Racism interpreted by Luka S.

The definition of racism is racial prejudice or discrimination. To me, racism is any action that offends someone of a certain racial group, religion, or nationality. Not only are actions racist, but words spoken can be racist too. Although racism isn't as prevalent today as it once was, people still feel offended by the subtle racist words and actions that occur in today's society. In many European countries, racism is very much alive at certain sporting events such as soccer games. In 2006, ESPN had a special broadcast that showed how soccer games in European countries such as Spain, Germany, Italy, and England are being bombarded with racism towards black and African soccer players. Soccer hooligans would chant racist chants and taunt the black soccer players, and in most cases got away with it. As Americans, we do not see how this could be possible today, but that is because we live in a multi cultural society and we learn to tolerate and treat different races as we would like to be treated. In Europe however, many countries aren't very multi cultural and Europeans see this behavior as acceptable. FIFA launched a campaign afterwards against racism. Fans who were being openly racist at games would be kicked out of the stadium, and if the fans got out of hand, the team may actually be penalized.