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The racism shown toward non-white European soccer players is a microcosm of a larger problem throughout the continent. While soccer's growing diversity has shifted public opinion toward acceptance over the years, far-right politicians are now using this diversity for xenophobic ends. Immigrants — whether millionaire soccer stars or regular people — still face this harsh reality on a daily basis.
Whether it be in sports teams or national demographics more generally, not all those who wish to maintain a cultural identity are racist. When European culture dies and racial tensions only worsen, it's not wrong to question whether the "diversity utopia" theory has been proven wrong.