bacon is any better)Feeling like you need $90 lululemon yoga pants to express your heritagePeople trying to imitate an Indian accent and failing terribly because they don't understand retroflex consanents.People complaining that Indians are taking white men’s IT jobs as if they are the only English speaking people capable of advanced mathBeing blamed for the evils of the caste system and asked if you'll be forced into marriageCartoons making fun of India’s sanitation issues and how Indian food gives you the runsBeing asked if you speak Hindu and then having to explain that there are Hindus and some speak Hindi but neither are universal among IndiansHaving someone say you look like Aziz AnsariBeing congratulated when an Indian wins Miss AmericaSometimes having people speak to you in SpanishNeeding to find a version of your name that's easier to pronounceHaving some people assume you're a patriarchal male ready to assault someone or an oppressed female only a short skirt shy of an honor killing
Has anyone read the book "Don't Make the Black Kids Angry?" by Colin Flaherty?
I haven’t read that one, but I have read his previous book White Girl Bleed a Lot, and I presume it’s more of the same. (Which is one reason I haven’t read it.)Flaherty’s premise is that there is a violent subculture among urban, primarily black youths. That subculture is largely ignored or at least downplayed by politicians and media, but it exists and it is dangerous - to everyone. How dangerous is a question I think Flaherty overinflates, but if you’re on the receiving end of it, perhaps not so much. He argues - and I think successfully - that by not covering and not prosecuting the events that he has to dig out of the back pages of newspapers and local (seldom national) television news stories, the politicians and the media have contributed to a growth in said violence. Subsidized it, so to speak.I don’t think that Flaherty blames the violence on race - the UK has similar problems with poor whites, France (and much of Europe) with poor Muslim immigrants. He blames it on a sub-culture of violence that goes relatively unchecked by the Powers That Be™ striving to be “politically correct.” Young urban blacks (mostly male) aren’t violent because they’re black, but because their particular culture tells them they have to be. I do think Flaherty downplays how much black victimization actually exists in this nation and how it contributes to this mindset, but I also think he points out quite validly that these same groups victimize each other far more and little to nothing gets said about that, sort of ignoring the beam in one’s own eye to comment on the mote in someone else’s.