FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup (www.nytimes.com)
from Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 11:08
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Naich@lemmings.world on 17 Jun 11:55 next collapse

So either racism has gone away or FIFA is A-OK with it now.

ms_lane@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 12:00 next collapse

now

They’ve always been OK with it, now it’s just mask off.

S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Jun 12:27 collapse

Theh never gsve a fucj unless people complained and sometimes even then

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works on 17 Jun 18:03 collapse

How are they supposed to play soccer when FIFA has no balls?

supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz on 17 Jun 12:14 next collapse

noooo

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JustJack23@slrpnk.net on 17 Jun 12:33 next collapse

This reminded me that this clip exists.

Decq@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 12:58 next collapse

Ah yes FIFA. Happy to talk about inclusivity while it’s good for pr and ad revenue. But as soon as it inconveniences their corrupt buddies suddenly it will get you a fine or ban. Can an organization be more blatantly corrupt? Maybe the IOC?

Phen@lemmy.eco.br on 17 Jun 13:28 next collapse

For comparison: Brazil had to suspend its law that forbids alcohol on stadiums for the 2014 World Cup.

jjpamsterdam@feddit.org on 17 Jun 16:50 collapse

As it turns out, it really didn’t have to. Brazil simply respected agreements instead of unilaterally reneging on them at short notice. If the World Cup ever comes to Brazil again, I’d recommend pulling a Qatar and just nodding along until two weeks before the tournament starts and then just changing the rules according to what you believe is correct.

BenjiRenji@feddit.org on 17 Jun 13:33 next collapse

Obviously it’s for the US where everything “DEI” is evil. They’re just adapting to the WC guest country.

klu9@piefed.social on 17 Jun 13:53 next collapse

From "No racism" to "No "no racism"": America's great again!!!

Airowird@lemm.ee on 17 Jun 14:04 collapse

Please, learn from Lionel Hutz, it’s supposed to be “No, racism!”

hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Jun 18:07 collapse

Maybe they’re speaking Polish. “No to rasizm” translates to “Well, racism it is!”

P1k1e@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 14:07 next collapse

I mean FIFA kinda thrives on, if not racism, nationalism. I mean sports in general tend to gear thinking in that way. Not always to a problematic level but anyone with family or friends who super into sports knows what I’m saying here

Zarmeck@sh.itjust.works on 17 Jun 17:15 collapse

Us vs them mentality

anzo@programming.dev on 18 Jun 23:19 collapse

Only a person of the opposing group would say that… Get him, boys!!!

DrSleepless@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 17:49 next collapse

FIFA sucks and always has

vane@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 18:10 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e35ea961-5dc5-434f-a4df-e5e052d086ba.png"> Sorry for artstyle

barsoap@lemm.ee on 17 Jun 18:14 next collapse

Flashback: Once upon the time, 2014, the DFB (German football association) required the FC St. Pauli to “neutralise” their grounds as they were having the national team as guests for training before their friendly against Poland. As far as the club understood the thing, that meant obscuring all the sponsor ads, fair enough. The DFB interpreted it differently: Also any and all political slogans shall be obscured, and St. Pauli, famously, sports a big “Kein Fußball den Faschisten” in the stadium, installed permanently. (“No football for fascists” – as in they’re not supposed to have any at all, not this football isn’t for them). The DFB then improvised and, with limited means, covered the slogan to read “no football”. It was a draw, nil nil. Uninspired, one might say.

hexagon@lemmy.ml on 17 Jun 20:44 collapse

I’d argue, money were spent, teams traveled, fans spent money, and it’d have been hard to tell everyone that the show was cancelled, it is not duty of fifa to solve racism and discrimination when Americans can’t even get up their asses to go to vote to don’t put a undeveloped idiot at the helm