Choose your plan ArrowRight In Italy, where monkey chants swirled in April as a Black player celebrated a goal. In England, where a banana peel thrown from a hostile crowd during a game in north London landed at the feet of a Black player after he scored a penalty. In France, where Black players from the men’s national team were targeted with horrific racial abuse online after they lost in last year’s World Cup final. In North Africa, where Black players from sub-Saharan Africa have complained of racist chants by Arab fans. AdvertisementThe growth of social media has its downsides when it comes to the amplification of racist abuse in soccer compared to previous generations, where it was mostly restricted to inside stadiums.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 05, 2023 04:21 UTC