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Turns out the picture he posted was sent to him by Haidara......

 

Sounds like a good cover story.

 

It's what Haidara told the FA  :dontknow:

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http://www.thefa.com/News/governance/2013/nov/taylor-warned.aspx

 

The FA has issued a reminder to Mr Steven Taylor of Newcastle United FC in respect of the public nature of social networking websites, and the risk of postings being taken out of context, following a post he made to Twitter of four pictures on 15 November.

 

Steven Taylor has confirmed to The FA that the four pictures he posted on his Twitter account were sent to him by Massadio Haidara.

 

One picture was of Mr Haidara himself, one was of Vurnon Anita, and the other two were selected by Mr Haidara as “lookalikes” of Papiss Cisse and Moussa Sissoko. These facts have also been confirmed by Mr Haidara.

 

All four are players at Newcastle United FC.

 

Mr Taylor posted these pictures on his Twitter account as a response to those teammates laughing at his efforts to learn French.

 

This followed a picture posted earlier by Mr Haidara, apparently of Mr Taylor learning French.

 

In these circumstances, The FA will take no further disciplinary action in respect of this matter.

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So they are basically saying, it was inappropriate but because a black guy did it and not a white guy then it's ok? :)

Well it is okay for a black guy to do it. It would be like if I found a picture of some bird with a massive nose and implied it was Rebecca Adlington. That isn't racist

 

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25062250

 

22 November 2013 Last updated at 22:34

 

Steven Taylor: Defender given warning after controversial tweet

 

Newcastle defender Steven Taylor has been warned about his use of social media by the Football Association.

 

Taylor, 27, caused controversy last week after saying "it's always good to see you guys smiling" when tweeting an image to four of his black team-mates.

 

He deleted the post, which contained pictures showing stereotypes of black people, and apologised for any offence.

 

Following an investigation, the FA have warned Taylor against postings which "could be taken out of context".

 

The former England Under-21s international will not face any sanction from the governing body.

 

The picture in question showed 'lookalikes' of Papiss Cisse, Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita and Massadio Haidara.

 

The FA found that the image had been originally sent to Taylor by left-back Haidara. Taylor had then forwarded it on to his team-mates in response to teasing about his attempts to learn French by Haidara on Twitter.

 

French defender Haidara had dismissed the incident as "banter".

 

Taylor was sent off against Manchester City in his only appearance for Newcastle this season. Since then, injury has prevented him from regaining his place in manager Alan Pardew's team.

 

Wasn't one of the 4 pictures an old picture of Anita? Isn't another one Haidara wearing what I assume is an afro wig? If that's the case, the BBC are describing Anita and Haidara as "stereotypes of black people". Now that's racist.

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