Yap. I remember such a case with Samuel Eto'o who is originally from Cameroon and plays for Barcelona!
He endured quite alot of racial insults during one game he was reduced to tears .. (this happened in Spain..)
The crowd from the opposing team had to be warned to stop the monkey sounds they were making ...wtf is up with that??
Yeah, wtf, indeed. I'm really happy that there hasn't been anything like that in our World Cup, so far. On the contrary, I really can confirm what Isabelle said:
it is so good for me to see this team win, because back in 1998, their victory took on an anti-racist claim: they were the same players: Black, Arab, white, and this team winning was like: this is how France will win, by having all colors of people come together. And the Black and Arab youths had national heroes to identify with, it was really a big thing. So, I wouldn't mind witnessing such a great spirit of togetherness, "brotherhood" as our motto says.
This tournament really brings upon a feeling of brotherhood. During the last couple of weeks the sunny weather seems to have sunk deeply in people's minds overhere. Imagine, there have been millions and millions of people celebrating in the streets after every single game Germany won (about one million in Berlin's famous "Fan-Mile" alone), and you hardly heard anything of fights, vandalism or racist incidents. On the contrary: foreigners were thrilled in the face of the welcoming and hearty atmosphere they encountered everywhere.
The motto of this World Cup is "Die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden" which translates literally into "The World as Guest at Friends'". And it's true. It really looks like Germany has made some new friends recently. From what I heard and read, the foreign press was quite impressed with what was going on here, also with the perfect organization, the security/savety and the overall light mood. It's a great international party, and I hope we can keep that feeling for a while, even though we are not going to win this tournament. This country hasn't seen so many happy faces since the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, and it's just so much fun to experience this!
Well, I'm convinced that the party is not over yet. Peoples' tears have dryed already and next weekend we will cheer for our boys like crazy, no matter if they win or lose against Portugal!
I want to see more of this!