{"id":197922,"date":"2024-08-07T11:05:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/?p=197922"},"modified":"2024-08-07T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:05:55","slug":"union-condemn-racial-abuse-of-damion-lowe-after-cruz-azul-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/2024\/08\/union-condemn-racial-abuse-of-damion-lowe-after-cruz-azul-game.html","title":{"rendered":"Union Condemn Racial Abuse of Damion Lowe After Cruz Azul Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Union played Mexico&#8217;s Cruz Azul on Sunday night in the Leagues Cup, and afterward Damion Lowe posted some racial abuse he received on Instagram:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We stand with Damion Lowe!!<\/p>\n<p>Say no to racism!!<\/p>\n<p>Damion Lowe Racially abused by supporters, very interesting that his club haven\u2019t addressed it or even backed the player publicly by condemning the act..<\/p>\n<p>Is this is the norm in MLS?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jamaica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jamaica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/reggaeboyz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#reggaeboyz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/football?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#football<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zo4UMsDU5y\">pic.twitter.com\/Zo4UMsDU5y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MG Sports Media (@MilitaryGooner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MilitaryGooner\/status\/1820641826363318396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two of those are in Spanish, the first one Google translating to &#8220;<em>You really don&#8217;t give a damn about what you like, bastard<\/em>,&#8221; and the other saying &#8220;<em>black idiot you are a fucking pig<\/em>.&#8221; The third is in English with a hard R N-word, so no translation required there.<\/p>\n<p>The Union, MLS, and Leagues Cup all posted or retweeted condemnation of the abuse, saying this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XWAhmhbx4G\">pic.twitter.com\/XWAhmhbx4G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilaUnion\/status\/1820930863145607375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the guys above made his account private and the other two appear to no longer exist. 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