At a time when the fight against racism is the protagonist in the sports world, especially in the NBA, the defender of Tottenham Danny Rose He wanted to raise his voice to denounce the racism who continues to suffer in his day to day. «It is not only in soccer. Last week the police stopped me, something that usually happens when I return to Doncaster, my birthplace. It's always the same, “Is that car yours, where did you get it from? What are you doing here?“», The player told in the Second Captains podcast.
The English left back has confessed that it is something that has happened to him since he was 18 years old and that when it happens to him alone “he laughs” because he already knows what will happen. «One of the last times I went on the train, lThe stewardess asked me if I knew I was in first class to which I replied yes and she asked me if I could show her the ticket. Soon after, two white people entered the train and she said nothing to them. I asked him, “Aren't you going to check their tickets?” and she said it was not necessary ».
In addition Danny Rose has confessed to even feeling ashamed for complaining or talking about it when he sees that in the United States a man has lost his life at the hands of people who are supposed to protect and serve. “I have given up and I hope things change because that's the mindset of some people“