Race and Ethnicity
Players’ leader criticises football racist boo boys
Evra boos are unacceptable
Victimisation is one of the main planks of the Equality Act 2010. That Act recognises that it takes a lot of courage to stand up against discrimination and to complain or whistleblow.
Victimisation was quite clearly what was happening when the so called Liverpool football fans booed the Manchester United player Patrice Evra who accused Luis Suarez of racially abusing him back in October which resulted in an eight-match ban.
It is therefore a positive that Gordon Taylor has criticised Liverpool supporters for the booing.
The chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) fears the treatment of the Manchester United defender could deter players from reporting racist abuse in the future.
Taylor is reported in the Liverpool Echo saying:
“For someone to be booed for reporting racist comments is not something we want to see happening.
“Black players may be worried about reporting such things if there is going to be a backlash like this.”
Bullying someone once they have complained and brought a case us against all equality good practice and let us hope Liverpool will follow through with their desire to act against at such racism.
Dr Donald Macaskill
Source: Liverpool Echo
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