Thursday, November 14, 2002

 
The Nationwide League site reports that nine Stoke fans have been banned for life by their club for racist abuse. This is welcome news indeed, and we hope that Oxford United would take a similar stance if supporters at the Kassam Stadium are ever convicted of similar offences. This sort of approach, though, has to go hand in hand with attempts to educate people that racism is unacceptable, ignorant, and just plain wrong. Unfortunately many people, including those who claim not to be racists, don't actually recognise racism, which is a bit of a problem when you're trying to eliminate it. Clubs can help by being proactive in their attempts to attract more people from ethnic minorities to attend games, whilst informing regular supporters why they're doing this, why it's important, and what they can do to help. Not too difficult in theory, but sometimes the obstacles to putting it into practice seem insurmountable.

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