Best quotes by John Barnes on Racism

Checkout quotes by John Barnes on Racism

  • Very much like a disease, we have to tackle the cause of racism, not the symptoms.
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  • I don't differentiate between racism in football to racism in life so, therefore, as a football manager I knew that I would get racist abuse.
    - John Barnes
  • When you talk about kicking racism out of football, people automatically assume you are talking about on the terraces and on the football field. But all racists have to do is keep their mouth shut for 90 minutes and they're fine.
    - John Barnes
  • If every racist who came to football was silenced, football stadiums would still be full of racists. Racism is everywhere in our society, it is inside every one of us.
    - John Barnes
  • Racism is never personal - it's about someone saying the group I am part of is superior to the group you are part of.
    - John Barnes