“The coach had a choice of more experienced and better players. Why did he choose these three? I suspect that it was determined by the racial parity” – wrote Dr. hab. Mirosław Szumało, UMCS professor, employee of the Historical Research Office of the Institute of National Remembrance and an expert of the Ministry of Education and Science, who gives opinions on history textbooks. In this way, he commented on the defeat of the English in the EURO 2020 final. Late in the evening the entry was deleted. “I just wanted to draw attention to the phenomenon of political correctness present everywhere, also in sports” – wrote Szumało in the next post.
–
Sunday Italy won the EURO 2020 final. After 90 minutes it was 1: 1. Overtime was also inconclusive. Penalty kicks were needed. After two rounds – used eleven of Harry Kane and Harry Maguire – the English were leading 2: 1. However, Italia won the title because 23-year-old Marcus Rashford, 21-year-old Jadon Sancho and 19-year-old Bukayo Saka failed to score penalties.
–
“The English have lost their political correctness”
Dr. hab. Mirosław Szumało, UMCS professor, employee of the Historical Research Office of the Institute of National Remembrance and an expert of the Ministry of Education and Science, who gives opinions on history textbooks.
–
“The English lost their political correctness. They put three black players into the penalty shootout, none of whom scored. The coach had a choice of more experienced and better players. Why did he choose these three? FB is about to declare me a racist, but that’s how it was, “he wrote.
–
Entry by Mirosław SzumiłaFacebook / Mirosław Szumiło
–
Onet, who was the first to write about the case, noted that the first version of the entry read: “The English have lost their political correctness. They put three black players into the series of penalties, none of whom scored. but it was like that.
–
More sentences were added after a few hours. As Onet wrote, there were many comments criticizing Szumiła’s words under the entry. Several people announced that they would inform the UMCS disciplinary spokesman.
–
“I just wanted to draw attention to the phenomenon of political correctness everywhere”
After 10 p.m. the entry was deleted. Szumało wrote the following comment: “As I see, my post was misunderstood by many. I just wanted to draw attention to the phenomenon of political correctness present everywhere, also in sports. Britain is a flagship example of correctness dicature, or racism in the other direction “(original spelling – ed.).
–
Entry by Mirosław SzumiłaFacebook / Mirosław Szumiło
–
photo-source">Main photo source: PAP / Marcin Obara
—
