In case you missed it (which was actually pretty hard to do if you’re active on social media even as an American who says “soccer” instead of “football/futbol”), England’s team was defeated by Italy at Sunday’s Euro 2020 final.
God save the scene because it was quite the scene afterward, with swarms of beans-and-toast-bigots targeting Black players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka with racist epithets via social media.
As news writer at The Root, Zack Linly reported:
Anti-Blackness is a global phenomenon that rears its ugly head whenever white people are displeased and negroes are involved. That’s why three Black soccer players became victims of racial abuse after they missed penalty kicks while playing for England against Italy in the European Championship shootout on Sunday. Now, the English Football Association is pledging to “stamp discrimination out of the game,” but if you know anything about bigoted and disgruntled sports fans, you know that’s an uphill battle.
Along with several other official organizations, Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, issued a statement against the racist abuse.
