Posts Tagged Race and ethnicity

English soccer set for 5-game minimum racism ban

Chelsea's John Terry walks from the pitch after taking part in a training session at the team's training ground in Cobham, England, Thursday, May  9, 2013. Chelsea are holding a media day ahead of their Europa League Cup soccer final in Amsterdam against Benfica on May 15. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

LONDON (AP) — The English Football Association is due to vote this week to introduce minimum five-game bans for racial abuse.

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Blatter appalled at racist incident in Milan-Roma

Roma and AC Milan players stand after referee Gianluca Rocchi stopped the match for a few minutes because of racist chanting directed at Italy striker Mario Balotelli by the visiting Roma fans during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Roma at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

MILAN (AP) — FIFA president Sepp Blatter was “appalled” when he learned of the racist chanting that caused AC Milan’s match against Roma to be suspended.

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‘Breaking Bad’ actor to address NM LULAC

This Jan. 27, 2013 file photo shows actor Steven Michael Quezada at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Quezada, along with Michelle Lujan Grisham, the state’s first Latina congresswoman, are scheduled to address a League of United Latin American Citizens New Mexico convention, beginning May 17, aimed at tackling education reform. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — “Breaking Bad” actor Steven Michael Quezada and Michelle Lujan Grisham, the state’s first Latina congresswoman, are scheduled to address a League of United Latin American Citizens New Mexico convention aimed at tackling education reform.

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