Research on supporters and coaches suggest that not enough is being done to tackle discrimination across the game
Still the virus spreads, and with the speed and malignancy of a pandemic. To Brentford, where a fan was arrested on Saturday for allegedly racially abusing Derby’s Duane Holmes. And Nottingham, where Northampton players were subjected to appalling racist language near their hotel. On Twitter, meanwhile, a warmed petri dish in which the vilest views fester and multiply, Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha is called a “diving monkey” and the Wigan winger Nathan Byrne receives a message so offensive it is reported to the police.
And with each incident the clamour and question intensifies: is football doing enough? No, it’s not. Because for all the welcome words of condemnation, the fines and bans and diversity awareness-raising programmes, football fails every time a player speaks out about discrimination, or we hear language inside grounds that would normally lead to an arrest outside it.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/apr/08/racist-incidents-highlight-work-still-needed under the title “Resurgent racism illustrates just how much work football still has to do | Sean Ingle”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
