Marvin Gandall wrote:
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> I think the US radical sportswriter, Dave Zirin, has a less lyrical but
> better understanding of what what may have provoked Zidane's outburst:
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> A Racist Slur at the World Cup?
> By Dave Zirin, AlterNet
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> They should
> voluntarily give the greatest trophy of them all back to FIFA as a statement
> that some things in this world are more important than sports.
Remember the three black U.S. athetes at the 1968 Olympics. Their raised fists generated a similar uproar. I think the differences are less important than the resemblances in the two incidents.
Carrol