Everton winger Royston Drenthe has hit out at Lionel Messi, claiming that the Barcelona ace called him 'negro' on more than one occasion.

The Dutchman locked horns with the Argentina international a number of times during his spells at Real Madrid and Hercules, and admitted that he would always have problems with Messi in off-the-ball incidents.

"We played against each other a lot, and we always had problems. You know what really bothers me? That tone with which he always called me 'negro, negro'," Drenthe stated in an interview with Dutch magazine Helden.

Drenthe went on to explain that although he realises the use of the term is quite common in South America, he finds it hard to deal with, and explained that his former teammate Mahamadou Diarra had similar problems.

"I understand that it is very common in South America, but we cannot stand it. Mahamadou Diarra, my teammate at Real, would become furious when Gabriel Heinze and Gonzalo Higuain initially called him 'negro'. But they soon stopped," he told the magazine.

He added, "When I played against Barcelona with Hercules, I had the same problems with Messi again. Before the match, he gave me a hand and said, 'Hola negro'. He didn't shake my hand again after the match. I don't think he'll invite me to his birthday party."

The 25-year-old Drenthe is currently on loan at Everton, but the Premier League side is unlikely to make his stay at the club permanent.

【新聞快訊】世界足球先生梅西陷入種族歧視風(fēng)波!前皇馬球星,目前租借至英超埃弗頓隊(duì)效力的荷蘭黑人球員德倫特,5月10日在接受一家荷蘭雜志采訪時(shí)稱,梅西曾多次辱罵他為“黑鬼”(negro)。

德倫特表示,他知道這種辱罵黑人“黑鬼”的行為在南美足球聯(lián)賽中很普遍。因?yàn)橹八诨蜀R時(shí)的隊(duì)友,阿根廷人海因策和伊瓜因也會(huì)辱罵黑人球員默罕默德·迪亞拉,使后者非常憤怒。德倫特回憶了在一場西甲聯(lián)賽中,梅西在賽前跟他握手時(shí)喊他“黑鬼”,而且在賽后梅西沒有再跟他握手。目前梅西本人和巴塞羅那隊(duì)官方都未對(duì)德倫特的說法作出回應(yīng)。

【新聞關(guān)鍵詞】

1. 種族歧視:racial?discrimination

We?don't?believe?the?myth?that?racial?discrimination?was?imposed?by?God.
我們并不相信種族歧視是上帝加諸于人的觀念。

2. 黑人稱呼:black/nergo/nigger

對(duì)于黑人的歧視性稱呼主要有:nigger 黑鬼 negro 黑人,這些都是帶有種族歧視色彩的詞匯。

對(duì)黑人不帶歧視含義的稱呼主要有:black people 黑人 African Amercian 非洲裔美國人 colored people 有色人種

【滬江小編】種族歧視的現(xiàn)象在全世界都非常常見,在身體對(duì)抗激烈的競技體育運(yùn)動(dòng)中更甚。此前在NBA聯(lián)盟中打得風(fēng)生水起的亞裔球星林書豪就曾經(jīng)被美國著名體育專業(yè)媒體ESPN記者稱呼為chink(中國佬)。