Post by Carl LaFong on May 5, 2021 11:54:04 GMT
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www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/05/jens-lehmann-sacked-hertha-berlin-for-token-black-guy-comment-dennis-aogo
The former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has been sacked from Hertha Berlin’s supervisory board after referring to German television pundit Dennis Aogo as “a token black guy” in a WhatsApp message.
Lehmann, 51, who played for the Gunners from 2003-2008 as well as for a brief spell in 2011, and represented Germany 61 times, apologised on social media to Aogo, a former Hamburg and Schalke player who now works for Sky Sports in Germany.
“In a private message from my mobile phone to Dennis Aogo, an impression was created for which I apologised in conversation with Dennis,” he wrote. “As a former national team player he is very knowledgeable and has a great presence.”
Hertha have said Lehmann will no longer have a role with them following the WhatsApp message. “Such statements in no way correspond to the values for which Hertha BSC stands and actively campaigns,” the club’s president Werner Gegenbauer said. “We distance ourselves from any form of racism.”
Meanwhile, the Wales international Rabbi Matondo revealed he was subjected to racist abuse online, hours after the lifting of a social media boycott. The 20-year-old, who is on loan at Stoke from German side Schalke, had been sent racist comments. Matondo wrote on Twitter: “Good to see the boycott changed nothing instagram.”
Alongside the text were two examples of abuse he had received since the end of the weekend-long boycott by players, clubs and governing bodies across a range of sports on Monday night. A spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said: “The abuse sent to Rabbi Matondo is unacceptable. We do not want it on Instagram and we quickly removed the accounts that sent it.”
The Swansea striker Morgan Whittaker was targeted during the boycott. His club staged their own week-long social media blackout in early April, which was joined by fellow second-tier club Birmingham.
www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/05/jens-lehmann-sacked-hertha-berlin-for-token-black-guy-comment-dennis-aogo
The former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has been sacked from Hertha Berlin’s supervisory board after referring to German television pundit Dennis Aogo as “a token black guy” in a WhatsApp message.
Lehmann, 51, who played for the Gunners from 2003-2008 as well as for a brief spell in 2011, and represented Germany 61 times, apologised on social media to Aogo, a former Hamburg and Schalke player who now works for Sky Sports in Germany.
“In a private message from my mobile phone to Dennis Aogo, an impression was created for which I apologised in conversation with Dennis,” he wrote. “As a former national team player he is very knowledgeable and has a great presence.”
Hertha have said Lehmann will no longer have a role with them following the WhatsApp message. “Such statements in no way correspond to the values for which Hertha BSC stands and actively campaigns,” the club’s president Werner Gegenbauer said. “We distance ourselves from any form of racism.”
Meanwhile, the Wales international Rabbi Matondo revealed he was subjected to racist abuse online, hours after the lifting of a social media boycott. The 20-year-old, who is on loan at Stoke from German side Schalke, had been sent racist comments. Matondo wrote on Twitter: “Good to see the boycott changed nothing instagram.”
Alongside the text were two examples of abuse he had received since the end of the weekend-long boycott by players, clubs and governing bodies across a range of sports on Monday night. A spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said: “The abuse sent to Rabbi Matondo is unacceptable. We do not want it on Instagram and we quickly removed the accounts that sent it.”
The Swansea striker Morgan Whittaker was targeted during the boycott. His club staged their own week-long social media blackout in early April, which was joined by fellow second-tier club Birmingham.