“I can give you an example. I had a really interesting couple of hours with Troy Townsend [father of Andros and a Kick It Out campaigner] a couple of weeks ago. He showed us a picture of our under-17s on social media. The comments about that team were disgusting. So when we speak about other countries, I find it difficult to defend that with what we’ve seen here.”
The comments in question were made in reference to an England under-16 team that had just beaten Brazil in the Florida Cup, a picture of which was posted on Steven Gerrard’s Instagram feed. Among the comments were: “monkeys”, “looks like an African country” and “Did England just become black?”.
“To see them abused in that way is absolutely disgusting,” Southgate said.
- Gareth Southgate calls for English football to ‘get its own house in order’ over racism before pointing fingers, Independent.co.uk, March 22, 2018.
3. The United Nations said Tuesday it received 54 allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against U.N. peacekeepers and civilian staff and groups implementing U.N. programs in the first three months of 2018, including one involving an 11-year-old girl.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters that 14 allegations involved U.N. peacekeeping operations, 18 involved U.N. agencies, funds and programs, and 21 were related to U.N. partner organizations. One allegation involved a member of a non-U.N. international force operating under a U.N. Security Council mandate, he said.
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