Racist Abuse Over Social Media...

[Mozz71]

So Crystal Palace footballer Wilfred Saha has recieved "sickening" racial abuse over Facebook.

A 12 year old boy has been arrested.

How the hell does a little boy become so warped that they think that this is acceptable? What the hell has his parents been teaching him?

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/wilfried-zaha-racist-abuse-arrest-child-crystal-palace-a9614961.html

[Mozz71]

//12 year old boys aren’t ‘little’. They see this stuff everywhere. I wouldn’t assume his parents are to blame.//

He's little to an old fart like me. I'm not saying he's inherited racist behavior from his parents, just that parents should instil better morals onto a child. They need to be spoken to, as much as the kid does, just to see what the are or are not aware of or responsble for.

[Ken4155]

I really cannot understand the mindset of any football fan (however old they may be) abusing footballers because of their colour. Many clubs have black players on their books and Villa have about half a dozen. Does he not realise that if he is abusing Zaha because he is black, he is also abusing those players he allegedly supports?

[Mamyalynne]

I think your point takes us full circle Ken, back to the first post.

As I said earlier, we can but hope this lad and any others like him see the error of their ways quickly.

[archibaldy]

//I really cannot understand the mindset of any football fan (however old they may be) abusing footballers because of their colour.//

The abuse isn't about their colour or racism per se, it comes from a place of 'hating' players from other teams and trying to make the most hurtful comments possible to them - of which which racist comments are easy and up there in terms of impact.

Everything is fair game, a players child who died, their family, anything that will cut deep. They derive pleasure from this along with notoriety amongst fellow fans, especially if it gets a reaction from the player and even better if it affects their performance negatively.

There is racism in it that's for sure, deep down they will think their own players are "black ****s" for sure, but if they score the goals for the team they support then who needs to worry about it - but just wait until they stop performing well, or even worse go to another team.

Football has a real problem with this that is not seen in other sports.

[ummmm]

I think Archi has hit the nail on the head.

[royfromaus]

Seems this kid likes to get rat-arsed

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcwlyM1XsAArCSR?format=png&name=900x900

[Mamyalynne]

Sad also to see how many followers his comments earned him.

[Mozz71]

I think the repeat offense against Zaha suggests that he is probably talking crap when it comes to him being drunk. He just likes to verbally abuse black players. Sounds like he's a real peace of work. Let's hope he sees the error of hos ways soon.

[ToraToraTora]

yep BA for archi, bang on.