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Media helps fuel racism, says City forward Raheem Sterling
London — Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling says he believes newspapers are helping "fuel racism" and "aggressive behaviour" with their portrayal of young black players. The 24-year-old made the comments in an Instagram post on Sunday, a day after he faced alleged racist abuse from a supporter during City’s 2-0 Premier League defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Sterling posted two photos, contrasting different newspaper headlines for similar stories involving black and white teammates at City — Tosin Adarabioyo and Phil Foden — who bought new houses in 2018. The headline referring to Adarabioyo, who is black, focuses on how he spent £2.25m on a house "despite having never started a Premier League match" while that on Foden says he bought a £2m home "for his mum". "You have two players starting out their careers — both play for the same team, both have done the right thing, which is buy a new house for their mothers who have put in a lot of time and love into helping them get ...
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