Racism in the Italian Game

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Racism in the Italian Game
Pitch Invasion found this 1/22/2008 on italy.theoffside.com [flag]
[I’ll say right up front that my thoughts on this are really unfocused, but I wanted to bring it up because I’m curious as to what you guys think about a possible solution, particularly those of you who are in Italy, or have followed the Italian game for a decade or two.] It’s a sad truth that racism against African players is so long-standing in Italy that it’s ... [link]

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Embedded racism in Italian football
Published 1/22/2008 by Vanda Wilcox at Pitch Invasion
... This episode returned to my mind as I read Martha’s very interesting post over at The Offside: Italy, and the subsequent discussion, on the issue of racism in Italian football. The racist chanting by Parma fans against their former idol Adrian Mutu earlier this month was just one of many incidents which has illustrated that despite years of hand-wringing, racism is an enduring problem in calcio. ...

Selling Tolerance in Football
Published 1/25/2008 by Supriya Nair at Pitch Invasion
... Can tolerance be sold? As we consider the embedded racism in Italian football brought up by Martha’s recent post on The Offside: Italy blog and ...

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