Racism is everywhere;I was once called ‘monkey’ in Black Stars camp – John Paintsil

Former Ghana international John Paintsil has said that ‘racism is everywhere – even in Ghana football’ and has to be fought on any day.

According to the former Fulham and West Ham United defender, he was once referred as a ‘monkey’ when he joined the Black Stars.

The world – not only in football – are struggling to deal with the unfortunate situation as many footballers and others in different fields have suffered racial abuse.

Players have had to even leave the pitch in protest against such unnecessary discrimination in the game of football which is expected to unite. The incident always make one feel unwelcome.

The former Ghanaian defender sharing his thoughts on racism in the beautiful game, noted that he was once called ‘monkey’ by a colleague in the Black Stars camp.

“Racism in football is everywhere even in Ghana football. Players from the urban areas look down upon players from the rural areas. I was once called a “monkey” by a colleague when I joined Black Stars,” John Paintsil told Accra-based Angel 102.9FM.