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Thursday, 22 December 2016

Footballer sparks outrage after blacking-up for his club's Christmas party

 A footballer sparked controversy when pictures emerged of him blacked up for the club's Christmas party.James Norwood, 26, top scorer for National League side Tranmere Rovers and an England C international, was dressed head to toe as a street vendor selling brightly coloured sunglasses.

He tweeted the picture with the caption: 'great Xmas do with the boys.. level - fancy dress - completed'.

A spokesperson from Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion organisation, told The Sun: “Although it is likely it was a well-intended fancy dress for a Christmas party, it is ill-thought-out and something that is out-of-date in today’s modern world.
“Even well-intended acts may cause offence and that’s something players have to appreciate and consider.”
Norwood has since made his Instagram and Twitter account private after deleting the photo.

6 comments:

  1. Maybe he was just trying to be funny.

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  2. Blacks will bleach their skin from Black to White without it being racial but have a white guy paint black now is bring the whole hell down to earth... does this make any atom of sense? Are blacks actually being blacks at hearts? The slave chains are off our hands, why are we still emotionally slaved to our history and self depriving ourselves freedom from all kinds of grudges, hates, envy and inferiority complexes?

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  3. We don't even know him...and I watch football every other day

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