Racism in Soccer

Racism has been a battle fought by many different nations and groups of people throughout the world, and throughout our history. National heroes from varying places such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King are just a of these pioneers who have fought for the rights and respect of those with different skin colors on the social scene. A new monster though in the fight for racism has come about over the years, and that is racism in sports, especially controversies in soccer. These controversies in soccer include(d) racism from the fans, between the players, and also a less direct yet fundamentally racial focusing by the league executive when implementing roster changes.
Racism in soccer between fans and players has been well documented. Racism has more notoriously taken place in European countries than any other countries with soccer arenas throughout the world. Many different abuses have taken place between the players and fans. For example in Italy (and other countries), bananas have been thrown at black soccer players during the middle of a match a frequent amount of times. Also a section of Real Madrid fans in Spain have recently been accused and cited by the referee Alfonso Perez Burull who cited in his match report for chanting, “extremist or radical symbolism,” and for chanting “the gas chamber, death to Osasuna” and loyalty to fascism. Star players do not even escape the racism as monkey chants and peanuts being thrown at Samuel Eto’o made him walk off the pitch in the middle of a game, along with similar chants motivating Inter Milan player Zora to walk off the pitch also.
Racism between players was thought of to have disappeared but in recent weeks has begun to spring up again. John Terry, the former captain of England’s national soccer team, is being probed by a federal court, and prosecuted after calling fellow Englishman Anton Ferdinand the “N” on camera during a match against their respective club soccer teams. A week later, Liverpool FC striker