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LONDON. — Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to racist abuse online and the 28-year-old shared screenshots of some of the comments after Saturday’s 2-0 English Premier League football win over Manchester City.
Zaha called on authorities to take racism seriously after he was sent racist abuse following Crystal Palace’s win over Manchester City. The 28-year-old posted a series of racist messages he had received on Instagram on Saturday night.
The Palace forward said he wanted action over the issue rather than sympathy. Zaha, who scored the opening goal of the game at the Etihad Stadium, was brought down by Aymeric Laporte which resulted in the City defender receiving a straight red card in first-half stoppage time.
The Ivory Coast international, who has previously been targeted online, posted images of the racist messages that he received on Instagram after the game and asked social media companies to take the problem seriously.
“This message isn’t for me to get a million messages saying ‘we stand with you’ and ‘it’s disgusting’ or about me getting sympathy,” Zaha wrote on Instagram. “I’m not here for all the nonsense that’s being done instead of fixing the actual problem.
“I don’t mind abuse because nowadays it comes with doing the job I do even though it’s not an excuse but my colour will always be the real problem but it’s fine because I’ll always be BLACK AND PROUD.
“Speak to me when you actually take this issue seriously.”
Facebook, which owns Instagram, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Several players have been subjected to racial abuse online in recent months, especially in the Premier League, and English soccer has been urging social media firms to do more to tackle the problem. — Reuters.
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