World Cup Stars Fight Racist Taunt With Bananas

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World Cup Stars Fight Racist Taunt With Bananas
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Barcelona and Brazil star Dani Alves drew worldwide acclaim on Sunday after casually eating a banana (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/soccer-star-eats-banana-thrown-at-him/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) that a fan threw onto the pitch at him as a racist taunt during a soccer (http://mashable.com/category/soccer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) match

**w some of the game's biggest stars have taken to social media to throw their support behind Alves — both from his own national team and World Cup (http://mashable.com/category/world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) rivals.

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Banana-throwing is an all-too-common taunt used against dark-skinned players in European soccer. This particular banana was thrown at Alves during Barcelona's away match against Spanish side Villareal. Players have lost their temper, and some have refused to play after similar taunts in the past Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/dani-alves-racist-banana-support/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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