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Samuel Eto'o fights racism: 'Not on my watch'

James Masters and Patrick Sung-Cuadrado, CNN


Samuel Eto'o wanted to buy a watch

It was in London that he decided to purchase one particular model, one which cost $15,000.

For a former Premier League footballer, a hero in his native Cameroon, and one of the most successful African footballers of all time, the prospect of buying a watch was hardly the most daring of ordeals.

So after taking a glance at the watch and getting out his credit card, he says he asked the sales assistant for some help.

"I asked the saleswoman -- who was also black like me -- 'Could you show me that watch please?'

"First, I saw her turn and look at her coworkers like, 'Uh, what should I do?'

"Eventually, she let me see the watch. I looked at it and said, 'OK, I'll buy it.'

"I took out my credit card and when she went to go run it through the machine, she came back and said that it was declined.

"I asked her, 'Was it declined or did you not want it to be accepted?' because this has happened to me many times and she told me, 'No, it was declined.'"

Eto'o, who played in London with Chelsea last season, called his brother who was nearby and it was he who brought a new credit card so the transaction could be completed.

While Eto'o does speak English, his brother has a far wider vocabulary and was able to ask just what had occurred moments earlier.

"My brother can afford this and the way you're treating him shows that you think just because he's black, he can't afford this watch," said the sibling.

Eto'o then takes up the story, saying the lady in the store said she was wary of him because "we had some Nigerians in the store the other day who came with fake credit cards."

"If one of my own makes a mistake, they judge us all. Tomorrow, if a white man in Africa makes a mistake, we should judge all white people? No!

"The security guard from Senegal kept trying to justify what the lady said and I asked him where he's from. When he told me, I said, 'Ahh. If I gave you my name, you will recognize who I am?'

"He shrugged and I said, 'I'm Eto'o.' He went, 'Nooooo! Just yesterday, my wife and I were talking about you! Can I take a picture with you and send it to my wife?'

"I said, 'Yes, we can take a picture, but you made a mistake because you can't judge people by the color of their skin,' so he told me it wasn't because of our color.

"I told the lady, 'In my next interview, I'm going to tell them about this and I'll name the store so everyone can know that you treat people differently here,' added Eto'o referring to the saleswoman.

"She then realized that I could have reported what she had just done, but it was a mistake. It was a mistake of her to categorize.

"I don't think she's a racist person, but she stereotyped all black people as 'those people'."

Eto'o tells this story to demonstrate his belief that racism is not just football's problem but one that society as a whole must combat.

The Cameroon international has played across the world in England, Italy, Spain as well as a spell in Russia with Anzhi Makhachkala.

He says he has experienced racism on and off the field, most famously during his time playing for Barcelona.

In 2006, during a game against Real Zaragoza, Eto'o was subjected to "monkey chants" -- and the forward came close to walking off the pitch.

He says it was only because of persuasion by his teammate Fran that he stayed on and helped his side to a 2-0 victory.

In 2010, while playing for Inter Milan at Cagliari, Eto'o was again subjected to racist chanting which caused a three-minute stoppage to the contest.

The referee addressed both captains while a message was also broadcast inside the stadium warning supporters the game would be abandoned if the chanting did not stop.

Eto'o went on to score the only goal of the game as Inter triumphed 1-0.

"You have to understand that football is just a reflection of what we have in society," said Eto'o.

"It's not that football is here and society is here -- no, it's a reflection of what goes on in society.

"Football is a great opportunity for certain people, who sometimes think they're better than you or different than others, to express their views as right ... or as a chance to hurt other people.

"The first time I experienced racism wasn't on a football pitch, but the truth is that I never thought that that could happen to me on a football pitch because football is a passion, it's a feeling that touches millions of people.

"Sometimes, the fact that you're a footballer makes you think that racism can't happen to you because you bring that passion and you express a lot of things.

"When it happened to me, I couldn't believe it and in that moment, I decided to walk off the pitch."

Eto'o, now 34, believes there has been progress within the game in recent years and has decided that it is safe enough for his children to return to stadiums.

In 2007, he said he did not want his kids having to watch him being booed and subjected to racist abuse.

"I said that back then because racist incidents almost seemed to be fashionable," Eto'o explains.

"When you arrive at a football ground, this is going to happen -- when there's a black player, this will happen.

"In that moment, I said, 'No, my kids aren't going to go and see that because it will be very difficult to explain.'

"If you tell a child, go to the right and you'll get a reward, he'll always go to the right because he wants the reward. A child comes to see his father play, have fun, make people happy and what does he see?

"He sees people booing his father for being black, they make monkey noises, they throw bananas at his teammates and all that.

"But we see more and more that authorities are fighting, people are increasingly against what happens in football grounds and in society is getting better."

Eto'o was presented with the European Medal of Tolerance from the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation following a ceremony in London earlier this week.

For a man who has won three European Champions League titles, his assertion that this particular award is his "biggest" gives an insight into Eto'o's mindset in dealing with the scourge of racism.

"It's the most important," Eto'o said of the award.

"It's something that affects us all and to recognize the little work that I've done, the truth is that I'm very, very happy because you can win the Champions League, you can win championships, you can score goals, but to represent a fight that affects millions and millions of people ... it's one of a kind."

Eto'o also defended Russia's record of dealing with racism, despite FIFA, the sport's world governing body, expressing its concerns over how the country's authorities deal with the problem.

According to a report published earlier this month by the FARE network, an anti-racism body, and the Sova Center, which conducts research on nationalism and racism, there were more than 200 cases of discriminatory behavior within the Russian game over two seasons.

The fans of CSKA Moscow, one of Russia's most famous clubs have been serial offenders in terms of racism with UEFA, the game's European governing body, handing out punishments on numerous occasions.

Yet, Eto'o, now playing in Italy with Sampdoria, retains fond memories of Russia.

The four-time African Player of the Year joined Anzhi in 2011 following a deal which made him the highest paid player in the world on a reported salary of $13 million a year.

He scored 36 goals in 71 appearances before joining Chelsea in 2013 -- but he rejects any suggestions that Russia is a hotbed for racism ahead of the 2018 World Cup.

"At the World Cup in Russia, you'll see that there won't be incidents like this," he added.

"I hope there aren't because I've played there and I had a great time there and I know the efforts that the Russians are making to try to improve certain things that have happened there, and we have to support these efforts.

"Football is beautiful. Football is beautiful because whether you win, draw or lose, you can go and shake your opponent's hand whether they're white or black or red or blue.

"This is football. This is where football wins, but when there are incidents like this, it's shameful, but it doesn't mean this will happen in the World Cup just because it's in Russia.

"I was there and I lived a beautiful experience."

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Smh,i really dont have pitty for some white people if i see them in Africa.Sorry i will treat them bad.
I hate to say this but white people are the worst race god ever creat.
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kajifu wrote:Smh,i really dont have pitty for some white people if i see them in Africa.Sorry i will treat them bad.
I hate to say this but white people are the worst race god ever creat.
Racism is alive and well, but in this case the store clerk was black, though... :D
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asabe wrote:
kajifu wrote:Smh,i really dont have pitty for some white people if i see them in Africa.Sorry i will treat them bad.
I hate to say this but white people are the worst race god ever creat.
Racism is alive and well, but in this case the store clerk was black, though... :D
Kaji didn't read the article. :D
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cito us wrote:
asabe wrote:
kajifu wrote:Smh,i really dont have pitty for some white people if i see them in Africa.Sorry i will treat them bad.
I hate to say this but white people are the worst race god ever creat.
Racism is alive and well, but in this case the store clerk was black, though... :D
Kaji didn't read the article. :D
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asabe wrote:
kajifu wrote:Smh,i really dont have pitty for some white people if i see them in Africa.Sorry i will treat them bad.
I hate to say this but white people are the worst race god ever creat.
Racism is alive and well, but in this case the store clerk was black, though... :D
Asabe,

You must understand that there are types of racism. In this case, the racism is likely what is described as institutional racism i.e. when the rules that are in place end up creating racial differentiation. Here it appears that the rules (unspoken) in play in this store uses race to assume who has ability to pay for a product or not. Look beyond the store clerk, my brother. It is still racism i.e. using race to make a judgment.

Let me give you one example. In South Africa (after apartheid was dismantled), whites began to setup country clubs that required hefty fees to grant membership. A naive individual will conclude there is no racism but the intended effect of the high fee was to prevent Blacks (who lacked the economic power) to qualify for membership. That, my brother, is a classic example of institutional racism.
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Deep. This is probably even more disturbing than being called the N word. It tears at your very core because it is meant to send the message that you somehow don't deserve something because of your skin color. Often times, this type of racism is so insidious that you can't even necessary tell why you are being rejected. This is the kind of stuff that happens in stores, job interview, actual workplace, football clubs and many other places in Babylon
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Enugu II wrote:
asabe wrote:
kajifu wrote:Smh,i really dont have pitty for some white people if i see them in Africa.Sorry i will treat them bad.
I hate to say this but white people are the worst race god ever creat.
Racism is alive and well, but in this case the store clerk was black, though... :D
Asabe,

You must understand that there are types of racism. In this case, the racism is likely what is described as institutional racism i.e. when the rules that are in place end up creating racial differentiation. Here it appears that the rules (unspoken) in play in this store uses race to assume who has ability to pay for a product or not. Look beyond the store clerk, my brother. It is still racism i.e. using race to make a judgment.

Let me give you one example. In South Africa (after apartheid was dismantled), whites began to setup country clubs that required hefty fees to grant membership. A naive individual will conclude there is no racism but the intended effect of the high fee was to prevent Blacks (who lacked the economic power) to qualify for membership. That, my brother, is a classic example of institutional racism.
Yujam, I understand about institutional racism and it's effects. It's ingrained deep into the society through perceptions.

In this case I knew Bwana Kajifu had not read the article and just used that lightheartedly point it out...
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Clearly, Etoo wants to be treated differently just like he is treated in his native Cameroon. Well, guess what? In the west, even the prime minister is not treated differently....The Prime Minister is treated according to the law of the land!!!!

So Etoo, please join the queue - - you are no better than any other human being.

If you can afford to buy a watch for a BILLION DOLLARS, please do so but please do not waste our ears because your credit card bounced for some reason......Just give them the other one that works - period!!!!
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YUJAM wrote:Deep. This is probably even more disturbing than being called the N word. It tears at your very core because it is meant to send the message that you somehow don't deserve something because of your skin color. Often times, this type of racism is so insidious that you can't even necessary tell why you are being rejected. This is the kind of stuff that happens in stores, job interview, actual workplace, football clubs and many other places in Babylon

I disagree
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tsoolo wrote:Clearly, Etoo wants to be treated differently just like he is treated in his native Cameroon. Well, guess what? In the west, even the prime minister is not treated differently....The Prime Minister is treated according to the law of the land!!!!

So Etoo, please join the queue - - you are no better than any other human being.

If you can afford to buy a watch for a BILLION DOLLARS, please do so but please do not waste our ears because your credit card bounced for some reason......Just give them the other one that works - period!!!!
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Eto'o then takes up the story, saying the lady in the store said she was wary of him because "we had some Nigerians in the store the other day who came with fake credit cards."

Oh boy .... :)
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Kabalega wrote:Eto'o then takes up the story, saying the lady in the store said she was wary of him because "we had some Nigerians in the store the other day who came with fake credit cards."

Oh boy .... :)
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asabe wrote:
kajifu wrote:Smh,i really dont have pitty for some white people if i see them in Africa.Sorry i will treat them bad.
I hate to say this but white people are the worst race god ever creat.
Racism is alive and well, but in this case the store clerk was black, though... :D
...pandering to her bosses whims. If it was true about the Nigerians incident, the report must have been circulated among the store staff to look out.
A sale with a fake card is a loss to the store, in turn a probable job loss to the store clerk.
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Assuming that Eto'o's story is legit, even when the perpetrator of discrimination is black, we still find a way to blame "the oppressor". :curse:

Blame the biatch and no one else. :curse:
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wanaj0 wrote:
Kabalega wrote:Eto'o then takes up the story, saying the lady in the store said she was wary of him because "we had some Nigerians in the store the other day who came with fake credit cards."

Oh boy .... :)
London bobos disgracing us again :tic:

Maybe it is not racism but FEAR
There may be a chance that the Naija and fake card exoerience was a complete lie to cover up fir their issues.
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It's really difficult being black. Even a rich dude like Eto'o who is also on TV has issues like these, you will think everyone knows his face by now.
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mcal wrote:
asabe wrote:
kajifu wrote:Smh,i really dont have pitty for some white people if i see them in Africa.Sorry i will treat them bad.
I hate to say this but white people are the worst race god ever creat.
Racism is alive and well, but in this case the store clerk was black, though... :D
...pandering to her bosses whims. If it was true about the Nigerians incident, the report must have been circulated among the store staff to look out.
A sale with a fake card is a loss to the store, in turn a probable job loss to the store clerk.
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According to the report there is already a case of alleged fraud by some NIgerians in that same shop. Can't really blame the shop owner.. None the less racism is still out there.
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Purity wrote:According to the report there is already a case of alleged fraud by some NIgerians in that same shop. Can't really blame the shop owner.. None the less racism is still out there.
I always knew you are an ediot, That stereotyping and racist, I dont care how many Nigerians have defrauded the shop, they need to step up their security against fraud.

Dont you ask yourself that because an Oyinbo man committed like Paedophilia yu dont hear the all Oyinbos are stereotyped.
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It might be racism and it might be nothing out of the ordinary.

We know Nigerians shop a great deal in London. So they are well known. Most shop will not turn down black people because they are Nigerians and we know card fraud is high in the west and shops have ways of dealing with it, like calling for authentication

Now, a sales person cannot just turn your card down unless it was declined or someone higher declined it. $17,000 is a good sale and most shops will not turn it down unless it was definitely declined.

I also find the excuse a bit suspect. The alleged Nigerians would have spoken English and Eto's brother seem to be proficient in English yet his card was accepted.
All Eto could have done is contact his card issuer to ask why the card was declined?

If it indeed happened then I can tell you the decision would have been made by someone else due to the size of the sale.
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The issue of racism is a very serious and sad one.

However, one part of the story confuses me. Eto'o's credit card was declined, while his brother's own was accepted.
Is his brother black? If so, did his brother look like a celebrity while Eto'o looked like a bodyguard? Appearance is not an excuse to deny him, but I am curious as to what went down.

And what kind of fake Senegalese knows Eto'o, but doesn't know what he looks like?

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