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Originally Posted by nota
BBC ''reports'' ham upset over reactions called racist to his booting the Dutchman off the track
btw I favor a DQ plus a 3 race ban
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I follow English Premier League. There has been an uptick of allegations of racist and straight online abuse that seemed to gain more momentum in the last year. They are calling for everything from bans from social media, to fines, to actual imprisonment for offenders.
I looked at Hammy's Instagram account on Sunday but didn't see anything that I'd call racist. In fact even the stuff that could barely be considered just abuse was more like people saying it was his fault and his actions post race were disgraceful. Sure other stuff could have been removed but in all these situations there is rarely a recitation of what was actually said. And we are left to believe the assertion.
That being said, there is a history of on field racial taunts from the stands at football matches particularly when English teams play on the continent.
Hard to say whether this actually occurred or its just a card he likes to play. He is on a crusade to get more black people in motorsport and was the driver behind the pre race kneeling and t-shirt wearing.