In many respects we’ve come a long way from the overt racism I remember in the 60’s and 70’s, but every now and again I feel a shudder that keeps me aware that it still resides not far beneath the surface. I don’t normally comment about football related issues, but this has a wider social context. Football has recently become the focus of some high-profile accusations of racism, but with investigations on-going with regards to the Evra / Suarez and Ferdinand / Terry cases, applying the premise of innocent until proven guilty, I don’t want to opine directly about these instances. However, there have been a couple of newspaper quotes I’ve read during the past week that beggar belief.