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Europeans don't throw bananas at black players because of their economic anxiety, dude. They do it because European soccer fans are aggressive and offensive in ways that make American football fans look like they're at a golf game. Philly fans threw some batteries at somebody once and we've never lived it down as a city; that's barely a Tuesday in a European minor league.
But I was making the point to my learned frined throwaway that a) racial slurs haven't been acceptable in American sport in my lifetime, with near certainty of being ejected from the game (if you get caught...) and b) racial slurs are considered offensive enough that they are likely to inflame tempers on the field, potentially leading to escalating fouls and violence. Both are, if anything, more true in Europe.
And anyway, you're a professional fucking soccer player. We can teach you to use your feet with unnatural dexterity but not to throw around racial slurs during the game? That's an unreasonable degree of discipline?
I mean, they have been hit in the head a bunch of times.
Honestly it's surprising it isn't more of a problem in any sport with head injuries.
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