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That headline 
It reminds me of when Berlusconi called Obama tanned. It’s just like really old people who still calls Afro-American the N-word, cause that’s what they learned and how it used to be. Today, none of the remarks are meant to degrade black people, but they know still haven’t realised that.
It reminds me of when Berlusconi called Obama tanned. It’s just like really old people who still calls Afro-American the N-word, cause that’s what they learned and how it used to be. Today, none of the remarks are meant to degrade black people, but they know still haven’t realised that.
The Corriere dello Sport responded angrily to accusations of racism for its headlines, but in so doing claimed they were the victims of a “lynching.”
The controversy exploded on Thursday morning when their front page headline was ‘Black Friday’, referring to Friday evening’s Inter v Roma match and the star names, Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling.
Despite both players and their clubs pointing out this was at best “highly insensitive” and at worst outright racist, the newspaper and their editor Ivan Zazzaroni doubled down.
They accused their detractors of having ulterior motives to spark controversy, suggested Roma and Milan only boycotted them because there were no interviews organised in the first place, then that other Serie A clubs had “called to show us solidarity.”
Now Friday’s edition of the national sports newspaperjust seems set to cause even more damage with another extremely poor choice of words.
“Who are you calling racist? Lynching of a newspaper that for a Century has defended liberty and equality,” is the headline.
They have a collage of past Corriere dello Sport headlines about the scourge of racism and an op-ed by editor Zazzaroni.
“Black Friday, for those who want to and can understand it, was just a way of praising difference, the magnificent richness of difference. If you don’t understand that, it’s because either you can’t or are putting it on.
“Black Friday is the innocent headline of a newspaper, ours, that for almost a Century has been passionately and obstinately defending the values of sport. And yet it has been transformed into poison by those who have poison within them.”
The controversy exploded on Thursday morning when their front page headline was ‘Black Friday’, referring to Friday evening’s Inter v Roma match and the star names, Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling.
Despite both players and their clubs pointing out this was at best “highly insensitive” and at worst outright racist, the newspaper and their editor Ivan Zazzaroni doubled down.
They accused their detractors of having ulterior motives to spark controversy, suggested Roma and Milan only boycotted them because there were no interviews organised in the first place, then that other Serie A clubs had “called to show us solidarity.”
Now Friday’s edition of the national sports newspaperjust seems set to cause even more damage with another extremely poor choice of words.
“Who are you calling racist? Lynching of a newspaper that for a Century has defended liberty and equality,” is the headline.
They have a collage of past Corriere dello Sport headlines about the scourge of racism and an op-ed by editor Zazzaroni.
“Black Friday, for those who want to and can understand it, was just a way of praising difference, the magnificent richness of difference. If you don’t understand that, it’s because either you can’t or are putting it on.
“Black Friday is the innocent headline of a newspaper, ours, that for almost a Century has been passionately and obstinately defending the values of sport. And yet it has been transformed into poison by those who have poison within them.”
It was a legal statement, prepared by juve's lawyers.
It Italy, we've said many times perpetrators in stadiums should be pinpointed & punished accordingly instead of random curva bans.
In Europe, one of the set of protocols uefa follows is a from a study that was led by us.
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Ok boomer
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I can tell
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The article is just as bad, funny, & racist as the headline. This is like a racist person's idea of what not racist is. Thanks for sharing.
It Italy, we've said many times perpetrators in stadiums should be pinpointed & punished accordingly instead of random curva bans.
In Europe, one of the set of protocols uefa follows is a from a study that was led by us.
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Ok boomer
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I'm not olive oil, I'm coconut oil 
Every summer when I go to the beach I get a new nevus on my skin. 
Every summer when I go to the beach I get a new nevus on my skin.
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The article is just as bad, funny, & racist as the headline. This is like a racist person's idea of what not racist is. Thanks for sharing.
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the reactions aren't hypersensitive though. it's just that the headline looks like a bigot piece of shit realized that it's time to jump on the anti-racist bandwagon and came up with a so-called trendy headline. it completely missed the point. the story is an interesting one: two ex-teammates at manure fighting each other in a derby. but dai was right: why even care about both being black?
thing is that zazzaroni is just an old school italian journalist, and a bad one at it. he couldn't even realize what's wrong with that title and defended himself saying "racist what? i've been a journo for 40 years, i can't be wrong, fuck off wankers". he can retire as far as i'm concerned.
thing is that zazzaroni is just an old school italian journalist, and a bad one at it. he couldn't even realize what's wrong with that title and defended himself saying "racist what? i've been a journo for 40 years, i can't be wrong, fuck off wankers". he can retire as far as i'm concerned.
Maldini:
“This club is about passion, elegance and ambition,” the club legend-turned-technical director told Gazzetta dello Sport.
“We have fallen several times, always getting back up. We will do that this time too.”
“We have always been considered a technical team, trying to offer top-quality football.”
trying it is.
“This club is about passion, elegance and ambition,” the club legend-turned-technical director told Gazzetta dello Sport.
“We have fallen several times, always getting back up. We will do that this time too.”
“We have always been considered a technical team, trying to offer top-quality football.”
trying it is.
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