NPR you suck

[Cannon Shell]

While not necessarily about the topic, I found something in this weeks SI interesting. In a story about French (and black) soccer player Thiery Henry coming to play in American he made several comments about the lack of racist taunts in American sports

"While attending a Yankees game recently, Henry realized that he has never heard any racist taunts from US fans. In 2005 he founded Stand Up, Speak UP, a campaign that encouraged European soccer players and fans to oppose racist behavior-which is all too common on the Continent, whether its throwing bananas at black athletes or leading slur filled chants. Henry himself was the subject of a shocking slur in '04, when Spain coach Luis Arangones, imploring one of his defenders to play henry aggressively, was overheard referring to Henry as a "black s---"..."I can understand why people in America are kind of shocked because that doesn't happen in their sports. In Europe it's quite often, unfortunately, but now i think its getting better""