Is not true when people say theres no racism in the league and i think its not true its everywhere at least the thing is that. To each other of course youre always worried that it can happen again that scares you up and the bugs for the masses to nazis always stink but you have to recognize them even before you can smell them. We all have a responsibility to lots of people on the way you have to take a stand on things like this. Didnt match note cards disciplinary cards fans whistle i got it all. Its saturday morning in time for china to take off for the day. For the next few hours this referee will devote his time to. It instead of we see each other before and off. But during that time im pursuing a hobby and following my passion most of my life not. Me so this and its not like hes only gone for one and a half hours 1st he has to get in there and then again eventually starts and then theyll be a family like to talk to and they took a shower have a snack and so by the time he finally gets home at least half a day is gone by. Does not always enough family time because he regularly referees even despite some bad experiences hes had on the sidelines being right up close to her wrestling fans. The higher the score was the worse it got for example id hear whats that blackguard doing there on the sidelines he should be cleaning in the kitchen meanwhile my young son is running around and i hear people calling him offensive racial slurs saying whats that limbo boy doing there hes getting on my nerves so i keep hearing stuff like that which gets me very very wound up and disappointed so he does gun is ok i think that is totally unacceptable but he was called an offensive and racist term that he was totally upset and asked me mom whats a bimbo thats for cadbury he hadnt heard before and hed also never been exposed to racist comments. That upset me more than jamais not because since jermaine is dark skinned hes had to confront racism not more but i hadnt. Heard just as has a few left as the mother of a dark skinned child i was confronted with it for the very 1st time will heighten can this bad gets estimate confronting a. Little fix book possible practice with Constantine Congo former captain of the Bundesliga Team during a match last season he suffered quite a shocking experience. The source for this is important in the 3rd quarter i wanted to take a throwing up the baseline my back was turned to the fans of n. B. C. And when i went to throw the ball i heard a bunch of monkey sounds in my direction. It was clearly. Meant for me. To say that i 1st i was furious and disappointed so i really cant put it into words i think i was more angry than anything else on this mission of all the far as a white person you just cant imagine what that slice of heaven was missed and that was partly just because of my surname not even my skin color or some other reasons which business is the nz was and by saying that all thought of england so much until recently Constantine Khan is name was constantine trying to since 2019 when he married his german girl friend elisa he uses her african surname if you do not know many african surnames went last year in colonial times and her name was very important and i dont think that makes me any less man levi taking her name in this finished in a minute on the. September 2019 and wait game at n. B. C. Whistling and constant monkey sounds directed at congress. And if that is missing i was up i would have preferred to respond physically but i think i took the wise a step i then made the referee aware about what was happening and he said to me that at the moment he couldnt do anything he said he would take a note of it after the game. Looking back i would have preferred for the game to be suspended for 5 minutes and that the guy who did that was sent home and i and it is now the sick. The culprit later received a fine and was suspended from attending games for 3 months but missed out on knocking back what was also really disappointing was the reaction of the other fans and that no one tried to do anything against it i think that they are all to blame and not just that one person even though he was the one who made the monkey noises when did he offer a legitimate as or. Conduct publicize the incident on his instagram page. Skilled in the course of we all have a huge responsibility lots of people arent aware that they have to take a stand. Frank. Annual general meeting of sports club untucked frank fat january 2020 the club celebrated reaching a new membership record 88000 members. Peter fisher has been the clubs president for the past 20 years longer than anyone else in the league. The explosive growth in membership makes him proud. Does it bug you can tell that were a cool club because were compassion is we play good football and we have a cool Sports Department but weve made our values clear and we defend them and stand by them and thats attracted a lot of people who say id like to be part of that is before mentioned hes a dab ashish artist hes. Got off studs it makes me proud in fact im proud every single minute and anyone who would like to drive this club into the gosho act fishy well im someone whos going to take them all the price should at least keep. Fisher also refers to the far right a. F. D. Party 2 years ago he announced that he didnt want their ventures in his club. Charting i mean did you get socked as me my said in an interview that no one can be a member of frankfurt get his votes for this party meaning that day after day 50 be it the so how would that work he got on the one hand you willingly professed to the values of our stock chances. And that the same time you professed to the beliefs that the leaders of the a. S. D. Propagate c e o but it isnt i can tell you loud and clear they are incompatible. This is. Because she won 99 percent of the vote but was then sued by the f. D. A. And received constant threats. Threats sure there are a whole files on it and then court cases people wanted to pin on me. And of course threats to my wife and Children Family who suffered like lets rebuild the ovens of auschwitz just for me as inclined and still well and everything you can think of and then the stupid rhetoric besides all the threats to life and limb. All because of unbelievable stupidity is now pollution. Thank you. Thank you. President different he himself was not to ted by that he was more mad than anything else and never once said i dont feel like doing us anymore he never said that and wouldnt do that. And from that specific hour when it 1st happened i didnt want to take him with me anymore it already was bad enough and i didnt want him to always associate that with being on a football field card but i basically said that he should come along and also see the good sides of football and see. Are we there yet and will be there in 2 or 3 minutes youll be able to play around. Ok here. You like that right. Youre always concerned that if things dont work out the way the fans and the players want them to that it might happen over and over again. So youre always worried that i give it my best so that they dont have any reason to be mad to get upset. But miles i want to i know its awfully. Expensive starts off in im very proud of him that hes got this grandness about him and its such a positive person that he can laugh it off and think its a shame that people have to be that way he thinks im not that way and ill show you that things can be different and that im just a referee up and. Back and like spoke luisa congar has traveled from essen she and constantine have a Long Distance relationship because i know when im alone i dont really have a problem with it when im with her i noticed the daily races again this time her husband was directly affected the stomach almost as it is but still. It was a strange situation because i never expected it and i dont really expect such things that Something Like that could happen and i also found it strange because it was the 1st time for me that a white person could somehow end up on the receiving end of a racist situation of and i was the president. Envy and i guess assistance. Both quickly agreed on how they would react. Still sky think it came from both of us lisa said i should publicize it i also wanted to see the list i find it really important to discuss this that it should be treated as if the problem doesnt exist here in germany if we dont speak out nothing will change and thats when in 4th incident i made it clear that i absolutely have to do something but if i want a professional basketball player you wouldnt be talking to me now in this interview would never be made public so its all the more important if you have this chance to publicly talk about the issue so that other people can see and think about it to this fullest how could they look good and thats among. The congress had their message has a large outreach even to those who want to wreck effectors. Pete officious daily routine is always packed but disappointment was especially important to him he was patron of the project week at lessing high school the school in gauges its peoples in the battle against racism and discrimination. While the other. The socalled yes i. Did was meant to go there. Frank french president immediately accepted the invitation but. It was here when i was to present our guest of honor a piece of fish a president of im tough on foot i thank. You she embodies acceptance courage and solidarity all School Community is happy to join them in the fight against discrimination so you. Theres been violence before im extremely happy to be here not just because i have a certain reputation but rather because whats important to me is also what you stand for school against ray. Says a school with courage the size this is the sun shows a clear commitment from older youre saying yes im committed as im part of this i want to belong to this actually yeah baby steps or destiny that certainly stands for something that means that you are actively concerned. Thats whats important to me when i say courage they should follow after the federal election i was openly furious and defended myself because at the end of the day about 13 to 14 percent of the people voted for none other than not since. Today they all camouflaged a bit wearing ties im not uniforms but they were wholly fitted and smelly suits nazis always staying with but you have to recognize them even before you can smell them. Such statements often make peter fish a target of the right wing and especially the f. T. But that doesnt stop him. And a person who wont keep quiet is constantine Congress Even a year after his incident on the Basketball Court continues thinking and talking about racism. Says every day racism when people make common so give you a strange look and there are people who arent hired because of their last name or their looks are all prejudices and they shouldnt exist as i often hear why cant you say that any more than we always used to say that i think whats your problem just because something was ok to say before things change and then theres. The basketball pros convinced that the average threshold of peoples inhibitions to get in society or in sport continues to sink. Well thats and so can the especially now in connection with germany and the f. T. C. They simply say things that a plane and clearly racist or sexist or what have you noticed that suppose on people who think wow thats pretty crazy what that policy said but since a politician said it that means i can too and the antidote for this Alarming Development is to listen and like and discuss. Business i think you have to teach these topics in school initially for example that germany also committed crimes in colonial times which is something i never learned about. A lot starts with education you have to explain what racism is what institutional racism is whos affected and what you can do against it and i try to educate myself and advise others to do the same its really important into sin is all to. Do so hes officially wants to woman admonish and shake people up. I know now adays we have a responsibility to be on a goddess to defend ourselves just to keep our eyes open so that your generation pays attention and says not on our watch we dont snitched now just be regardless of whatever happened to your grandparents not on our watch your phone calls when we talk about courage that also means sometimes telling someone to shut up is to school and courage is also saying im not ok with that High School Bus and courage is also when you show that you mean business and push back and always try when i can to also be with him be courageous be bold and protect yourselves against racism and stand up for integration. This was special so i enjoyed it thanks for letting me be here. I. And others just to since we have so many im tossed fung foot fans at our school i simply hope that we would get a boost again in this direction and i think thats what happened im sure thats like to understand it but thats all you. Need all. My life has good i you know i bought him in that case i take an asshole well. Every day to 3 refereeing a you. Just minus all your 1st time being an assistant ok everything will work out with another. The 18 year olds are still respectful and. On the other hand im sure that everything will work out well today. Hey guys that was quite unnecessary ok this is your last warning i dont want to see that again. Thank you and you come on im here right in front of you and i do see that is that i thought. What youre doing is kicking kicking from behind got it im giving you another warning now pull yourself together. Its. You did that very very very well really for your 1st game super. Guns it was peaceful i tried to avoid carting people because when you do it creates tension i always say that tension creates counter tension but this way it went well getting rid of the spice of the school in most cases when it comes to uncouth remarks it usually comes from the spectators you get that in the mens local district leagues but when it becomes discriminatory thats when you really have to take a firm stand and. Thats what you maynt it but it came to his racist incident the sports quote of the hamburg Football Federation find the host team however the likud overruled the fight because the club pointed out that the guilty person was not a member and that the club stands for tolerance openness and integration. So i was supposed to have turned to a steward so that the steward would have had a chance to calm down the fans but they didnt get that chance and so correspondingly they were exonerated by us that was particularly painful for me the simple fact was that they insulted me but i was left out of the proceedings and that was then the decision on. This i did check. This was not an isolated case it happened again last december and checking there was a ruckus when a player was red carded something yes i was called i think. He has a type but yes i guess it was because it was connected yes i think i should think i believe that i do you got for you however d as it was this was i was a hunk of us must play. Put it was racist that he got a red cannot refuse complaints were considered unfounded i thought the referee and the see that was becoming. A month you already heard it starting in the 1st half when they said his mother was being insulted and then at the end you could hear something racist being said and of course thats when things definitely stopped being fun i dont really want to repeat what he said but it was an animal from the jungle to. The player he felt he had been racially insult and threw a ball in the direction of some of the fans. I mentioned in both that nobody did anything to him people told him to stop fouling but no racist terms were used or things like that kind of they didnt happen wongs no one here did that right all those people who were standing here live you should know it was so was it much ado about nothing maybe just another day on a german football pitch. Artist i think spectators making rude remarks as part of the game you know i rarely can hear the exact remarks made during a match it doesnt matter whether its at this game or at other games thats why i think its all within healthy parameters id help keep around that his plays it on christmas a bit differently and get to the pitch that he can hear as a team we cant continue playing when 2 of our people are insulted that you cant just gloss over it and doing what is he short rude remarks were made but i didnt hear them and i was standing fairly close by but you cant just have a team stop a game independently. That was what this person told them do if something is yelled out in front of 80000 fans they dont just go home the whole is. Fine. But perhaps under this not with trying to set an example. They wont be any investigation into the incident as usual lack of evidence. For a confession is sending the wrong signal if someone is racially abused like that right under the nose of a referee whos in charge of things and then he decides to act saying no you wont do that with us then thats ok this is it leaks and courts have to come up with a totally different kind of solution so that guns i dont form for lose to come. When bandstand tell the banners insulting hoffenheim busted my hump and february 2020 it seemed as if the world of football froze for a moment. As a sign of solidarity for hot the t. T. Has just passed the ball around for the last 13 minutes of the match so far no professional team has ever walked off the pitch because of a racist incident much more needs to be done to combat racism in sport its kids all seem to fall for there are so many incidents whether it be in the Italian League the German League and now also in basketball there are enough incidents but i think they wont really publicized all taken seriously until now. You realize that something is wrong and that something has to change or has to be done the solution for whats going on in most of the modern was not is that theres no such thing as being a little bit pregnant and in the same vein you cant just be a little bit against intolerance if youre not just a little bit against nazis and not just a little bit against racism that gets come instead youre absolutely against it comes and what do you stand for and what are you doing about it just wish to feel like its got in basketball there is no process and told them what to do if a racist comment happens in a game you can still i think there are no clue. Rules maybe there has to be a referees meeting clarifying the difference made between insults and racial insults. Its not the same when you swear at someone or make a racist comment. Thats where you have to draw the line and say if Something Like that happens and its heard by the referee or by players then you have to use a new rule that a game has to be stopped momentarily. Clubs and leagues are getting involved workshops post is nvidia supposed to make people more aware of the problem but could more be done. Just the shelf a bit i do see leagues getting involved with the German Football Association needs to be there as does the league but just getting a fair play badge or having Jerome Boateng and a white player do a campaign together. Those are very nice ads which are also fairly entertaining and also some house of purpose. As a gun spacek but of course thats still not enough its Just Marketing in the end theres a tusa beneath this is of the gods order is this in make up hes got this i mean you have to get more experienced people involved to tackle this problem and to give them the opportunity to put together an anti Racism Programme it will have it done by the German Football Association or whoever but people who know what theyre talking about because what often happens is that someone is hired and writes thats thats racist thats right and were all equal. Like a lot of clubs are also looking for a new generation of refrains thats why the clubs tikrit has produces and video clip on to may know him as the face of that so. He set me not throwing in the town despite his experiences with racism. Active against racism and discrimination with hundreds from. Better future. Bad action more respect and shouldnt be normal for referees on the football pitch to get insulted by parents and fans well old just human beings being as i did mention. Shuffle dust lives i hope that people will be able to shake things up a bit i also hope that my impact will also prompt others to do something to do more and to make things Crystal Clear so to be out some classes on. The slope of the show that its important everyone tries on their own level within their own circle to strive for change and to step in whenever racism because you meant id have the just one person would show a bit of courage and speak up and that would already be a big help. 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