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The World Cup winner has faced accusations of making racist remarks while covering Germany's triumph over the Ivory Coast. When approached, he swiftly terminated the interview and walked away.Speaking to DW Sports, the former Liverpool boss stated: "And now you want to carry on this subject.
No, no, I have no chance, I have no chance to answer this question."Everybody likes it, so you bring me into this situation. You found a moment and surprisingly you are German.
Thank you very much."Bastian Schweinsteiger has been accused of making racially insensitive comments (Image: Getty Images)Klopp then departed from the assembled journalists, many of whom were heard protesting "no, no" as he left.Phillip Awounou, a black sports journalist and author from Germany, condemned Schweinsteiger's remarks in a recent piece.Writing in his column for Spiegel news magazine, he stated: "Behind attributions like 'wild' and 'unpredictable' are stereotypes which are older than football and which have racist, colonial roots."In the past, Black people of African heritage were stigmatized as uncivilized ('wild'), different ('unorthodox') and potentially dangerous ('unpredictable')."These are racist stereotypes," sports content creator Patrick Schnitzler informed his 50,000 Instagram followers, citing recent academic research which has shown that commentators and supporters are more inclined to focus on Black footballers' physical characteristics than those of non-Black players. You and me, too."Awounou did clarify that he does not believe Schweinsteiger is a racist, stating: "That's simply wrong.
