Ex-Arsenal and England striker, Ian Wright has come out to talk about racism in football and how social media is influencing it.
Wright believes social media is now a platform to showcase racism and no solution is in sight for the time being.
According to him, he has suffered racist abuse in the past and he did not know what to do since the people who racially abused him are older people who should know better.
He added that educating people on the negatives is key alongside discipline and punishment for offenders to make everyone know how serious it is.
His words, “With the emergence of social media, you can see [racism] happening,”
“I don’t think it’s something that’s ever going to go away.”
“People feel that if you’ve been a victim of it you’ve got the answers, but you don’t know [what to do].
“You look at people who are accused of racism, they’re older people – people who should know better.
“I still think that education is key and that’s all we can do. But you’re just hoping that more and more people will out it when it happens.
“Then you need the proper kind of discipline and punishment so that people understand that it’s not acceptable.”
“I don’t know why [Mr. Pigden] chose me, but he did,”
“He gave me responsibility, I used to collect the registers from the teachers, then they made me milk monitor.
“It was really good, I just felt important. He wouldn’t let me play football if he heard I’d been naughty in class.
“He just gave me a sense of feeling like I had some use. He was the greatest man in the world.”
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