The Daily Mail said this about Harry Kane and it didn’t take people long to work out what it was really thinking
Here’s the Daily Mail putting out the bunting for England captain Harry Kane, scorer of two goals in England’s opening World Cup game against Tunisia.
Build ‘em up… pic.twitter.com/XPxuV4MIJJ
— Owen Gibson (@owen_g) June 20, 2018
The Mail’s not always so keen on England footballers, as people have been pointing out on Twitter where they’ve been working out exactly what the Mail was really thinking today.
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Forgot to add ‘white’ to that list.
— Howard Rogers (@Pr1nceOfDarknes) June 20, 2018
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“No tattoos” – Fucking hell. https://t.co/0J3sssU72G
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) June 20, 2018
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I know another England footballer who is married to his childhood sweetheart and this country can be proud of. Sadly he DOES have a tattoo. Oh, and he’s black. https://t.co/GGhMMik9oR
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) June 20, 2018
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Not Raheem Sterling they might as well have put
— Nick G (@bignickguff) June 20, 2018
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They couldn’t get away with the headline “Not Raheem Sterling”
— Les Alderson (@EggmanLes) June 20, 2018
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A fantastic relief to hear that he is engaged to marry someone he met at school. Now I can properly get behind team England.
— Geoff Pearson (@Geoff_Pearson) June 20, 2018
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This is the same paper criticising Sterling’s tattoos that would do a whole fortnight of news stories dedicated to Beckham whenever he got a new one.
— Gregg (@GreggC_CC) June 20, 2018
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Shock horror! In the Daily Mail this morning…a football hero England can be proud of because he has no tattoos. 🤷🏻♂️ #England #Kane pic.twitter.com/YATfjF9zkq
— Nathan Lee (@NathanLeeTV) June 20, 2018
Not everyone was on the same page though.
Get over yourself always thinking it’s A race thing would love to bump into you one day.
— deanobaggio (@deanobaggio7) June 20, 2018
— Commander William T. Riker (@Wil_T_Riker) June 20, 2018
Why is this racist exactly?
— Nathan Hazell (@HazellNathan) June 20, 2018
Read the lines of the ‘article’. Then read between them.
— Richard Langley (@RichardLangley) June 20, 2018
Of course they could be doing the paper a terrible disservice. But what do you think?
