Monkey chanting
Monkey chanting or monkey chants are chants or calls aimed at ridiculing or denigrating
macaca
" and "monkey" against people of African heritage.
Monkey chants may also be accompanied by throwing so-called "monkey food" (peanuts, bananas or banana skins) at black players or onto the sports field.[2][3]
A number of incidents of this kind have been noted by media as manifestations of racism in association football and racism in cricket.
See also
References
- ^ "Football fan, 72, convicted of making 'monkey' gestures at black players". The Guardian. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-275-99569-0.
- Huffington Post, Wulf D. Hund, University of Hamburg, Charles W Mills, Northwestern University