We are far from that – Pep Guardiola gives interesting take on Vinicius Jr situation

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Just last Sunday, Vinicius Jr was racially abused by Valencia fans, and the incident has caused a large uproar since then.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has condemned the act, and also revealed that racist abuse is taken more seriously in England than Spain.

Guardiola spoke brilliantly about abuse and discrimination in general, and revealed why humans must see themselves as same people.

“They should,” he said. “Here they are so strict. They know what they have to do.

“Of course racism is a problem everywhere, not just in one specific place. Everywhere we have (people) thinking we are better than our neighbours, we are better than the other ones, for all generations everywhere.

“Our ancestors come from migrants, come from wars, come from dictatorships, you have to move from other countries, build families there and come back to where you’re born.

“The problem is that there is racism everywhere. Not just for gender but for colour, for attitudes. We believe that our language is better than the other one, our country is better than the other one.

“As much as you travel in other countries, you realise we are the same, with the same fears, with the same good things.

“We need to accept the diversity as a strength, like a human being – and still right now, we are far away from that.

“Hopefully it can be one step to getting better in Spain but I’m not optimistic. I know a little bit the country and I’m not really optimistic.

“There are a lot of black people stepping forward to defend what they should not (have to) defend. Hopefully justice can help to do it but in the same time is it going to change anything in Spain?”