On Monday Balotelli republished the image of Super Mario – a Nintendo computer game character with whom he shares a nickname – that had the legend: “Don’t be racist. Be like Mario. He’s an Italian plumber, created by Japanese people, who speaks English and looks like a Mexican … jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a jew.”
One Jewish leader has condemned Balotelli’s actions and impressed on him the need to “be more careful”.
“It is incredibly offensive,” Jonny Wineberg, vice-president of the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester, told the Manchester Evening News. “We know it’s patently untrue and it’s reinforcing a stereotype. Comments like that have no place from anybody but he will be aware that someone like him, in the public eye, will be paid attention to. He should be more careful.”
One Jewish leader has condemned Balotelli’s actions and impressed on him the need to “be more careful”.
“It is incredibly offensive,” Jonny Wineberg, vice-president of the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester, told the Manchester Evening News. “We know it’s patently untrue and it’s reinforcing a stereotype. Comments like that have no place from anybody but he will be aware that someone like him, in the public eye, will be paid attention to. He should be more careful.”
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