Is what he posted racist though? English
FA seem to think so. Liver Pool striker 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, sexual
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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