Karl Smallman
BARCELONA have sacked an member of their museum staff who was spotted making a racist monkey gesture at Racing Santander striker Mamadou Kone at the weekend.
The woman, who was with Llagostera supporters, was identified by the Catalan club and reported to the police after the game.
Racism has been a hot topic in Spain lately after Barcelona defender Dani Alves ate a banana which was thrown at him during a recent game.
Good! I feel no sympathy for this so called “woman”.
Idiot woman! She got what she deserved. Racism in Spain and much of Europe where football is played is downright disgusting.
What is it about football that engenders this kind of behaviour ? Does it say something about the limited intelligence of its adherents ? There is no credibility in claiming “a few bad apples”, the practice is too widespread for that. The only conclusion is, that it’s a game for morons.
Stefano, so you think this racism only happens at football matches, dream on.
Not at all Reap. I didn’t say that, but the subject of the piece was football, that’s what my comment was about.
Racism festers everywhere, often acceptably in some places. For instance, in the brains of UKIP supporters.
Stefano ukip are’nt half as rascist as the PP are fascist…… take it your a supporter?
I am a huge fan of the sport so I do resent such a generalization of all fans be morons.
Stefanjo, saying ‘limited intelligence of its adherents’ when talking about football makes absolutely no sense to this argument about this racist woman at a football match.
Whew! Thought for a moment I may have been wrong. But it’s O.K. I must be right. Derek disagrees with me.
No, I think you are wrong stefanjo.
Reap: Join the club then. Incidentally, about what ? UKIP? Endemic racism in football? Widespread racism ? Or Derek ?
The OED offers the following definition of Racism:
“The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.”
Is it only me that finds the irony in Stefanjo’s suggestion that all football supporters are moronic racists? Or is stereotyping a whole swathe of humanity based upon a sport that they may happen to enjoy something different?
Didn’t say ALL football freaks are racist, just that it’s a game for morons. Look at the behaviour they tolerate in their ranks.
No one is bothered about this woman, examine the photo, does anyone around her seem upset or surprised at what she’s doing?
El Cordobez, it is a bit hard to follow what is going on in his mind or what he is talking about most of the time. Now it is football freaks and a game for morons. I won’t waste my breath.