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Your point being that racism exists in sport. Ok, I agree. I entirely disagree that this is what has shaped Bouhanni's public image though, and think it's ridiculous to try and argue that it has. Again, you can cite nothing specific to support what you're saying.
There's plenty of sprinters that keep their noses clean, don't get in bust-ups and don't publicly slag off their own teams, unsurprisingly they don't have an image problem.
It's very good of you to inject this narrative on behalf of an adult male who is perfectly capable of defending himself or objecting to any racism he encounters on his own behalf though.
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My point being:
How can you not be aware of the subtle and not subtle racism of being other in a sporting environment and how decisions have been made about you before you've done anything?
We don't have to go far back in time to see sporting personalities having their chances of representing their country scuppered because of the colour of their skin.
It might not be talked openly about but unconscious bias is a thing.
Edit: I can't. Is there a textual analysis of sporting articles for this thing? I don't read acres of sports articles, inrrng for the win.
I'd imagine it's not particularly difficult for linguistics and r to do.