The fight against racism belongs to all of us
two black men, and two white women. As Saka’s penalty was saved by the Italian goalkeeper, sealing Italy’s victory over England, me and the guys withdrew a little into ourselves. Yes, we were gutted about the outcome of the game, but more than that we knew what was coming. We knew that a racist backlash against Rashford, Sancho and Saka (the England players who’d missed their penalties – all young black men) was inevitable because the margin of error that black people
