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History Of Racism In English Football

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Introduction The issue which is going to be investigated in this essay is racism in English football. The research question "To which extent there still exists racism English football in the 21st century and how it can be tackled?" will be answered. The main aim of this investigation is to analyse different aspects of racial discrimination and try to identify whether it exists in today 's English football or not. Researching some statistics, such as number of black managers and captains of English football clubs, also racist incidents which happened in 21st century and opinions of important football experts about the issue will provide the answer to the research question mentioned above. I decided to choose this topic, because racism has been a very significant issue throughout the history of humanity and it is being experienced even today. A lot of researches and investigations has been conducted about racism which shows the significance of the issue. Some facts and recent incidents, also some racial prejudices prevalent in 21st century suggest the existence of racism nowadays in English football and if there is any, it needs to be prevented. The history of racism in English football Discriminating others because of their skin colour is known as racism. It has existed throughout the history of humanity .Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to

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