Juventus Women issue grovelling apology after sparking fury with now-deleted tweet that showed picture of player appearing to mock Asian people by squinting her eyes while wearing a cone as a hat
- Juventus women have been forced to issue an apology for an offensive image
- Their Twitter account posted a picture appearing to mock asian people
- It showed a player wearing a cone as a hat while squinting her eyes in training
Juventus women have been forced to apologise after posting a picture of player who appeared to mock asian people by wearing a training cone on her head while squinting her eyes.
The post on the club’s Twitter account – which has now been deleted but was left up for 20 minutes – provoked fury on social media after the female player in question appeared to use the training ground apparatus to imply a traditional rice hat.
In their initial post, the club had used an emoji of a squinting face followed by two hands pointing at it to mimic the same pose as the player in the photo.
In a statement on Twitter, Juventus women said they were ‘always against racism and discrimination’.
‘We sincerely apologise that our tweet, which was not meant to cause controversy or have any racial undertones, may have offended anyone,’ the statement read. ‘Juventus has always been against racism and discrimination. #DifferencesMakeTheDifference.’
Juventus won the women’s Italian league last season and were one of the first teams to set up a women’s side in Italy.
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Juventus have come under fire for an offensive picture that appeared to mock asian people