So what is racism, anyway?

Samar Pant
4 min readJun 25, 2020

So, apparently, being called a “Black cunt” is not racist. At least, that’s what Guy Ritchie would have you believe. (I am not a football fan, but I am guessing this idea was planted in his head by the ex-Chelsea defender, John Terry). As the character who simply goes by “Coach” (Terry, ironically, also happens to be a coach now) in his recent blockbuster, “The Gentlemen” points out to one of his boys, if you are black and also a “cunt”, there is nothing racist about putting both the words together when addressing you. In fact, the character explains, it’s all about the intentions. If something, no matter…

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Samar Pant

White collar working bee with a passion for writing. Published author, amongst other things