Is what he posted (left) racist though? English FA seem to think
so. Liverpool striker, Mario Balotelli has been charged by the Football
Association for posting an image of the Nintendo character, Super Mario
on instagram and writing “jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a
jew”
Just a few hours after Balotelli posted it on December 1, many
people said they found it offensive and accused him of Racism and
Antisemitism.
Balotelli deleted the image after it caused a lot of controversy,
denied the accusations of racism and then issued an apology on Facebook
to people who found the pic offensive…
Despite the public apology, the FA still charged him.
Ballotelli submitted his observation of the post to the FA
committee yesterday Dec. 5th, stating he had no intention of being
racial with the photo and that he has also been a victim of racial
attacks before. He was subsequently charged under rule E3, which cites
as “aggravating factors” references to ethnic origin, colour, race,
nationality, faith, gender, s*xual orientation or disability.
The FA in its charge said “It is alleged the Liverpool player
breached FA Rule E3 (1) in that his posting was abusive and/or insulting
and/or improper. It is further alleged that this is an ‘Aggravated
Breach’ as defined by FA Rule E3[2] as it included a reference to ethnic
origin and/or colour and/or race and/or nationality and/or religion or
belief. The player has until 6pm on 15 December 2014 to respond to the charge.”
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