Amazing. The Europeans plume themselves on their so-called enlightened attitudes toward such things as race, yet I guarantee you'd never see any such spectacle here in the U.S.--not even at an Eagles game!
Yep, that's the way it is.
We used to have a problem with racist taunts at football matches twenty or so years ago here, but it doesn't happen now. One particularly nasty stunt that used to happen was to throw bananas on the pitch when black players came on. One black guy (forget his name) used to pick them up and start eating them.
Nowadays the crowds content themselves with cruel jibes about some of the players wives.
For example..."Posh Spice..." (married to David Beckham)..."takes it up the ----!"
The situation in Italy makes the 1865-1960 look like a walk in the park for blacks here.
You try such a stunt at any major sporting event in the USA and every sports commentator will denounce you and the ACLU would be after your rear end in no time flat. Now you know why Europeans think sports fans at American sporting venues are just too civilized.... 