Taxpayer-Funded Radio Debate: Chess Is Racist Because White Moves First

Simon Kentby Simon Kent

The notion that somehow the ancient pastime of chess is inherently racist due to the rule of white pieces moving first has been broached on an Australian taxpayer-funded national radio network.

The controversy arose when the national broadcaster ABC proposed a radio slot on the matter Tuesday and sought an interview with John Adams, an economist who represented the Australian Chess Federation in 2015.

Adams declined, but then went on social media alleging the ABC had taken the position chess was “racist.”

“The ABC have taken the view that chess is RACIST given that white always go first,” he said.

Adams further explained the ABC was looking for a chess offical to comment on whether the rules should be altered.

“Trust the taxpayer funded national broadcaster to apply ideological Marxist frameworks to anything & everything in Australia,” he added.

Adams later told a different radio host the argument has been circulating in chess circles for years.

“All of this stuff is completely ridiculous,” he said on Radio 2GB.

“We’ve got bigger issues that are facing Australia and I don’t want the ABC talking about this sort of nonsense.”

full story at https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/24/taxpayer-funded-radio-debate-chess-is-racist-because-white-moves-first/

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