the other day in promotion of a new Golf Tour in Saudia Arabia. But noone is speaking about it. Why?
More than the comments being stupid, to me it speaks to what has now become an acceptable way of talking about the United States... which is arguably the most racially diverse and accepting country in the world today or that ever has been.
In an article published in the Financial Times, the former World No. 1 insisted he’s not being used by the group to clean up its image.
“No, I have not been used for sportswashing because I’ve been to Saudi Arabia, and I’ve seen the changes that have taken place,” Norman told the Financial Times.
Norman also equated racial issues in the United States with social issues in Saudi Arabia.
“Every country has done horrendous things in the past … just look at America with racism, for example, it’s just so embedded here, it’s just ugly,” he said.
So, in Norman's words 'racism' is embedded in the United States, but in Saudi Arabia... a place where they are openly ready to murder foreigners of certain religions, it's in the past.
Perhaps Greg Norman, a guy who made his living playing GOLF, is now shilling for the LIV Golf Tournament and at the same time ripping on his home country.
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More than the comments being stupid, to me it speaks to what has now become an acceptable way of talking about the United States... which is arguably the most racially diverse and accepting country in the world today or that ever has been.
In an article published in the Financial Times, the former World No. 1 insisted he’s not being used by the group to clean up its image.
“No, I have not been used for sportswashing because I’ve been to Saudi Arabia, and I’ve seen the changes that have taken place,” Norman told the Financial Times.
Norman also equated racial issues in the United States with social issues in Saudi Arabia.
“Every country has done horrendous things in the past … just look at America with racism, for example, it’s just so embedded here, it’s just ugly,” he said.
So, in Norman's words 'racism' is embedded in the United States, but in Saudi Arabia... a place where they are openly ready to murder foreigners of certain religions, it's in the past.
Perhaps Greg Norman, a guy who made his living playing GOLF, is now shilling for the LIV Golf Tournament and at the same time ripping on his home country.
Greg Norman equates Saudi and U.S. cultures: 'Just look at America with racism ... it’s just ugly'
In his new position as CEO of LIV Golf Investments — a group backed by the Public Investment Fund, operating on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia — Greg Norman has revived his concept to riv…
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