Racism In Football

Racism in football

Racism is one of the most controversy issues in international football, since in the 21st century it is still common to see within this community, a sample of racism by some of the practitioners of this sport. This situation has given many headaches to FIFA (International Football Federation Association), which has imposed very drastic sanctions on the players involved in gestures of racisms. 

In European countries it is where mainly the samples of racism are seen and paradoxically many of the players of the European leagues come from Africa and various regions of the world with characteristic features different from those of Europeans. However, in the South American countries we also see racism through gestures, words, as an example we can take the recent case of footballer Edwin Cardona which was sanctioned by FIFA (which is the entity in charge of monitoring all football competitions inworld), for acts of racism in the match played between the Colombian and Korean team. 

As we can see, this theme of racism is present in all parts of the world, causing problems and enmity between players from different selections and clubs in the world, even generating internal problems within a football squad, as an example we remember the unforgettable act of xenophobiaOn the part of the fans of Real Madrid to our beloved and idol of Colombian football Fredy Rincón, which went through very difficult times in that club, to the point that he dispensed with his service in the team.

Racism in football can be seen in many ways as mentioned above, they can be cultural (it consists in believing in a historical-cultural superiority of one breed on another);It can also be of xenophobic type (it is fear, rejection or hate abroad) with manifestations that range from rejection, contempt and threats, to aggressions and murders. One of the most common forophobia is the one that is exerted on the race);Also for racism for skin color (this kind of racism is the most common, where a person or a group rejects others for their skin color, classic example we would have in racism between whites and blacks). 

You can see all the damage that racism does to a sport like football, fortunately campaigns are being made by many clubs, football teams and mainly by FIFA to try to change this feeling of discrimination being football is footballmost popular in the world. Racism is an ideology of superiority that should be over, we cannot let a perverse heart that creates superior to another damage a team sport with words, gestures and actions. It is reproachable that by these types of people damage the image of a team, of a country, since in doing so a single person can arise a paradigm of some nation or from some city, thinking that they are all like this, as the person who performed actas indecent as that of racism. 

That is why we are all invited to change that, contributing our grain of sand when we practice this sport and in our daily life being friendly, treating people well (much more if they are not from your country or your city), do not judge it for its formTo play, his skin tone, as he speaks, as expressed among many other factors that can lead you to be racist without realizing.