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Racism in Football
Frequently one hears on the news of football hooliganism taking place and in some cases riots have stemmed due to race related problems. The precise extent of racism in football is difficult to monitor and predict. ...
In October 2002 Real Madrid star, David Beckham, highlighted the fact that racism is still present within football. “I thought in the last couple of years racism had been cut out of the game. ... ” The former section of this statement seems to suggest that people are led to believe that racism no longer persists, so perhaps it’s the lack of awareness that allows it to continue.
The majority of racial abuse, which takes place in professional football, comes from the spectators, although players have been known to abuse one another or provoke fans into doing so. ... The 1991 Football (offences) Act made such racist chants “unlawful”. ... Consequently individual fans cannot be prosecuted for chanting and can only be charged under the 1986 public order act for using “obscene language at football grounds”.
Approximate Word count = 783
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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