President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, In a video message he addressed to those present at a UN meeting, he described Tuesday as an example of how Vinicius Junior, in front of Real Madridd, responded to the racist insults he suffered in the match against Valencia in Mestalla.
“The lesson that remains for us from these unforgivable episodes is that if Vini Júnior, a 22-year-old, has the ability to rise up against the bad guys, there is no doubt that we can and will. We need to do more to break this terrifying cycle of violence.”affirmed the progressive leader in his message.
Lula, one of the first to speak out against the racist insults received by the attacker of the Brazilian team and Real Madrid in the match against Valencia, ensured that the great impact of the episode at the Mestalla stadium showed that “Racism transcends borders”.
Brazil’s head of state has once again come out in defense of Vinicius in the video message released by the Presidency and sent to the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, a meeting held this Tuesday at the headquarters of the organization in New York and where he was represented by his Minister for Racial Equality , Anielle Franco.
The progressive leader took advantage of the message to suggest that the next meeting of the Forum be held Brazil, the second country with the largest population of Afro-descendants in the world after Nigeria.
“Now more than ever, this Forum is important to advance the declaration of United Nations to the right of Afro descendants. The Brazilian delegation reiterates its commitment to the banner of racial equality at the domestic and international levels, and leaves the doors open for the next session of the Forum in Brazil,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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