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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still want to know why when a black girl and a white girl collide, the white girl gets the call 90% of the time [/quote]
Longtime ref here. I have worried about this problem a lot.

I still think about a Black player who played hard, with a fair shoulder charge, pushing the weaker White player over. I called a “foul” against the Black player. After this happens several times, the Black player calls me a racist and I give her a yellow card for dissent.

Years of soul-searching later, I readily admit she was right that my calls were incorrect. Here’s what I do differently. If a player takes a tumble on a fair shoulder charge, I say “keep playing”, and make the no-call clear. If players are of different races, I’m on higher alert to make my no-calls clear and to be closer to the play and to let both players know that I am right there to make the correct call.

Your question is 100 percent valid. I have unintentionally made incorrect calls that could be interpreted as Racist, to my dismay. I strive to improve. [/quote]

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