Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright has been subjected to a barrage of racist abuse on social media. Leading anti-racism chariti...
Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright has been subjected to a barrage of racist abuse on social media.
Leading anti-racism charities condemned the sickening incident after Wright went public with the messages on Monday.
An Instagram user messaged Wright with racist taunts and the 56-year-old, who also played for Crystal Palace and West Ham, took to Twitter to expose the abuse.
One of the messages to Wright read: “You’re like 65 years old. If I get corona I will cough in your face and give you your death sentence.”
Wright said: “I know I’m not meant to look at them but these messages still hit me so hard man. This is a child!!!
“This kid has a direct line into me & is able to send this without any worry.”
I know I'm not meant to look at them but these messages still hit me so hard man. This is a child!!! "You are a fucking monkey", "Cunt coon monkey nigger". Direct message to me from Patrick O'Brien on IG. This kid as a direct line into me & is able to send this without any worry. pic.twitter.com/6noGvmkb4u
— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) May 11, 2020
Show Racism the Red Card chief executive Ged Grebby condemned the abuse.
“Ian Wright has put his head above the parapet again...
