In an interview with L\u2019\u00c9quipe, former France international Lilian Thuram delivered a strong response to comments made by Jos\u00e9 Mourinho regarding Vinicius Jr. Thuram firmly rejected any suggestion that the Real Madrid forward bears responsibility for the racist abuse he has endured.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Mourinho tries to make us believe that Vinicius is responsible for the racism he suffers, it\u2019s pathetic,\u201d he said. \u201cBut who are you, Mr. Mourinho, to presume to decide what Vinicius has the right to do or not? This judgment is steeped in white superiority and narcissism. The racist act Vinicius suffered is not related to his behavior, but to the color of his skin,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Thuram continued his remarks by condemning the notion that the player\u2019s actions could justify racist abuse.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat he brought it on himself, in short. It\u2019s utter violence. (…) Mbapp\u00e9 heard it too, and is Mbapp\u00e9 crazy too? Are black people crazy, is that it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Samir Nasri also supported Thuram\u2019s position in France. The former Sevilla and Manchester City midfielder criticized Mourinho for his comments about Vinicius.<\/p>\n
\u201cMourinho ran laps around the pitch, once sliding on his knees for 20 meters and thought he was Thierry Henry while celebrating. You have no right to say that,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an interview with L\u2019\u00c9quipe, former France international Lilian Thuram delivered a strong response to comments made by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,701,561,82],"class_list":["post-490762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-latest-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}