In the case of Vinicius at Roland Garros: “Racism doesn’t stop, it gets worse”

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The case Vinicius After the Valencia-Real Madrid soccer match, he ran like a superpower in the sports universe, without limits. It also came to Roland Garros as a topic of conversation and concern as racism is also a problem on the ATP men’s and WTA women’s professional circuits.

Roland Garros has tried to intervene by creating an application in the fight against cyberbullying. “This is part of the strategy to ensure the mental health of tennis players. Roland Garros is the first sporting event to implement this type of measure,” announced the official note.

The bodyguard, which provides the technology, offers a tool to all officials and athletes who want to connect their social media accounts to the system that monitors insults or disqualifications of all kinds. By downloading the QR, it is activated during the contest and one week after its end.

Attacks on tennis players on the networks have betting and racism as two of the hottest points.

One of the most important tennis players on the WTA Tour, with the US Open to his credit, as well as the Roland Garros final, is African-American. sloane stephens, 30 years. long worked with Francis Roig, a Catalan technician he no longer works with. She is married to a footballer with a past in LaLiga, Jozy Altidore.

Tired of the attacks he suffered because of the color of his skin, he put the problem in the hands of the relevant authorities in his country.

“When there are ongoing FBI investigations into what people are telling you online, it’s very serious,” he stressed.

Racism, “yes, obviously it’s been a problem throughout my career. It hasn’t stopped. In any case, it’s only gotten worse,” he lamented.

Do you know the software offered by Roland Garros, “but I haven’t used it yet.” He said “Obviously, I have a lot of keywords banned instagram and all these things, but it doesn’t stop someone from just typing an asterisk or typing it in a different way, which obviously the software most of the time doesn’t catch.”

It warns that the ball is getting bigger and bigger, that you need to take serious measures. “I repeat, the issue is only getting worse. People on the internet have a free bar to say and do whatever they want through fake pages or profiles.”

“I have to continue dealing with racism, I’m sure,” he concluded.

Source: La Verdad

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