The Dark Side of Football, Racism that Still Happens Often

 

Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior exposed to racism, left, confronts a racist Valencia fan standing in front of Valencia's Jose Luis Gaya during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Valencia and Real Madrid, at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain. (Photo by TheKoreaTime)

Football is a very popular sport in the world, besides being popular football is also a sport that inspires many people. even so there is still a lot of racism that occurs in football. Sadly, Europe, which is the mecca of world football, is also still rife with racism, racism is very tarnishing European football.

One of the latest shocking examples is the Argentine national team who just won the Copa America a few days ago. One of the Argentine players went live on Instagram and mentioned Kylian Mbappe and was considered racist towards the French player. Although it has been condemned by many people, including his own teammates, this incident is very unfortunate because racism still occurs in football.

The football association, especially FIFA, must always educate the public/football fans to always fight racism. Racism is still rampant because of the lack of education and policies on racism, when everyone is educated and policies are enforced, there is great hope that racism can disappear from the world of football.

The football community must always be one voice in voicing and fighting racism in the world of football. When everyone in the world unites to illuminate racism, they are defending athletes, and also setting a positive example for the entire community in accepting skin color diversity, especially in the world of football.

In addition, journalists and reporters also have an important role in fighting racism in football. Journalists must be responsible in reporting acts of racism in an educational way, as well as reporting positive news, this will greatly help society and encourage a better direction.

In fighting and eradicating racism, it must be accompanied by cooperative efforts. Cooperation between football federations, governments, and communities can help support efforts that become more effective. By combining voices from various sectors, efforts to eradicate racism from the world will have a more positive impact.

To face the current challenges, European football with all its history and traditions should be the mecca and lead the way to eliminate racism from the world of football. With all the hard work done today European football can be a real example in the world of sports, European Football has bright hopes for everyone.

Football should be a unifying force for people from all over the world, not an arena for racism. Respect for each other is one of the right ways to deal with racism, football can help support the world to be better for everyone.

Published by Roby Dian Anugrah