One after another, the racial insults kept coming.
The “monkey” chants outside one stadium, the offensive gestures during a game, the effigy hung off a highway bridge.
One by one, Vinícius Júnior showed them on a video on Instagram on Monday, making sure they were there for everybody to see.
“When will it be enough?” was the message with the video. “Racism is a crime. Not to punish is to be an accomplice.”
The president of Spain’s soccer federation acknowledged they have a racism problem after yet another case of abuse against the Real Madrid forward. Madrid has asked authorities to investigate the latest incident as a hate crime.
Officials, players and other athletes continued to show solidarity with Vinícius, who on Sunday considered leaving the field after facing racist taunts from fans at Valencia during Real Madrid’s 1-0 loss in the Spanish league.
“We have a problem of behavior, of education, of racism,” Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales said on Monday. “And as long as there is one fan or one group of fans making insults based on someone’s sexual orientation or skin color or belief, then we have a serious problem. A serious problem that stains an entire team, an entire fan base and an entire country.”
