It's amazing to hear that racism is a big problem in countries such as Italy and Spain. It is hard to imagine racism being wide spread in the U.S. (sure you have ignorant rednecks who still play civil war dress up), but for the most part racism isn't much of a problem. Europe has a long way to go, and without much diversity in European countries it will take a while.
As for soccer, FIFA has been battling this problem for awhile with campigns such as Kick It Out and Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE). (A link on Wikipedia)
Since the U.S. is starting to send more talent to Europe, they will have to dial back to 1950 and put up with this EuroTrash shit. A couple of U.S. players have already experienced this: DaMarcus Beasley and Oguchi Onyewu. I'm sure we'll hear more as Freddy Adu and Eddie Johnson get settled.
On the lighter side check out this video about equality in soccer (I love the lyrics: "black, brown, yellow, white / pink, red"):
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Racism in Soccer
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