Online hatred for Mali’s Koman Coulibaly
Unlikely to be making any travel plans to the US any time soon
Ah, the internet… What’s not to love? The USA-Slovenia match ended less than half an hour ago. Koman Coulibaly, the Malian referee, didn’t have the greatest of games culminating in his decision to disallow a perfectly good winning goal for the Americans. Here’s a selection of the new entries made to Coulibaly’s Wikipedia page:
“If I had my druthers I would love to see this guy hung.”
“I don’t think it’s any coincidence his skin is the same color as evil.”
“Malicious Koman denying white man the goal”
“I think the US should house him in Guantanamo.”
“why is noone talking about how this guy is black…seems obvious to me.”
Wikipedia has wisely noted that the “neutrality of this article is disputed” and has restored its original blandness.
3 Comments to “Online hatred for Mali’s Koman Coulibaly”
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By Russell, June 18, 2010 @ 5:01 pm
Uh did anyone notice that the guy who scored the goal was black and that Slovenia didn’t have a single black player? I don’t think race played a part in his decision, although being from impoverished country may have. I certainly can’t eliminate the possibility he took money for that game. Have you heard of a referee in any sport making a call and then not telling anyone what the call is?
By Steve, June 19, 2010 @ 6:28 am
Russell,
Referees in football never explain their calls. It would be better, perhaps, if they did, but they don’t. This isn’t unusual.
Don’t agree with the suggestion of corruption either. Coulibaly is relatively experienced – he reffed the African Nations final this year – but he looked out of his depth yesterday. I’m pretty sure it was nerves rather than anything nefarious
Thanks for commenting,
Steve