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Britain / 17-07-2012

Arsenal's Emmanuel Frimpong tweets antisemitic slur

London - A 'scum Yid'. That's the alleged derogatory remark at the centre of football's latest off-field scandal.

 

Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong apparently tweeted a message saying: “if you going church today Pray For me Giving today A Miss”.

 

However, he received a reply from fan of Arsenal’s most-hated rivals, Tottenham, which read: “I prayed you break your arms and legs”,

 

Frimpong is said to have replied: “@Scum Yid”.

 

The tweet was removed shortly after, but Frimpong later retweeted a Tottenham supporter’s post that read: “You can’t go around wanting players to break limbs, no matter who you play for. embarrassed to be a yid right now!”.

 

Supporters of Spurs have adopted the term "Yid", often using the word as a badge of honour and identify themselves as the  "Yid Army".

 

However, the term has been considered derogatory and potentially racist by Jewish people.

 

Debate surrounds whether or not Judaism is a race or religion.

 

In fact, it is the only major religion that wrestles with queries of ethnicity and peoplehood.