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Britain is a tolerant country and a few football racists don't change that

15 July 2021

6:28 PM

15 July 2021

6:28 PM

The racist messages sent to England football players in recent days are shameful, but to suggest that the UK is a festering hotbed overflowing with racist thugs is a step too far.

Out of the hundreds of thousands of social media posts about the Euro 2020 final, only a tiny number contained racist words. Of course, this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t speak out against such abuse.

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