Lukaku song

[ladyschwaggins]

Man Utd fans are accused of chanting a racist song about how well endowed Lukaku is.

Have ManUtd fans gone too far?

Are you a reporter? Sounds reported fishing for information phrased.

Noone cares everything is racist

I think they have - I read about how the 'joke' about black men's penises and sexualisation of black men's bodies is actually rooted in a time when black men were accused of rape when in interracial relationships with white women because white men didn't like it.

I wasn't aware of that, and haven't researched it myself (though I've no reason to doubt it), but if that is he perception of at least some black members of society then I think that should be respected and such jokes and songs should stop.

No not a reporter. It was phrased like it tho.

My SO said it was a compliment and we argued. Is that just a man's perspective?

I wanted to know what you all thought.

I'm not familiar with the song. How does it go? Is it something like:

Lukaku has a great big dick,
Doo dah, doo dah,
I am just a jealous prick
Oh dah doo dah daaaaay

Is Lukaku worried?

Something about him being a genius with a 19" penis.

He says it's a bit too much.....the chant not his penis!

It's his fans that sing it so I think it's said with good intentions.....but would they have said it about a white footballer or does it buy into the stereotypes of black men having large penises?

And penis doesn't actually even rhyme with genius.

Having been to many football games I am surprised everyone is picking up on this song, there are many racist/sexist chants across the country. Including a MUFC one that referred to a South Korean player eating dogs!

Sopass i am giggling so much at your post !

I thought it said he has a 24 inch penis?

19" or 24" - not sure but I guess you wouldn't quibble about those missing 5" either way.

What’s your AIBU?

Manchester United fan here: the chant is shit and low-key racist as is the Ji-sung Park one. Try telling that to some fans though. Even with detailed breakdowns of why and how it’s rooted in racist ideas they’ll still crow about how objecting to it is “political correctness gone mad!!!1!1”

I’m just glad that I don’t go to matches anymore so I don’t have to hear it.

UTD, like many other clubs, all have a variety of chants. One that sticks out in my mind is the Ji-Sung-Park chant about eating dogs in his own country. Nobody has ever batted an eyelid about it but yet it's different for Lukaku. If you are going to kick up about one chant then you need to do it across the league.

Definitely not racist. It's a compliment!

I think Marina Hyde summed it all up pretty well:

www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/sep/19/manchester-united-racial-stereotyping-romelu-lukaku-song

...and the song is rubbish, to boot.