Georginio Wijnaldum at the end of the press conference of the Dutch national team reacted angrily to an earlier question from ESPN reporter Pascal Kamperman, in which he drew a comparison between the racism discussion and the discussion about the abuses in Qatar, organizer of the 2024 World Cup.
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“I’ve been thinking about your question about racism and Qatar. But do you actually understand what you do, to compare racism with Qatar? So you are actually saying: if someone is racist towards a brown person, you should not stand up for yourself, because you are going to play football in Qatar. That is very wrong what you are doing “, said a sore Wijnaldum.
“I think it’s very strange. The racism story is very difficult. That’s why people don’t stand up for themselves: because others say, then you should do this too, and do that too. You quote it, and that’s not good.”
Watch the entire discussion in the video above.
Wijnaldum previously addressed the question of why Orange is not going to boycott the World Cup, despite the thousands of deaths among the migrant workers who build the World Cup stadiums. “We talked about it, of course, because it is a big topic and you are going to play the qualifiers. We have to go there, because then we can have a greater impact. By forging a plan with other federatis to draw attention to it. That is still difficult now, because it is so far away. “
“It is not that we have asked to play in Qatar. Maybe you will also be in Qatar soon. We all have to do something about this,” said Wijnaldum.
