Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Give a Red Card to Discrimination

The people of the USA are catching on to the exciting run of the women's national team in the 2011 Women's World Cup. Today USA beat France to advance to the Finals. Also, today is one of FIFA's Anti-Discrimination Days. Hopefully this will catch on as well...

Here's an excerpt:

“We must use our game to educate people, especially the world’s youth, about the importance of fair play and respect... football’s united stance against any kind of discrimination, be it racism, homophobia or discrimination on account of gender, ethnic origin, religion, or any other reason."

Read the entire article here. http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1473742/index.html

For more on FIFA's social responsibility and anti-racism click here. http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/socialresponsibility/antiracism/index.html

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