“No Room for Racism”: Racism in English Football

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10.2991/978-2-38476-297-2_74How to use a DOI?

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English football; racism; social media

Abstract

In today’s society, people’s pursuit of equality is becoming more and more intense. At the same time, an important part of equality - racism - has received more and more attention. As the number one sport in the world, football has a wide influence in many areas at any time. There are a large number of players of different races in football, and attitudes towards non-white players, especially black players, on and off the pitch expose racism. The relevant institutions and all races of society have made efforts to combat racism to varying degrees. Social media, as a new thing in recent years, has led the development of racism in a new direction. Social media can both reinforce racial discrimination, and its fair use can solve racial problems. However, it now appears that social media has accelerated the spread of racial and conveyed bad social values. There is still a need for rational use of social media to reduce discrimination and develop anti-racism activities. This article takes Britain, the birthplace of modern football as an example to analyze the racism in the football and the influence of social media on it. Catering to the mainstream of the world, Britain has taken a number of measures to suppress racism. For instance, a kneeling ceremony was held before the game. The phenomenon of football racism continues to occur, especially in the era of social media, and the racist remarks on the Internet are endless, and even more and more violent, becoming a serious social problem and affecting the healthy development of football. At the same time, by studying the complexity of racism, new methods such as social media, policy making, education and other methods are employed to address racism in football.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xin Luo
AU  - Yibo Liu
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/10/31
TI  - “No Room for Racism”: Racism in English Football
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 8th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 587
EP  - 597
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-297-2_74
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-297-2_74
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