Organizations and Personalities who support Vinicius Júnior on the racism case.
It has been one week since Vinicius Júnior was racially abused by the fans and supporters of Valencia F.C. on Sunday, May 21 which led to a big awareness of racism in the football leagues and society as well.
Vinicius Júnior got support from the world's Personalities and bodies after the incident on Sunday during the match with Valencia where the Valencia fans were caught racially abusing him by calling him a monkey and others racially abusing words towards the Brazilian.
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Vinicius Júnior, 22, was doing his normal duties as a winger during the second half of the game when Valencia fans started to call Vinicius a monkey and it got out of hand when Vini spotted one of the racists mocking Vinicius by imitating a monkey and broke the silence by pointing out the racist and almost breaking into a fight, his fellow teammates and the referees calm him down and begged him to continue the game, Real Madrid coach Carlo Antocelli also told him to calm down as he wanted to decide to leave the field but he continued.
The act became unbearable for Vinicius after Sunday's incident and he and the rest of the world decided to take action to stop racism, especially in football where one can come and make gestures and make abuses about a player that is not the same as others. Foreign players suffer racial abuse from both other team supporters and their fans especially when they are not playing fine or if they are in a medical condition for a long time.
Europe and US are the two places where racism is still functioning and discrimination against blacks is also alarming. The indigenes of these nations being insecure with people from other races and religions due to background is also alarming.
In the list below these are the People/Organizations that are behind Vinicius Júnior.
His former club Flamengo.
Flamengo is Vinícius Júnior's childhood football club, it is where he started his career and where he was founded by Real Madrid in 2018 he was one of the young legends in the club.
As for the club to show support for the Brazilian on the racist case, the team decorated the stadium for their Saturday's match with Cruzeiro do Sul to support Vini to stay strong. And they did a few second silence break with Flamengo team wearing a customized jersey with his name on it.
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| Flamengo team wearing vinicius Júnior customized jerseys as a support to the player on the Saturday match with Cruzeiro do Sul. |
Real Madrid.
Real Madrid Is fully behind Vinicius Júnior since the beginning of his racist cases in La Liga and Spain. On Wednesday's match with Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid players wore Vinicius Júnior No.20 jerseys as a dedication.
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Both the management and his fellow teammates also paid tribute to him on social media platforms and in the community of the team.
LaLiga.
Javier Tebas, President of the Spanish League, met in Madrid this Friday (27th), with the Brazilian ambassador to Spain, Orlando Leite Ribeiro. The meeting took place after the episode of racism against the Brazilian player Vinícius Júnior in a match between Real Madrid and Valencia, for La Liga.
In the document, released after this Friday's meeting, the Brazilian embassy in Madrid and LaLiga pledge to "continue fighting" against what they call the "plague" that affects sport and the image of Spain.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is also behind Vinícius as he condemned racism during the G7 meeting in Hiroshima the same day the incident happened and the same day he heard the news and spoke about it.
He also spoke about the case on Thursday, May 25 during the closing of the Brazil-Africa seminar, at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasília, that racism against Brazilians or Africans who are in the country will not be tolerated.
“We will not tolerate racism, neither against Brazilians nor against Africans in Brazil. For this reason, we vehemently repudiate the racist attacks that the player Vinícius Júnior and so many other athletes have repeatedly suffered,” said Lula.
CBF.
The Brazilian national team is also in support as they shun racism and made sure it is gone for real. Their national football league started the awareness this match week with a black-and-white theme titled "With racism, there is no game".
After Sunday's incident that made Vinícius not play other matches, CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues contacted Vini Jr. and his manager to make sure that the athlete would be willing to play in a Spanish city after the racist offences he suffered in the country. According to the organization, the striker said he feels comfortable playing in the friendly and hopes to play many times in Spain next year.
United Nations Organization (UNO).
The United Nations Condemns the racist act made on the 21st by the Valencia fans, they are solid with Vinícius and other players who were victims of racism.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk declared that the “racial abuse faced – yet again – by Real Madrid footballer Vinícius Júnior in Spain last Sunday is a stark reminder of the prevalence of racism. in sport”.
“I appeal to the organizers of sporting events to have strategies to prevent and combat racism ”, added Türk, in a speech during a press conference in Geneva this Wednesday. “Much more needs to be doneto eradicate racial discrimination – and that needs to start by listening to people of African descent, meaningfully involving them and taking genuine steps to act on their concerns,” concluded the High Commissioner.
Celebrities netizens and public figures.
All netizens in the world are with Vinícius Júnior on his case and on that day he was abused, his fans and the club supporters posted solidarity posts all over the social media platforms and also did peaceful protests against racism.
Celebrities posted Vinícius on their pages and many of them also made videos about it. Other footballers like Neymar, Mbappe Benzema and Rodrygo also did an acknowledgement to their fellow football players to stay strong.
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These all and many are the people who stand with Vini Jr on this racism case.
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