Top Volleyball Player Mulls Quitting Italy Team Over Racism
頂尖排球運動員因為種族歧視考慮退出國家隊
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*Egonu comments after playing on bronze-medal winning team
*Volleyball star was born in Italy of Nigerian descent
ByAlessandro Speciale
2022年10月16日 下午6:53 [GMT+8]Updated on2022年10月16日 下午9:33 [GMT+8]
An Italian volleyball star is considering quitting the national squad over
racist attacks after helping her team take third place in the world
championships.
一名義大利排球明星在幫助他的球隊贏下世錦賽季軍後，因遭遇種族歧視，正在考慮退出
國家隊。
“This is my last game with the national team,” Paola Egonu, a 23-year-old
born in Italy of Nigerian descent, was heard telling her manager in a video
posted on Twitter on Saturday. She spoke after the team’s 3-0 victory over
the US to secure the bronze medal. “You can’t understand. They asked me why
I am Italian.”
「這是我在國家隊的最後一場比賽」Egonu，一名23歲出生於義大利的奈及利亞裔球員，被
一則於星期六發布在推特上的影片錄到，這樣對他的經紀人說。他說這段話時，他的隊伍
才以3：0贏過美國拿下銅牌。「你不懂。他們問說我為什麼是義大利人。」
Outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi later called Egonu, a two-time Olympian,
on Sunday to express his support.
義大利總理Mario Draghi於稍晚的星期日致電Egonu（兩屆奧運選手），表達他的支持。
Egonu later clarified in TV interviews that she wants to take a “pause,”
and that she’ll consider whether to rejoin the national team at a later
stage.
Egonu稍後在電視訪問上澄清，他只是想要「暫停」一下，同時他也會考慮未來再參與國家
隊徵召。
The athlete, who now plays for a top team in Istanbul, has often been a
lightning rod for public frustration when Italy’s team lost a key game, as
was the case earlier this week in the world cup semifinal.
現正效力於伊斯坦堡頂尖球隊的Egonu，時常是義大利隊輸掉關鍵比賽時，失望大眾發洩不
滿的對象，一如這周早前的世界盃（應該是指世錦賽）四強。
“It makes me laugh reading people who ask why I am Italian,” Egonu said in
an interview with Sky Sport. “I ask myself why I represent such people.”
「我看到有人問我為什麼是義大利人時，真的笑出來」，Egonu在接受Sky Sport的訪問時
表示，「我自問為什麼應該代表這種人出賽。」
Italy’s sports is rife with racism, with Black players routinely subjected
to booing and chants from fans of rival teams. Beyond sports, the only person
of color to have been appointed a government minister, Cecile Kyenge, was
regularly targeted with racial slurs while she served as minister for
integration almost a decade ago.
義大利運動界充斥著種族主義，尤其黑人運動員必須面對敵隊粉絲的噓聲，已經是常態。
在體育界以外，作為義大利唯一一位曾被任命為部長的黑人政治家，西西莉‧坎基十年前
任職社會融合部部時，亦時常面臨具種族歧視色彩的詆毀。
The attacks against Egonu signal “a stereotyped, racist mindset,” Italy’s
anti-racial-discrimination office said in a tweet. “It’s called racism,
they are called racists,” outgoing Equal Opportunities Minister Elena
Bonetti said after Egonu’s comments.
義大利的反種族歧視辦公室在一則推特中表示，攻擊Egonu的言論是「一種標準的種族主義
思維」。機會平等部部長Elena Bonetti在Egonu的聲明後這樣說：「這是種族主義，他們
是種族主義分子。」
Egonu was already the subject of attacks after she announced she was in a
same-sex relationship in 2018.
早在2018年，Egonu就已經因為公開他當時的同性親密關係，而飽受攻擊。
The right-wing coalition that won last month’s Italian election chose as
speaker of the lower house an ultra-conservative known for hard-line
positions on LGBTQ rights and same-sex marriage, as well as for his
admiration of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After their phone call, Draghi said Egonu was “a pride of Italian sport”
and that she’ll have “future opportunities to other trophies wearing the
national team jersey,” he said on Twitter.
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看到國外已經吵翻天，還沒有人分享，先貼過來。只翻了一部分，如果版友有興趣，
再慢慢翻完。所以季軍戰Egonu心情不好不是大家的錯覺，而是他真的處於很大的壓力之中
。此外，四強墊底的美國隊也是被美國鄉民各種批評，砲火猛烈到退休的成員或親友忍不
出來緩頰。
原來國球是贏球到處都有......運動員競技已經夠難了，還要面對鄉民、甚至酸民的
語言，真的很辛苦Qwq