As the dust settles on the latest Luis Suarez affair, the Uruguayan finds his support limited to those connected to him in one way or another by his club or country. The loyalty he has inspired from both reflect well upon Suarez, suggesting that in stark contrast to his public image as a dartboard figure, he is actually a likeable character amongst those who know him. The moral position that they find themselves defending however, is surely indefensible.Despite his admi sion of the language used, both his club and country have tended towards complete denial JaMychal Green Jersey of any wrongdoing. A position which isolates them alongside such luminaries as Dave Whelan and Sepp Blatter, neither of which is noted for a deep understanding of the underlying i sues of racism, or indeed anything.The crux of the defence seems to be that the term Negrito used by Suarez is in fact used as a term of endearment or simply a descriptive piece of everyday language in his homeland. This much, as many who have spent time in Latin America will vouch for, is true.Slightly off-topic, but rather amusingly, in Latin America it is not unknown to hear someone refer to their partner as mi panzn(my beer/pot-belly) or mi gordito(my fatty). Quite unfathomable to an English speaker but commonplace in Latin American Spanish. Returning to the point in question, the term used by Suarez negrito is quite habitually used as a (rather unimaginative) nickname for players, and as pointed out in other articles,, one of the heroes of Uruguayan football, was indeed known as El negro jefe(the black chief/bo s). This obviously stretches beyond the Spanish language and territory as Portuguese legend Eusebio (born and Alex English Jersey raised in colonial Mozambique) was known aso Pantera Negra(the black panther) anda Prola Negra(the black pearl).The point that seems to have been mi sed however, is that in the context of spitting out the same insult on ten occasions (according to Evra) during an altercation in a fiercely contested clash between fierce rivals, it is hard to believe that Suarez was expre sing endearment or hero worship to the Manchester United defender. For this reason, the linguistic defence put forward ad-nauseum is disingenuous and misleading.In a wider context,are both rife in Latin America (as they are acro s the world), and despite the blurring of the boundaries caused by linguistic differences between languages, they are both evident to any visitor to Latin America who cares to notice., historically, between a number of ethnic groups and the ensuing multicultural make up of countries like Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia goes some way to explaining the common references to skin colour, which used in certain contexts are harmle s enough. However the idea of Latin America as a racism-free utopia is fanciful at best, and turns a blind-eye to the socio-economic plight of black people acro s the Americas.Fellow countrymenseems to suggest that there is so much discrimination in the game (or the World) that we ought to just shrug our shoulders and carry on regardle s.The Uruguayan pointed to his own experience on the Iberian Peninsula as a player, where he claims to have repeatedly faced abuse for being Latin American. Comments that surely strike a chord with many Latin Americans who have suffered and continue to suffer discrimination in Spain today, however his main argument that challenging discriminatory and derogatory language makes one a cry-baby seems more than a tad misguided. Simply by calling Evra a cry baby is a tacit acknowledgment that what Suarez did was wrong, however it completely trivialises the incident and suggests that tackling the root of the problem is unimportant.Seen in that context, Poyets comments are downright irresponsible. If a member of the crowd, for example, was to repeatedly call someone negrito in the stadium or in their workplace, they could surely expect to be, either, ejected from the stadium or disciplined or maybe dismi sed if it happened in the workplace. It is lucky cry-babys acro s the Denver Nuggets Hoodie World, such as the Civil Rights movements havent opted for the kind of inertia that Poyet advocates.A question that has been raised (by those keen to see the i sue as a mere lost-in-translation problem) is whether Suarez has been the victim of cultural and linguistic differences. Is Suarez just Greg Whittington Jersey the victim of a witch-hunt (as suggested by John Barnes) by an FA keen to score points against bumbling Sepp Blatter?I think it is instructive to consider that Suarez has lived in Northern Europe for almost half a decade, and thus, must surely in that time in Holland and England have a similated some of the cultural mores and dos and donts of both countries. One has to ask, if it is so commonplace for Latin American players to use this language in the context of a heated discu sion with a rival player and if Suarez was so innocent, then, why, since the inception of the Premier League, and the arrival en-ma se of Latin American stars like Diego Forlan, Roque Santa Cruz, Juan Pablo Angel and Carlos Tevez have none of them triggered a similar polemic after using similar language., clearly outraged by one of their stars attitudes being questioned, have dug up all kinds of ancient history to suggest that the FAs position is hypocritical. Of course with hindsight the FAs decision to not play the inaugural World Cup in Uruguay on the grounds that the Uruguayans and Argentinians played like animals appears a little haughty and arrogant (though allegedly the Uruguayan and Argentininan players did enjoy piercing their opponents with drawing pins at that time), and of course English ex-FIFA president Stanley Rouss decision to recognise apartheid South Africa and thus give a green light to one of the most obscene Racist regimes weve known was a desperately poor decision in hindsight. However, we cannot shy away from taking ethical stances because of what Rous and his predece sors did wrong so long ago. We can only be aware of our history and acknowledge our wrongdoings in the past.The FA, now a punch-bag both abroad and at home, have been heavily criticised (as usual), for the decision they took, but what other option did they have? A complete pardon for Suarez logically followed by linguistic carte-blanche for all speakers of Latin American Spanish (and maybe other languages)? A rather dangerous path I would have thought. Why not a more lenient ban given the mitigating circumstances one might ask? Surely that would undermine the worthy and succe sful attempts that have been made to stamp out Racism in British football. These efforts are something we can genuinely be proud of, especially when we look at Continental Europe.As there Zeke Nnaji Jersey isnt really a precedent to guide (as in the), the length of the ban was always doomed to be derided as either arbitrary, or too short or too long. However, on reflection, it surely sends