What do you think of this?

Question

I've watched this several times, but I never thought to put it on here.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jwpO-nnFY9g

As a person, of mixed ancestry I found this to be completely and totally depressing. The first time i saw it i cried, i think that's mostly because espn makes everything so dramatic but still...It's horrible. To think that all these players give so much hope to their countries and their fans and they still have to put up with stupid *** ******* people discrediting them. It's atrocious.
It gets me so angry and so sad.
This is why I didn't root for Spain and Italy in the world cup, more Italy because I've seen much worse from them. But when it comes down to it, anybody that likes good football is forced to sit next to racists because all the good teams are victims of it. I don't want to root for FC Barcelona, because they are a team based in Spain and my fellow fans are racist yet...I can't help it, I love Barcelona and i don't have much of a choice, there is no escape.

Answer 1

I agree with you 100 percent, and being from a different country and a different race, I've gone through racism myself, and I can tell you it hurts. But we have to remember one thing, racism has been around forever, and no matter what people say, it will never go away. I'm a Real Madrid and Barcelona fan and I will not stop supporting the clubs just because of the racist ***holes they have living there. People like us, and people who play for teams in racist countries need to stand up and show them how much better we are. all I can say is I'm sorry for those racist jerks because they don't know any better and they're afraid to learn new things. With us who are of different races, good luck!

Answer 2

Thank you so much for giving me the website address to click on.
I was born in England and there is a lot of racism there as in most other countries.....I now live in the USA and ther are problems here also....
It really is very distressing...I am a White Male who was married to a Black Woman in Chicago and yes we encountered a few comments...mostly done behind our backs though which is typical of cowards and that is what racist people are COWARDS.

Love to everyone on Earth..

Acerone

Answer 3

Wow this is sooooooo sad.I'm mixed!I think the the highest form of ignorance,arrogance and stupidity is racism!Where I live there is little to no racism,I have white friends,indian friends,chinese friends, and the colour of their skin never ever comes up!Why can't people understand that all that matters on the pitch is the skill of the player.As a matter of fact the colour of someone's skin should not matter anywhere,especially on a football field.I thought football was universal and meant to unite,not to divide!

Answer 4

yup. thas why i hate spanish, from spain, italian the make me sick to my stomack yup i am black, does asses in spain think they are all that thas was terriabkle, the nmext world cup is in southafrica i will see how they would be a dic *** in the land of the blacks. ther is nothink special about them what the hell with the racist think they asses. period spain i hate them no jock italy well i said it before if you don't like me cause i am black it your dumass buniess. i hpe they brun in hell for the ra ist acts one day.

Answer 5

yes i hate it when i remember Eto'o's incident and yes i dont support teams who (racist as say)..my fave country since i understood how world is and how people are remains portugal I LOVE PORTUGAL
it is a country which has no history saying that they def between people..i think they dont care how white people are ..they love the people for who they are..not like England spain germany usa and canada
i love it i just love it
i love thier history
i love thier people
i love everything in it
even thier flag

long live portugal

Answer 6

It's really disgusting to see such a beautiful sport turn so ugly because of some racial idiots who call themselves fans but are ruining the sport.

Answer 7

i agree...i can't even imagine doing that to anyone else. i wa adopted from korea, and i have several siblings from other parts of asia and even from africa. so, it's a real bother to me to see that sort of stuff going on. it's so horrible. and i completely respect thierry henry for taking action. it's good to see that not everyone feels the same way about people with colored skin.

Answer 8

i hate hearin about that kinda stuff especially wen it deals with soccer. ppl take racism WAY too far. i didn't know spainards were that bad. italians maybe but i dono. that's all BS that they treat tha players like that. i feel soo bad for them....but wat can u do really? as hard as it is to accept, racism is always gonna be there...
and in tha video they say its taboo n america? well ive heard some racist things here in the US too. i think tha americans are just as bad sometimes



yess thierry henry is one of tha best and i respect him for takin action.

Answer 9

I agree. I always rooted for the 'underdogs' in the World Cup.

Answer 10

Thanks for the video clip.
I remember the incident with Etoo, i was so disgusted. Those people who still harbor racism and racists beliefs are narrow minded and ignorant individuals.