Wilfried Zaha: Crystal Palace winger suffers racist abuse on social media after win over Man City
Wilfried Zaha has been racially abused on social media following Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City; Zaha posted screenshots of the abuse on Instagram
Sunday 31 October 2021 23:12, UK
Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to racist abuse on social media following Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City.
Zaha scored the opening goal as Palace won 2-0 at the Etihad on Saturday, and the Ivorian was also involved in the incident which saw City defender Aymeric Laporte sent off for a professional foul.
Zaha took to Instagram on Saturday night to post screenshots of a number of racist messages he had received on social media following the match.
"This message isn't for me to get a million messages saying we stand with you and it's disgusting or about me getting sympathy," Zaha posted on his Instagram story.
"I'm not here for all the nonsense that is being done instead of fixing the actual problem!
"I don't mind abuse because nowadays it comes with doing the job I do even though it's not an excuse but my colour will always be the real problem but it's fine because I'll always be BLACK AND PROUD!
"Speak to me when you actual take this issue serious."
Zaha has previously called for "strong action" to be taken against those found responsible for racist abuse.
A spokesperson from Meta, Instagram's parent company, told Sky Sports News: "No one should have to experience racist abuse anywhere.
"Sending messages like this on Instagram is completely against our rules and we have removed the accounts who sent the abuse from Instagram.
"But we also want to help protect people from having to see this abuse in the first place. That's why we've developed safety features like Hidden Words, which filters offensive comments and DMs, and Limits, which lets you hide comments and messages from people who don't follow you, or who only followed you recently.
"No single thing will fix this challenge overnight, but we're committed to our work to protect our community from abuse."
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