Back in the late 80s I shared an East London rented house with 4 or 5 brickies and chippies
who were making top money on the docklands site.

One was a scouser ..

I was a skint arty farty post-grad culture and ideology student,
but he was a good mate, kindly buying me pints on housemate nights out at the local..

He was a really nice intelligent generous bloke..

.. except for his defiant proud blatant racism - flagrant use of the "n" word...

He made it very clear how much he disliked them.
He justified it because he said he grew up in an area of Liverpool
under threat of being beat up by gangs of black kids...???

The only black guys he tolerated, even revered, were those who played for Liverpool..

I puzzled at this contradiction and asked him..

"Because they're our n*****s !!!"...