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Published 16:09 10 Dec 2018 GMT
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"Good morning I just want to say, I am not normally the person to talk a lot but when I think I need my point heard I will speak up. "Regarding what was said at the Chelsea game, as you can see by my reaction I just had to laugh because I don't expect no better. "For example you have two young players starting out their careers, both play for the same team, both [did] the right thing which is buy[ing] a new house for their mothers who have put in a lot of time and love into helping them get where they are. "But look how the newspapers get their message across for the young black player and then for the young white player," Sterling added, comparing Mail articles about Tosin Adarabioyo and Phil Foden. "I think this is unacceptable. Both innocent have not done a thing wrong but just by the way it has been worded this young black kid is looked at in a bad light, which helps fuel racism and aggressive behaviour. "So for all the newspapers that don't understand why people are racist in this day and age, all I have to say is have a second thought about fair publicity and give all players an equal chance."Kitson, a columnist for The Sun, said on talkSPORT radio that players can make a target of themselves by posting images of their lifestyle across social media. https://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1071775992455282689
Kitson said: “You cannot condone this racism in any way shape or form, I think it’s disgusting. “I do believe that players make themselves a target. Why Raheem Sterling? There are other black players on the pitch, every single week. “I just think that we have a duty of care to ourselves as footballers, to be a little bit careful with social media, and the way we portray ourselves. “Jealousy is an awful thing amongst the human race. I trawled through Raheem Sterling’s Instagram feed this morning to find that a lot of what he put on in his early days has now been deleted, and it was, ‘look at my cars, look at my house, look at this bathroom, look at this, look at that, look at me.’ And that’s going to antagonise people. “Now that is no excuse whatsoever for racially abusing somebody, but you sow a seed amongst people who are not racist, not to like that particular person, because they don’t want to see that in their faces every day. “Now, when you go onto Raheem Sterling’s Instagram it’s ‘here’s a goal I scored last week, here’s me in a kids hospital.’ So someone’s got hold of him and said, ‘look, you can’t do that anymore. But that seed has already been planted in people’s heads.”Kitson was quickly rounded on social media with many users condemning his comments while former Fulham striker Leroy Rosenior called into talkSport to take Kitson to task for his comments. https://twitter.com/jamiebennett92/status/1072062364068048898 https://twitter.com/ChrisBrowne_/status/1071764465287393280 https://twitter.com/jvasion/status/1071772277933596673 https://twitter.com/EndeeFootball/status/1072087808716824577 https://twitter.com/Camtana25/status/1071917408342982659
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