It's not exactly a secret that AC Milan is run by trash people. In addition to the non-criminal awful things he's said, Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted of tax fraud and paying for sex with a minor. He still owns one of the biggest soccer teams in the world anyway, and he said something racist about Mario Balotelli on Saturday.
AC Milan ownership said something racist about Mario Balotelli again
It never ends.
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Shocker from Berlusconi: "We have a rich bed of talent such as Menez and Balotelli, who is Italian even if he has spent too long in the sun"
— Matteo Bonetti (@TheCalcioGuy) February 21, 2016
This is not the first time he’s described a black person this way. He was criticized in 2009 for describing Barack and Michelle Obama with the exact same language. Nor is it the first time he’s singled out Balotelli for the color of his skin -- Mario’s contract at AC Milan prohibits him from wearing flashy clothes or hairstyles, and is pretty clearly racist.
Berlusconi isn’t the only AC Milan board member who’s said racist things in public either. His brother Paolo called Balotelli “the family’s little n*****.” Milan CEO Adriano Galliani publicly supported Italian FA executive Carlo Tavecchio after he referred to African players as monkeys who used to be banana eaters, saying that Tavecchio is not a racist.
This club is racist to its core and isn’t changing anytime soon.
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