anders deutsch

'African' football players on European football grounds are used to racist abuse by the fans. They are called names, are greeted with imitations of monkeys, are attacked. The FIFA has issued rules according to which the teams are punished when they do not act against the racism of their teams. But little happens.

A few days back a 'Black' football player in Germany was confronted with such a situation. Nobody stopped the fans. After he was attacked physically he confronted the fans and showed them the 'Hitlergruß' (the salutation of the Nazi period) - which I consider a quite appropriate reaction. But afterwards he was charged with showing an unconsitutional symbol. Even if this charge was soon withdrawn, something is wrong here. The racists can do what they want, while the victim of their racism is charged for promoting racism.