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"Despite the disappointing outcome of the 2024 men’s Euros final for England,
it’s a relief that none of the team’s ethnic minority players could easily be
targeted for the result. However, the horrific racist abuse experienced by
three of England’s star players following a failed penalty shootout in the Euro
2020 final against Italy – Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford – is
still fresh in many people’s minds.
Despite the outcry that followed, and many fans rallying behind the players,
racial discrimination and abuse remain rife throughout men’s football. For
example, newspapers recently used images of Saka as the face of England’s
recent defeat to Iceland, and a fan was convicted of shouting racist abuse in a
English League One match.
Following these examples, and the racist abuse that one of us (Kolawole
Osinnowo) has experienced throughout their time in football, we wanted to
explore the longer-term impacts of such abuse on players from ethnically
diverse communities. We specifically wanted to better understand the racial
trauma brought on by this abuse.
Surprisingly, there has been very little research undertaken in racial trauma
and sport. Our literature review found only six journal articles, which were
largely focused on the US collegiate system, for example two on American
Football, three studies on athletics and one for those in athletics, swimming
and diving."
This is notoriously also an issue in Australia.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
