{"id":85404,"date":"2014-04-28T09:50:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=85404"},"modified":"2014-04-28T10:06:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T17:06:25","slug":"racist-throws-banana-at-soccer-player-and-soccer-player-has-the-perfect-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/racist-throws-banana-at-soccer-player-and-soccer-player-has-the-perfect-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Racist Throws Banana at Soccer Player&#8230; And Soccer Player Has The Perfect Response!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/racist-throws-banana-at-soccer-player-and-soccer-player-has-the-perfect-response\/soccer-player-eating-a-banana\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-85405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/soccer-player-eating-a-banana.jpg\" alt=\"soccer player eating a banana\" width=\"550\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/soccer-player-eating-a-banana.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/soccer-player-eating-a-banana-550x311.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dani Alves, Barcelona player had the perfect response to a racist.<\/p>\n<p>A fan threw a banana at him \u2014 something that still happens to black players with troubling frequency across Europe. 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