Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior is as active as any footballer has been in taking the fight to racism for some time, and his latest campaign involves an ‘anti-racism manual’.
The Brazilian forward recently received the Socrates Award at the Ballon d’Or ceremony in recognition of his work against racism, which aside from his activism in Spain, is carried out through a school that he funds in Brazil. That school not only teaches, but comes up with programmes to address racism in Brazil, including an app for school kids which is being worked on.
His latest scheme, as per ESPN, was to distribute 5,000 anti-racism T-shirts at the Maracana ahead of Brazil’s headline clash with Argentina on Tuesday night, but that plan was scrapped after Vinicius Junior went down with injury. He will now miss the match.
His school did announce on Monday that they would be releasing an ‘anti-racism manual’ after Vinicius posted about Black Awareness Day on Twitter. The manual will be produced for schools in Brazil, will be 60 pages long, and will attempt to educate around stereotypes and make learning spaces more inclusive, avoiding prejudices.
JKtunes
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so we're just gonna forget how many times Araujo pocketed Vinicius
😂😂 bruh araujo is great, he marked vini... (laliga version of vini) you think if he meets vini in UCL he can do that. just tell araujo to ask his cousin Trent Alexander Arnold and he'll breif him on that
TC17⚽⚽
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vinicius is a trash player
Trash because he's fighting against racism?
TC17⚽⚽
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Good way to immortalise his name. He will be remembered for his fight against racism
vehbcdor
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what a waste of time. I love you Vini, but darling you wasting your time.. mor○ns will be everywhere and keep breeding more mor○ns. save your energy and play ball.
huwadpruy
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vinicius is a trash player
Viedknou
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While agreeing that racism and efforts to stem it is a big issue, I like to say Vinicius Jr is not the only black player in La Liga, why is it that he attracts more racist attacks than others? why always him?
Balotelli had asked that question before. What’s of value here is Anti Racism
Bosbcenopu
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fight 4 your right
Bosbcenopu
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but he talks less and have respects , people will do so, we had so many black players Marcelo is one of them , Drogba , you name them . My million dollar question is why only Vin
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RMadrid1
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While agreeing that racism and efforts to stem it is a big issue, I like to say Vinicius Jr is not the only black player in La Liga, why is it that he attracts more racist attacks than others? why always him?
You asked a valid question but there is one thing that you failed to acknowledge and the is Vinicius' style of play. How many black players can juggle with the ball and tease the opposition players with the ball like the way he does? Almost no one can be compared to him. That aspect of his game is what attracts the chants which you can't take away from him
Pombcry
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Why a rescue fund, what went wrong?
18597076(deleted)
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vinicius is a trash player 😂
lol nice to see you’re still crying hahaha
Prappo_123
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😂😂😂cus he can do this to your defenders blind folded right
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so we're just gonna forget how many times Araujo pocketed Vinicius
JKtunes
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he doesn't need to be a footballer,he can be a anti racism activist or something
😂😂😂cus he can do this to your defenders blind folded right
elvis_ben_
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vinicius is a trash player 😂
yomabceors
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but he talks less and have respects , people will do so, we had so many black players Marcelo is one of them , Drogba , you name them . My million dollar question is why only Vin
CallmeCJ
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Hear me out...hear me out. As a black person. Does Vinicius Junior consider that some of the responses he's received from the crowd is not all racism, but just responsive provocation to his bad attitude on the field and gestures towards the crowd, grabbing and pushing and falling when opposition players have the ball? I mean, Madrid is full of black players, but he seems to get provoked by others, and then it can be easy to pull the race card. Firstly, I'm not referring to racist responses, but just mean responses that footballers of all colour receive, when they go to an away ground and make bad gestures toward the crowd. I'm not saying they're right to respond to him, but he must consider that neither is he. Tchouameni ain't shouting. And just the other day, Rudiger came out and said, what was done to him was nothing racist. People fight on the field, whether black or not, just don't play the victim or race card so easily after every returned provocation you receive, because Rudiger could have easily done that, I respect that he didn't which he really could have only done, because of 1. His maturity and 2. It really not being done.
*because of 1. It really not being done and 2. His level of maturity to admit and accept that.
gain123
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before releasing anti-racism manual he should read a manual on 'how to behave'.
suzadlmpsy
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While agreeing that racism and efforts to stem it is a big issue, I like to say Vinicius Jr is not the only black player in La Liga, why is it that he attracts more racist attacks than others? why always him?
CallmeCJ
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Hear me out...hear me out. As a black person. Does Vinicius Junior consider that some of the responses he's received from the crowd is not all racism, but just responsive provocation to his bad attitude on the field and gestures towards the crowd, grabbing and pushing and falling when opposition players have the ball? I mean, Madrid is full of black players, but he seems to get provoked by others, and then it can be easy to pull the race card. Firstly, I'm not referring to racist responses, but just mean responses that footballers of all colour receive, when they go to an away ground and make bad gestures toward the crowd. I'm not saying they're right to respond to him, but he must consider that neither is he. Tchouameni ain't shouting. And just the other day, Rudiger came out and said, what was done to him was nothing racist. People fight on the field, whether black or not, just don't play the victim or race card so easily after every returned provocation you receive, because Rudiger could have easily done that, I respect that he didn't which he really could have only done, because of 1. His maturity and 2. It really not being done.
Feilds
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Thank you Vini for championing this fight against Racism.
Prappo_123
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he doesn't need to be a footballer,he can be a anti racism activist or something