Racism Recap

Hey guys, so this is actually my very last blog. Semester is too short so we have to cut the blogs short too. I do have to say though, I am going to miss doing these for sure, I really liked it and who knows, maybe I'll start a personal blog outside of school, make it a hobby. 

So for our last post it'll be a little bit different. Instead of having another long story about another soccer player or country, we're gonna take things slow and make them easy for today. So for today we will be recapping on every blog post so far talking about them and giving opinions on them. So let's do it! 

Blog 1 Racism In Soccer: It's where it all started, I talked about how racism affects different players and/or countries, and had put up a quote from Nelson Mandela. That quote speaks loudly to me because it's so true, no one can be born hating anyone, it develops as you grow or you're taught to hate that person/culture.

Blog 2 How Are Leagues Helping?: This blog was all about how leagues around the world even FIFA are helping out to stop end all of this. It was so important because they are the leaders of these leagues  and sometimes leaders of this sport. They run everything and it should be their responsibility to keep their athletes safe from harm like racism and spectator brutality.

Blog 3 Mario Balotelli: Mario is one of the greatest to ever play the sport, everything he does is for the fans, he loves them and how do they repay him? By making monkey noises and pelting him with garbage. Not only him but no other player should be treated like that. He's only there to play for the entertainment of the fans but in result he gets hurt by his own fan base.

Blog 4 Zinedine Zidane: The Zidane story is so much different from the Balotelli story, yeah they both get harassed because of their race but in Zidane's case, it's not coming from fans but from players on the pitch. This story hits me so close to home because Zidane is from the Middle East and when he was verbally harassed he was called a terrorist. I think that just the fact that it came from another player makes it so bad. Players should be having more class on the field.

Blog 5 Can Russia End Racism?: Russia is hosting the FIFA 2018 World Cup. Do I think it's a good idea... not so much. Russia is one of the world's hot spots for racism. It's good that they're putting in the effort to end it... and they're  putting A LOT of effort.

Blog 6 Italian Soccer Racism: Italy is the country that's biggest when it comes to soccer but their fans can go overboard most of the time. Is it passion or just a little crazy? I talked about how Arrigo Sacchi was making racist comments even though he is a manager and should be showing the most class on the team. A  little childish in my opinion.

So guys I just wanna thank you guys for all the support and hope the best for each and every one of you!! 

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Racism In Italian Soccer

        Hey guys how's it going? I'm finally back from a very very very long break. It makes so happy to be back after so long. I think we're up to the sixth blog so far. So in the spirit of the European Cup going on this summer, I'll be talking about Italian soccer and how racism is affecting them.

So Italian team manager, Arrigo Sacchi, owner of AC Milan says he is not a racist and never will be. Arrigo Sacchi Quote ‘I’m not racist … but there are too many blacks in youth teams’  

I find that so messed up that he could say that then say right before that he is not a racist. It's impossible for a whole culture or race to ruin a sport or even a whole culture. Sure it can be one or two people but you can't blame any whole culture for anything.

You can sort of compare it to Hitler in World War 2 when he blamed the whole Jewish race/culture for all of his failures. Not trying to be mean or anything though, he's a good manager with not so good message. 

I just don't think it was appropriate at all, especially for someone with so much publicity to say it in front of millions watching at home. It does not create a good image for himself or his team. 

In my eyes and I'm sure many others, you do not really have the right to blame one culture for the failure of soccer in your country. To me, the diversity in Italian soccer is what's saving it. Take Mario Balotelli for example or Paul Pogba, both play for or in Italy, both are all-star players, both are black but both suffer the most taunting and humiliation. I think that people are just jealous of their success and wanna try and put them down. 

So guys that wraps up blog number six, it's great to be back writing for you guys. Thanks again for the read and have a nice day!! :)