Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

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Italian soccer league Serie A is facing heavy backlash for tackling racism in sports ... by using apes in a campaign. ⁣ Artist Simone Fugazzotto was condemned by anti-racism groups, who said the paintings were "counter-productive" and "dehumanizing." Italy's soccer league later apologized.⁣ #whytheracecardisplayed

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“He’s really good at that fake, Lamar Jackson, but when you consider his dark skin color with a dark football with a dark uniform, you could not see that thing,” Ryan said on air. “I mean you literally could not see when he was in and out of the mesh point and if you’re a half step slow on him in terms of your vision forget about it, he’s out of the gate.” https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/49ers-broadcaster-suspended-after-lamar-jackson-dark-skin-comments

Denby coach Deon Godrey  said the racist remarks started when players took a knee during the national anthem before the game. “Our cameraman is white and was filming near some Almont fans,” Godfrey said. “During the national anthem, he overheard them saying: ‘Look at these N-words taking a knee and they don’t even know why they’re doing it,’ and they kept going.” Godrey also said that Denby’s white coaches were being called “wiggers” and he said “grown men and women started spitting on our kids as they walked up the ramp. They were throwing food, cups and whatever.” Full Article: https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/racists-spit-on-high-school-athletes-after-they-take-a-knee

LARAMIE, Wyo. — It had been nearly 50 years since the University of Wyoming banished 14 black players from its football team, but the decades-old dispute was all Tom Burman could think about as he guided his car across the grain-colored plains stretching from the Denver airport to campus. The university’s athletic director had spent the previous night in Orlando watching the players — known as the “Black 14” — accept an award and explain how they had been kicked off the team in 1969 after trying to ask their coach if they could wear black armbands during an upcoming game. They had wanted to show solidarity against racism at a time when civil rights protests were common on the nation’s college campuses. Full Article:  https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/fifty-years-after-the-black-14-were-banished-wyoming-football-reckons-with-the-past