JAY-Z’s Roc Nation has spoken out in protection of soccer star Romelu Lukaku, who was the goal of racist abuse throughout a Coppa Italia semi-final match in Italy earlier this week.
Roc Nation launched a defiant assertion calling on Italy, its followers and the “worldwide community of sports” to come back collectively and “hold bigots accountable to a human standard” in an effort to stamp out such racist habits in sports activities.
Hov’s firm bought a full-page advert within the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport declaring “enough is enough” after Lukaku — who’s repped by Roc Nation Sports — endured racist gibes throughout Inter Milan’s away match in opposition to Juventus on Tuesday (April 4).
Juve followers taunted Lukaku all through the 1-1 draw and mocked him after he scored a penalty contained in the Allianz Stadium in Turin by making monkey noises and spewing racial epithets on the Belgian striker.
Racist chants had been made in opposition to Romelu Lukaku by sure Juventus followers.
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“Dear Italy, Do better. Want better. Be better,” Roc Nation’s message learn. “In professional football, Black players have been subjected to hatred during professional football games.
“The hatred has displayed itself in the form of monkey chants, racial slurs and banana peels tossed at the best players in the world, as the world watches, as the children watch, as the players’ families watch.”
Roc Nation continued by calling for extra concrete motion from the powers that be: “No one has faced any consequences for this heinous behavior. Nothing has changed. No action has been taken.
“We call on the worldwide community of sports — players, team owners, artists, brands and all fans — to denounce this racist behavior and hold bigots accountable to a human standard. One which upholds decency, respect and compassion for others. The first team is the human team. Let’s work together to cut racism out of the game, for good.”
Roc Nation Sports International President Michael Yormark added: “Tonight’s racist remarks made towards Romelu Lukaku by Juventus fans in Turin were beyond despicable and cannot be accepted.”
Romelu Lukaku addressed the hate following the match in an Instagram submit that includes a photograph of him silencing the gang after scoring his last-minute penalty equalizer.
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“History repeats. Been through it in 2019.. and 2023 again.. I hope the league really take actions for real this time because this beautiful game should be enjoyed by everyone,” he wrote. “Thank you for the supportive messages.”
French celebrity Kylian Mbappé additionally got here to Lukaku’s protection, writing on his Instagram Story: “2023 and still the same problems. But we’re not going to let it keep happening. All against racism.”
Unfortunately, that is removed from the primary time Lukaku has been the goal of racism on the pitch in Italy. Back in 2019, a bunch of Italian followers disgustingly hurled racist remarks on the 29-year-old after scoring in a contest in opposition to Cagliari.
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