Racism in sport and society cannot be removed merely by a few campaigns as it is entrenched the world over, former Mali and Sevilla forward Frederic Kanoute said on Wednesday, adding he would nevertheless help Spain’s La Liga fight the menace.
Speaking to reporters from London, the 42-year-old said he hoped the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States after the death of George Floyd, a black American man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck, would be a wake-up call.
“When I’m asked about racism generally, I say it’s much more than football. If we think we’re going to tackle racism because sometimes we make a couple of campaigns in football, we are completely wrong,” Kanoute said.
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