“I am Mike, standing, black and proud”: Maignan, a goalkeeper who never gives up in the face of racism

2024-01-21 18:38:32

While the house burns, he never looks away. Like the two previous times when he was the victim of racism, in February 2021 against Juventus Turin and in March 2022 against Cagliari, Mike Maignan, 28, denounced with all his force this endemic evil which also affects football, particularly in Italy where he plays. On Saturday, in Udine, he said stop once again, refusing to play as long as monkey cries were coming from the stands.

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He castigates each time but he goes further, urging everyone to look in the mirror to ask themselves what they are doing to fight racism. This Sunday, in a long publication on his social networks, he pointed out the policies of the ostrich in the matter after this disappointed observation: “We have made press releases, advertising campaigns, protocols and nothing has changed “.