Rashford, Sancho, Saka

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Black excellence in Football. Sunday hurt... The England men’s football team missed out on becoming European Champions after losing to Italy. Despite the team’s historic performance Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka got loads of racist abuse online for missing their penalties. Now, it kinda feels like the country is standing up to racism. This week De-Graft visits the Marcus Rashford mural in Manchester, which was defaced after the Euro final. We celebrate the success of the Black English players with Black sports journalist, Leon Mann, and we speak to grime artist, Saskilla, about what the FA is doing to tackle racism in football. Clips credit goes to Century Films who helped produce Saskilla’s doc for BBC3: "Do Black Lives Still Matter?" Host: De-Graft Mensah Producers: Jack Suddaby and Seren Jones Sound Designer: Jack Suddaby Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos Tracklisting: 00:04 De-Graft visits the Marcus Rashford mural 00:56 De-Graft is back with this week’s EP! 01:35 De-Graft’s Euro’s journey 03:44 In conversation with Leon Mann 04:22 England making history 08:12 Black Excellence in the England squad 09:30 In conversation with Saskilla 12:36 Government response to racist abuse directed at England players 13:01 Social media companies’ response to racist abuse directed at England players 13:50 The lack of Black managers in football 15:45 The lack of Black football captains 17:16 How do we solve online racism? 20:55 De-Graft’s reflections 21:16 Thanks for listening, we promise De-Graft and Roshan will be back for the next episode!