“It is unbearable.” Isabelle Rome, Minister Delegate for Equality between Women and Men, condemned on Twitter the “racism” of which “several players from the France team” are victims, including Kylian Mbappé and Kingsley Coman.
“Our duty is not to let anything go,” he wrote, calling the French Football Federation.
“Racist comments have no place”
The day after the FIFA World Cup final in Qatar, the eyes of the whole world are still riveted on the Blues and the Albicelestes. On social networks, the players of the France team face a wave of racism.
The Instagram accounts of midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni, who missed his penalty, and striker Randal Kolo Muani, who had a great chance to give the Blues the win at the end of extra time, disabled comments on their posts after the Blues’ defeat. Blues. Many question the racist messages posted below his posts.
Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra also supported “all players who are victims of racist comments on social media” in a tweet, after Bayern Munich openly supported striker Kingsley Coman.
Comments around the world
On social networks, many users have criticized the composition of the France team. Tweets range from simple photos with no explicit comments to more assertive comments.
An Italian writer, close to the extreme right, for example, spoke of an “ethnic replacement.”
A video of Argentine fans was also shared on Twitter and caused quite a stir. The Argentines sing there “they play in France but they all come from Angola”, followed by a transphobic comment. They continue talking about Kylian Mbappé: “his mother is Nigerian, his father is Cameroonian, but on his papers he is French.”
The French Football Federation has not reacted to the racist insults of which the players are victims.
Source: BFM TV
