Rashford says he will 'never apologise for who I am' after racist abuse

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A mural honouring him in his hometown was defaced before locals covered the hateful language. FMTNews

July 13, 2021 4:25 PM

The Manchester United forward was one of three players, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who were attacked by racist trolls after missing penalties in Sunday’s 3-2 shootout defeat by Italy. “I’m Marcus Rashford, 23-year-old black man from Withington and Wythenshawe, South Manchester. If I have nothing else I have that,” Rashford wrote in a statement on Twitter.

“I can take critique of my performance all day long, my penalty was not good enough, it should have gone in but I will never apologise for who I am and where I came from,” Rashford added.Images on social media showed a mural honouring Rashford in his hometown of Withington had been defaced before locals covered the hateful language with messages of support.

Mings remarks received support from Patel’s fellow Conservative lawmaker and former defence minister Johnny Mercer.“Very uncomfortable with the position we Conservatives are needlessly forcing ourselves into.

 

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