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  • Kylian Mbappe Calls for United Player Walkouts to Combat Stadium Racism
    25 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    The young French striker of Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappe, during an interview with Gazetta dello sport, proposed a solution to definitively solve racism in stadiums.
    The French international, Kylian Mbappé, has opposed the prejudices that are increasingly common in stadiums across the Old Continent.
    The Parisian player agrees to leave the pitch if everyone does, blacks and whites. According to the 2018 French champion, if someone does not leave the field, it means that this person (…)

  • Racist and Xenophobic Incidents in France More Than Double in 2019, Interior Ministry Reports
    27 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    The French Ministry of the Interior unveiled, on Sunday, January 26, the 2019 assessment of racist and xenophobic acts. Their number has exploded in one year.
    The number of racist and xenophobic acts has soared in France in 2019, with 1,142 recorded incidents, compared to 496 in 2018, an increase of 130%, the Ministry of the Interior announced on Sunday, January 26. These acts mainly fall under the "threats" category.
    On the side of anti-Muslim acts, their number in 2019, "relatively (…)

  • Belgian Hospital Nurse Accused of Religious Discrimination Against Moroccan Patient
    29 January 2020, by Sylvanus

    Rachida, a Moroccan expatriate (MRE), says she was a victim of racism from a nurse who made her undergo an examination at the radiology department of the Sint-Franciscus hospital in Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium, on Friday, January 24. She had a sprained big toe.
    "I had a very sore big toe and I went to have a scan. When a Turkish nurse came to get me from the waiting room, I wanted to shake his hand. But to my great surprise, he refused. ’I’m not allowed to shake a woman’s hand, (…)

  • Schalke 04 Vows Legal Action Against Fans for Racist Chants at German Cup Match
    8 February 2020, by Bladi.net

    Schalke’s sporting director, Jochen Schneider, wants to take action against the authors of the racist chants directed at Hertha Berlin defender Jordan Torunarigha during the match counting for the German Cup round of 16.
    At the end of this match, won after extra time, and which allowed them to qualify for the quarter-finals, the sporting director of Schalke04, very upset, expressed his indignation at this behavior: "Zero tolerance. I have no understanding for the likes of these idiots," (…)

  • Far-Right French Politician Sparks Outrage with Anti-Arab Muslim Comments on TV
    8 February 2020, by Sylvanus

    Invited to Morandini’s show on CNews on Monday, February 3, Julien Odoul, an elected member of the Rassemblement national, made racist remarks against Arab-Muslims in France. These remarks quickly provoked the reaction of SOS Racisme, which "plans to take legal action."
    "There is a problem of integration of French people of Arab-Muslim origin in our country; I’m not even talking about assimilation. [...] The French of Arab-Muslim origin [...] are not part of the French community." This is (…)

  • Study Reveals Major French Companies Accused of Discriminatory Hiring Against North Africans
    8 February 2020, by Sylvanus

    Major French groups are suspected of discriminatory hiring practices against North Africans. This is revealed by a study commissioned by the government from the General Commission for Territorial Equality.
    The study by the General Commission for Territorial Equality, commissioned by the government, covers 40 large companies drawn at random, reports Le Parisien. This full-scale testing was carried out between October 2018 and January 2019. More than 10,000 applications to various sites of (…)

  • PSV’s Mohammed Ihattaren Faces Racist Chants About Late Father During Dutch League Match
    17 February 2020, by Bladi.net

    The Dutch international of Moroccan origin, Mohammed Ihattaren, was the target of chants aimed at his late father, during the match between PSV Eindhoven and ADO The Hague.
    The young Dutch prodigy of Moroccan origin had a terrible evening on Saturday, February 15, during this confrontation, counting for the Dutch championship.
    While his team was leading by a wide score of 3-0, the PSV Eindhoven gem was the target of racist chants aimed at his late father. From the stands, the racist (…)

  • Belgium Sees Sharp Rise in Online Hate Speech, Anti-Racism Group Reports
    23 February 2020, by Ginette

    About 400 reports of incitement to hatred were recorded on social networks in 2019, compared to 318 in 2018. These data were published by the Movement against Racism, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia (Mrax), which is concerned about the speed at which the phenomenon is growing in Belgium.
    According to the president of Mrax, "the year 2019 saw an increase in complaints for incitement to hatred, especially on social networks". Carlos Crespo, however, noted that "these reports concern the (…)

  • Asian Tourist Faces Racist Harassment in Rabat Souk Amid Coronavirus Fears
    27 February 2020, by Sylvanus

    While strolling through a souk in Rabat, an Asian tourist was subjected to racist remarks from merchants and passers-by.
    The Asian tourist posted a video of this scene that she took the time to film. In this video, passers-by and/or merchants were chanting "corona, corona" in her direction.
    One of them, wearing red pants in the background, tried to kick the tourist. "I’ll post you on YouTube," warned the victim. She won’t hesitate to act on it.
    Since the appearance of the coronavirus (…)

  • Eric Cantona Faces Defamation Trial Over Racism Claims Against France Coach Deschamps
    29 February 2020, by Ginette

    Two former players were in court on Friday. Eric Cantona is accused of defamation by the coach of the French national team, for comments implicitly accusing Didier Deschamps of racism. The reason underlying this accusation is that "DD" would not have selected Hatem Ben Arfa and Karim Benzema for Euro 2016.
    It all started on May 26, 2016, when, in the columns of the Guardian, Eric Cantona, former French international and star of Manchester United, had accused Didier Deschamps, the coach of (…)