Argumentive Essay

Racism In Football

Jamie Carr 10E

Racism is all around us; we cannot hide from it. It is in our sports, our music and our life. How can we say that there are not racists in our society, we hear people everyday. I listen to rap music and go to football matches and I hear racist language but I am not a racist because I don’t discriminate against coloured people or women. Are you a racist?

Racism has become quite controversial in football in the last 10 years; this is mainly because of more foreign players coming into football. However the racism in football is not always about skin colour, because sometimes it is bout women however, this is mainly regarded as sexism. They are not allowed to play or if they do play they get abuse shouted at them.

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I personally think that anybody either man or women, whatever their colour should be allowed to play football at whatever level they want. It is wrong if two players have exactly the same ability but one is white and one is coloured that one of them should get chosen and not the other. However this has happened before and it should never happen again. It is not just the players on the pitch but also the fans that are in the stand. I often visit Newcastle United matches and in the stands there is plenty of abuse shouted at ...

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