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“I remember I played in Russia in the Europa League against (Zenit) St. Petersburg and they threw bananas everywhere.”
By Michael Jordan
Last Updated: 09/09/20 8:39 pm
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Swansea striker Andre Ayew says the fight for racial equality must continue for the sake of the next generation
Andre Ayew feels that the Black Lives Matter movement may not achieve equality for this generation, but hopes it will for the next.
The Swansea and Ghana striker spoke to Sky Sports News about his personal experiences of racism and said that while the problem will not be solved overnight, people must trust that his work to fight social injustice will eventually prevail. .
Sport around the world has come together through the Black Lives Matter movement to fight for change following the death of George Floyd on May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more eight minutes.
Ayew told Sky Sports News: “I think the movement can achieve what we all want: equality, that’s it.
“We’ve been through this for so long that we feel like enough is enough. May everything be okay for everyone, let’s let it be the same for everyone.
Ayew helped Swansea reach the championship play-offs last season.
“It’s going to be difficult, but if we all continue to believe and feel that everything we are doing is right and for the right cause, I think we will succeed.”
“Everything goes with a process. Start every day, go higher and higher, and I feel like people are getting what we mean.
“When I feel like it’s not just blacks standing up and talking about it, even whites, then you know you’re starting to get somewhere.
“It’s going to be very difficult, but we have to keep believing in what we are doing and achieve the equality we want to achieve, that’s the main thing.”
“At the end of the day, this generation may not have that equality, but the next generation will get it if we keep doing what we’re doing.”
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Ayew, who signed for Swansea in 2015 after previously playing in France with Marseille, also said it was not easy moving to Europe as an African, but his father Abedi, a former star player, and others like Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto. He paved the way for the Africans to follow.
He said: “If you look back to the years before my father’s time, it was even worse than now. These players like my father paved the way for everyone to come and show that blacks can do the job in Europe.
“I remember playing in Russia in the Europa League against (Zenit) St. Petersburg, and they threw bananas all over me.
“People have been through worse, I’m talking from personal experience, but I’ve seen friends going through things and I feel like it shouldn’t be.
“We need to make sure we hit the ground and make sure it changes. Nothing is easy, but we have to keep going and not give up on what we believe in. I think that can take the world to another level.”
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