A Zenit St Petersburg supporters' group has called for non-white and gay players to be excluded from the team. The Russian champions' largest fans' group, Landscrona, said in an open-letter that black players are "forced down Zenit's throat". They added that gay players are "unworthy of our great city". Dietmar Beiersdorfer, Zenit director of sports, said players were selected "without any limitation regarding origin, religion or skin colour. Zenit has proven through its work that the club understands what tolerance isâ Zenit were the only top-flight Russian team without a black player until this summer. They signed Brazilian striker Hulk and Belgian midfielder Axel Witsel for £64m. French midfielder Yann M'Vila reportedly turned down a move to the club in August as a result of racist abuse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20770678
Ignorant scum, they are lucky Hitler didn't manage his conquest or they wouldn't even have a choice to watch football in the free-world if they were alive now at all
Each to their own. It doesn't affect any of you, and as a straight white man I'm pleased to know that I have more chance of being accepted at Zenit St Petersburg than a world-class player like Hulk
It's typical of Russian and Chinese fans to write to their club to exclude non-white and gay players? Well every day is a school day I suppose
Well that's how these things start, it doesn't affect you, but maybe someone you know. Today it might be no black or gay footballers in Russian football team, tomorrow it might be something that affects you & when you cry out about it, someone else may just put, " we'll sorry but it doesn't affect me." Admittedly on either point there's nothing you or I can do about it.
I don't know about that (do you?) I do know that both countries (read this slowly) are-not-like-England in their social and cultural mindsets. Unthinkable, eh?
I am well aware of that thank you. My post was that it was astonishing that the supporters wrote to Zenit in the manner that they did. Capiche?
I've never come across any sort of racism in China, in fact the major sports stars that are used to promote things in shops there tend to black, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt etc (though when it comes to football Beckham is the main man) Japan is the most racist place I've been, though it's not a black thing, they just seem to look down on everyone who's not Japanese(David Beckham, Paul Smith and the odd pop star excluded).
You don't think it's astonishing that the largest supporters' group of a club would write to their club to call for non-white and gay players to be excluded? Personally I do. Capiche = do you understand. Comprende?
[video=youtube;mHpES-UCAUw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHpES-UCAUw[/video] It's not like the KC is it?
