Kick racism out of sport…unless the victim’s a Jew. Is this the new mantra of international sports and athletics bodies?
Consider the following: A soccer star living in an Arab dictatorship doesn’t much care for black people. He therefore refuses a transfer to a Premier League club in England because it has two blacks on its staff. He publishes his reasons on his website but the affair is barely reported in the press and the football authorities are so far silent.
Now consider this: Demonstrators and activists in a Scandinavian country in Europe object to an international tennis match because the visiting players are black. The sports authorities in collusion with the government cave in to pressure and force the match to be played behind closed doors.
Finally, consider the following: At the 2008 Olympics a swimmer from an Islamist theocracy makes it clear that he will not compete against a black man. In order to avoid penalties he then says he has withdrawn from the competition due to illness. The International Olympic Committee accepts his explanation without demur.
Substitute “Israeli-Jew” for “black man”, and the above is a precise representation of recent events in international sport.
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Love of the Land: Kick racism out of sport…unless the victim’s a Jew. Is this the new mantra of international sports and athletics bodies?
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