Italian soccer has a racism problem, one so pervasive and vile officials decided they needed to launch an anti-racism campaign to stop fans from screaming the word “monkey” and making monkey sounds at players of color (yes, this is really happening). Unfortunately, officials seem a little unclear on what actually constitutes racism, based on the signature art they picked for the campaign.
has no place in anti-racism campaign. The pieces have been widely condemned, with anti-discrimination organization Fare going so far as tothem “an outrage” that will be “counter-productive and continue the dehumanisation of people of African heritage.”the pieces to CNN, noting he frequently uses monkeys in his work, and telling the network in an email,
“To understand this work, you need to enter into my world and see the monkey as the protagonist of my artwork over years, and as a metaphor of the human being.” That’s nice and all, but I cannot imagine people who make monkey sounds at black soccer players do much
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