Sports News of Friday, 20 December 2019
Source: Supersport
The artist who created images of monkeys for an anti-racism campaign by Italy's Serie A said his work was misunderstood, but apologised to those offended.
The Italian artist, Simone Fugazzotto, told La Repubblica that his idea to portray whites, Asians and blacks as monkeys was intended to be a "defence tool" against the insulting term often hurled at black football players by some Italian fans.
The campaign launched on Monday by the Italian league immediately drew criticism for its triptych of monkey faces in close-up, each with a slightly different colour.
Italy's Serie A soccer league drew flak for its new anti-racism campaign artwork featuring side-by-side paintings of apes https://t.co/dQICxh5aa5 pic.twitter.com/1g6icZUIFs
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