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Discrimination in Sports

Le World

Europe

Russia

St. Petersburg

"In December, the fans of Zenit, St. Petersburg's most prominent club, wrote an open letter on a website asking the club to sign no more black (or gay) players. "We're not racists," it went, "but we see the absence of black players at Zenit as an important tradition."

Hulk (multi-racial) signed in September

Denmark

Nicklas Bendtner

Banned 1 match and fined £80k

(that's £64,000 more than Porto faced for racism against Balotelli)

Suarez Vs Evra Saga

Other fines for racism include

Spain in 2004 (£45,000),

Serbia in 2007 (£16,500)

F.C Porto 2012 (£16,000) Croatia in 2008 (£10,000).

- Daily Mail

Poland

Liverpool

England

Euro 2012

(Poland-Ukraine)

Debated phrase

"You(expletive modifier) (blind? or black?) (expletive noun)."

Netherlands

4 games + 220,000 pound fine by the FA + court case (not guilty)

Stripped of England Captaincy (Again)

vs.

Terry, Cole, Rio used to be 3 of the 4 defensive starters for England

Division of National Team

Brother Rio left out of Euro 2012 for "footballing reasons" recalled last week and declined for "fitness reasons"

"I will not accept racism at all. It's unacceptable. If someone throws a banana at me in the street, I will go to jail, because I will kill them."

's-Hertogenbosch

"There's nothing I can do about it. All I can do is pray for them and hope they become better people."- Jozy Altidore

Warsaw

London

Ukraine

Reason

Entity

Amount

Lviv

Russia

Fireworks, 'Ilicit Banner'

£101,000

£80,000

Bendtner

Advertisement

Fireworks, Missiles, Pitch Invasion

and Racism

Croatia

£67,800

£24,203

Russia

Racism

Spain

£16,137

Racism

Seatle

Audible gay slur at ball boy

£8,500

Germany

Missiles (paper)

Portugal

3 game susp. & undisc. fine

Delayed Restart

£4,250

Colin Clark - Houston Dynamo

Serbia

Busto Arsizio

"'I decided to stop the game and kick the ball into the stands as I felt profoundly angry and offended by the racist insults directed at me. That gesture alone would not have had any particular resonance. My teammates, however, immediately followed me off the pitch without a moment’s hesitation.'

And now the UN is following his lead.

In her address, High Commissioner Pillay stated ...

“There must be accountability for racist offenses in sports,” she said.

-http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1576625-ac-milans-boateng-speaks-out-against-racism-at-un-event-in-geneva

"Speaking to CNN's Amanda Davies, he said: 'think we should not accept and tolerate it anywhere, in any game. Even if it’s a World Cup final, if it’s a Champions League final.... If I feel it is racial abuse, I would do it even in the Champions League final.'

Milan

u-21 Euro 2013 qualifying

England vs Serbia

"Inter Milan fined 43,000 pounds for racist chants"

Big Ben

Italy

65,000 pound fine for Serbia FA

1 Match for Danny Rose

Jackie Robinson

Played from 1946-57

Rookie of the Year

’49-.342 batting average

’55-World Series Win

Served in military and 4 sport athlete at UCLA

Lazio have a history of associating with Nazism

Brooklyn

Rome

Group Discussion

Fairfield, CT

Greece

Do you ever see racism in our community?

How do stereotypes contribute to racism?

How do you think racial or homophobic slurs contribute to racism?

How should we solve these problems?

November 22, 2012 – a premeditated anti-semitic attack by Lazio fans, "ultras", targeting Spurs fans in a Roman bar

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/news/sky-news/4659020/Spurs-fans-stabbed-by-Ultras-in-Rome.html

Walk off the field?- Kevin Prince Boateng

Can't do anything?- Jozy Altidore

Kill them? -Mario Balotelli

Fines? Bans? - NBA/UEFA/ FIFA/ FA/ UN

Like other clubs from London, the Spurs have a large Jewish following

Fans have adopted the moniker “Yid Army” to refer to themselves

Many feel as if it diffuses tensions, whereas others feel as if it fuels it

Giorgos Katidis, 20

banned for life from the national team

Athens

Homophobia

Homosexuals in Sports Today

Many cases of derogatory slurs being used

Potential new type of -ism in America

Kobe Bryant Incident in the NBA

Received a $100,000 fine and a lot of backlash

Rugby star – Gareth Thomas

WNBA player – Sheryl Swoopes

Tennis legend – Billie Jean King

No NFL player has ever come out and declared himself gay

Hank Aaron

Fear of Backlash

Gareth Thomas documents his great struggles after he came out

Incidents like with Kobe Bryant or common use of this word could intimidate athletes from coming out

Played 1954-76

Right fielder for the Braves

Homerun leader-755

Started in the negro leagues-Indianapolis Clowns

Atlanta, Georgia

Los Angeles, CA

Austin Trotta, David Gerics, Max Bracchi, Ray Kingsbury, Mark Giannini

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