Football supporters deployed xenophobic banner

Alert DateMarch 29, 2008 Country: France General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Intra-ethnic
Groups affected / Interested in: Linguistic minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Sport Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Internet
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin French
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number N/A
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin French
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

Saturday March 29: during the League Cup Final Lens-Paris, some supporters of the Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) deployed a very large banner "Pédophiles, chômeurs, consanguins: bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" ("Paedophiles, unemployed, consanguineous: welcome at Ch'tis" - the banner made a reference to a very famous film in France "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis", which is about the people living in the North of France, and who are called Ch'tis"). This xenophobic banner caused a very sharp emotion in France and many reactions. It gave - again - on the front of the scene the problem of racism in football. On April 17, 2008 the Minister of Interior dissolved the PSG supporter club "Les Boulogne Boys", under the terms of the law 2006-784, and on April 30, 2008 the LFP condemned the PSG by excluding it from the League Cup in 2008-2009.

Source:

Lepost.fr, 30.03.2008, "Pédophiles, chômeurs, consanguins: bienvenue chez les Ch'tis", http://www.lepost.fr/article/2008/03/30/1174420_pedophiles-chomeurs-consanguins-bienvenue-chez-les-ch-tis.html