News | In the past few months, Premier League clubs and players in particular have drawn attention to incidents of racism on social media. Now it hit the Dortmund Jew Bellingham, who was heavily insulted and went on the offensive.
Bellingham publishes series of racist slurs
This week, the English national coach Gareth Southgate (50) nominated the youngster Jude Bellingham (17) for the first time for the senior national team. Yesterday afternoon he caused a hand penalty in an unfortunate manner, which ended the game from Borussia Dortmund in Cologne tipped over. In the end it was a sobering 2-2. Much worse, however, are the reactions of some people on Instagram, which the midfielder addressed in the evening (via Guardian).
The talent posted a screenshot with the short comment: “Just another day on social media”, which contained a number of insults. In addition to monkey and fecal emojis, there was also a derogatory insult to his mother. Borussia Dortmund stood right behind Bellingham, by sharing the post and writing: “We stand by you. Racism belongs nowhere. “
The English Football Association immediately responded: “We are still disgusted by the discriminatory abuse our players – and others in sports – are exposed to online. Something has to change. ”A month ago the Premier League active. She called on the social media operators to take full action against racist statements and threatened legal action.
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