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This past year has been a historical year for the United Kingdom. On June 23, 2016, a referendum was held on to decide whether or not the U.K. should leave or remain in the European Union. Many know this event as the “Brexit,” which is short for the merging of the words Britain and exit. The results were as follows: to leave was 52% and to stay was 48% of the more than 30 million people voting (Wheeler and Hunt, 2016). The decision to leave the E.U. has been confirmed to happen for some time…

In the words of Jewish philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel, “Racism is man’s gravest threat to man; the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.” Racism is prevalent in all aspects of the world including cultures, religions, and even sports. Some would argue that racism has been terminated in soccer, but this is a vacuous argument due to the amount of incidents that have occurred in recent years. There have been over 350 racial episodes in European soccer in the year 2014 alone. Racism in…