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GARETH SOUTHGATE will appoint a new coach this season in the FA’s push for diversity.
The England boss is in the final stages of drawing up a shortlist of ethnic minority candidates, with Jason Euell, Michael Gilkes and Sol Campbell in the frame.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7291197/gareth-southgate-poised-to-name-new-coach-from-shortlist-of-ethnic-minority-candidates-as-fa-look-to-boost-diversity/ 
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It would be much better if diversity in coaching/management happened organically, but at this stage there does seem to be a need to give a bit of a 'leg up'.
What needs to happen is more opportunities and support of learning and development throughout all ethnicities and that will encourage participation which in turn will increase the amount of ethnic minorities being employed, because there would be enough of them at a high enough standard.
That is not to say that there aren’t already, I think Euell and Powell for example, Chris Hughton too, have proved they’re more than capable, but the percentage is so few that it can’t just be increased by employing diverse people, it has to start below, just like grassroots.
However, I imagine if Euell really was good enough, he might be working a little higher than league one, maybe he just really loves Charlton.
This kind of 'ethnic minority only' rule is exactly how under qualified, insufferable wankers like Sol Campbell will get a job.
The squad are a diverse bunch and those that manage, coach and administer the National Team should also be.
Whether one coach is better than another can be a very subjective judgement. As long as they are qualified for the role, have significant experience and as long as they have a British Passport I really don't care what their colour, ethnic origin or religion is.
It's not a matter of 'insisting', it just makes plain common sense.
Though Sol Campbell can jog on.
- Various BAME footballing figures have said they've experienced a form of discrimination in football when it comes to coaching roles. It's imperative that we listen to their experiences, otherwise it's eminently possible that their voices are marginalised even further than we've seen historically.
- As has been mentioned, why are there so few black coaches relative to black footballers? We're now I'd say at least 15-20 years on from when a lot of coaches/managers would have been playing, and yet it's still overwhelmingly white former players who are now in coaching roles. We have to examine the reasons for this (one of which is potentially discrimination as various BAME figures have alluded to).
- I don't think there's intentional racism on an institutional level. I do think, however, that structures in football are still predominantly "white". (Even if you think about, say, the community courses that Charlton run, there certainly weren't many black kids on those courses when I was young [early 2000s] and I don't know how much that's changed now.)
- The above point, of course, can also be linked into more sociological reasons and how in particular the black British community (along with British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis) is still far more likely to suffer from poverty/child poverty; unemployment; and similar. Again, there's a wide range of social issues to consider here and I appreciate this is starting to widen the scope of the discussion of positive discrimination a bit too broadly.
In summary, I think positive discrimination and actively attempting to recruit BAME coaches/staff can only be a good thing until such time as social problems facing the BAME community can be rectified from the ground up, rather than sort of artificially ensuring their presence at the top end of society. Hope that makes sense.
laughable people are even thinking of Sol Campbell when he hasn't done anything, needs to find a non league side and work up the leagues imo.
While discrimination and bias still exist, there will remain an argument for all black / all female / etc. shortlists, especially in high profile jobs where the successful candidate will also act as a role model for their group of people. Of course this aim will fall at the first hurdle if they are not competent (KM for example), but surely we are not suggesting that all possible black candidates for an England coaching job would be in that category?
When I was 19/20 I went for 2 jobs as a waiter.
The first I was rejected as they only wanted a female.
The 2nd was a chinesse restaurant and I was rejected because I was English and not Chinesse.
Now I am not saying its terrible and I know others have been discriminated far worse. But I am just saying white hetrosexusal males can also be discriminated against
I get where it comes from, also am aware it will still go on in places just my intake is people make these sort of statements make it worse.
People highlight there is a problem when there isn't, now i am pretty sure if a black/gay/ whatever coach comes through the ranks i am sure it would not be the issue it used to be and shouldn't hold them back, but yes i am white so i cannot have an input in a race debate go figure...
Problem is even saying the fact i am your typical white bloke doesn't mean i cant have an opinion. I have friends of all walks of lifes, a sister who is chinese yet i cannot have an input?