if he were watching the athletics or the olympics and linford christie , a black british runner , or daley thompson , a black british athlete were competing , he would rise from his worn-out , sunken armchair and stand directly in front of the television set ( on lease from radio rentals ) , he would bend forward so that his nose almost touched the screen and he would then rather aggressively raise his fist into the air while yelling , go on you black bastard .