Children in racist slur.Byline: By SENAN HOGAN CHILDREN as young as nine are being racist, an Oireachtas Committee heard yesterday. A racist outburst happened at an under-10 football game and was witnessed by an organisation working to stamp out to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion s>. See also: Stamp incidents. The Show Racism The Red Card Show Racism the Red Card (SRTRC) is a campaign in Britain to stamp out racism from British society as well as association football. It is a member of the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network. group told the Oireachtas Committee on Sport that all incidents should be recorded. Dessie O'Farrell, group member and Gaelic Players Association chief, said: "There is no recording mechanism. "We know racism has grown in general society but in sport, in the main, it is only anecdotal anecdotal /an·ec·do·tal/ (an?ek-do´t'l) based on case histories rather than on controlled clinical trials. anecdotal adjective Unsubstantiated; occurring as single or isolated event. . "In the last 12 months I witnessed a racist incident at an under-10 game. "That very definitely set the alarm bells ringing for me. The boy obviously didn't realise that you cannot do this." |
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