Soccer star faces racist mobs, league inaction
b'Earlier this month, one of football\\u2019s brightest stars was targeted with an unprecedented amount of racist abuse during a game. Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Junior \\u2014 the heir to the throne of Brazilian football \\u2014 was called a monkey and abused with monkey noises by tens of thousands of fans during a game in Spain\\u2019s La Liga. But rather than punish those abusing the athlete, it was Vinicius who was shown a red card. In the aftermath of the incident, everyone from the Spanish press to the president of the Spanish football league seemed to blame the victim of the racist attack, rather than his attackers.\\n\\nOn this episode, guest host Jodie Martinson talks to sports journalist Shireen Ahmed about one of the brightest stars in world sports, but also about the broader tradition of racism in soccer, and why it remains an ugly issue in the beautiful game.\\n\\n For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts'