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<font size=3>At 21:00 30-11-00, Doug wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Christopher B.
Hajib-Niles wrote:<br>
<br>
> you assign them to? (do you think that the english can be racist
against<br>
> the french, or the germans, or the serbians? why or why not?) <br>
<br>
Of course -- as two hideous world wars on the continent of Europe
have<br>
proven. </font></blockquote><br>
Not to speak of the football games... I highly recommend in this regard
Simon Kuper's excellent _Football Against the Enemy_.<br>
<br>
As for racism against blacks, that too flourishes in football
crowds. See Kuper's latest article in the Guardian on racism at
football games in Italy:<br>
<br>
Sunday November 19, 2000 <br>
<br>
Italians are growing increasingly<br>
shocked at the bad behaviour of their<br>
football fans. The Italy-England<br>
friendly and other recent events<br>
suggest the problem is getting worse. <br>
<br>
Italian newspapers deplored the racist<br>
booing of England's Emile Heskey<br>
during Wednesday's match in Turin.<br>
This followed the abuse hurled at<br>
Arsenal's Patrick Vieira last month by<br>
Lazio's player Sinisa Mihajlovic. <br>
<br>
<....><br>
<br>
In Italy, an almost entirely white nation<br>
with a powerful far-right movement,<br>
little attention has been paid so far to<br>
racism in football. T-shirt campaigns<br>
against it have been largely<br>
ineffectual. The 'Ultra' fans of many<br>
clubs are openly racist and are linked<br>
to far-right movements. The racism<br>
last season was among the worst on<br>
record. (etc...)<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.footballunlimited.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,4284,399734,00.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.footballunlimited.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,4284,399734,00.</a><a href="http://www.footballunlimited.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,4284,399734,00.html" eudora="autourl">html<br>
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</a>Btw, for those wanting to track it down, Kuper's book is not
available from the US Amazon but is from the Amazon.co.uk.<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Joanna<br>
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