(CNN) Three of Italy's leading soccer clubs have hit out at the country's top league following the launch of its anti-racism initiative that features paintings of monkeys. @SerieA_EN pic.twitter.com/M7wFjhsfj2Now, AC Milan and Roma, two clubs which have already been outspoken in their criticism of racism within Italian football, have taken a stand as has Inter Milan. #ASRoma was very surprised to see what appears to be an anti-racist campaign from Serie A featuring painted monkeys on social media today. Both AC Milan and Roma took action against newspaper Corriere dello Sport after it published a headline with the words "Black Friday" alongside Romelu Lukaku and Roma's Chris Smalling ahead of the game between Inter Milan and Roma. As a result, both AC Milan and Roma banned the paper from its premises until the end of 2019 and said its players would not speak to the outlet.

Source: CNN December 17, 2019 13:52 UTC