https://le-magasin.co.uk/tag/activism/ Recent content in activism on Le Magasin Hugo en-GB Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:31:39 +0000 https://le-magasin.co.uk/england-star-maro-itoje-on-activism-racism-and-rugby.html Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:31:39 +0000 https://le-magasin.co.uk/england-star-maro-itoje-on-activism-racism-and-rugby.html <div> <p>Soon after joining Saracens, one of England’s top rugby union clubs, Maro Itoje witnessed a white teammate greeting a fellow white player with the words: “What’s up, my n****r?”</p> <p>“I was sure I didn’t hear it right,” Itoje tells me. “Then I heard it again and I thought, ‘Surely he’s not being serious?’ When I heard it for a third time, I actually went up to him and said, ‘That is really offensive.’” </p>