{"id":65496,"date":"2021-04-22T14:32:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T13:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=65496"},"modified":"2022-02-21T20:47:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:47:11","slug":"tackling-racism-in-football-new-art-project-aims-to-celebrate-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/tackling-racism-in-football-new-art-project-aims-to-celebrate-diversity","title":{"rendered":"Tackling racism in football: New art project aims to celebrate diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A mural has appeared on a building in Butetown. The man behind the project talks about it and his aspirations for the black community in Cardiff.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/FEATURE-MAIMUNA.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Maimuna Yoncana, a mother of two, painted on a building in Butetown (Photo credit to &#8220;J A C\u201d L\u00e97vn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a rainy, grey day in Cardiff, when Yusuf Ismail saw Maimuna Yoncana, a black woman with glowing skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had to stop her in the streets,\u201d Yusuf says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was unbelievable. For a black person, for someone like me, it\u2019s so amazing to see black excellence. It\u2019s so beautiful, I can\u2019t even explain. And the fact that it&#8217;s a woman, and she\u2019s pregnant, there\u2019s so much poetry to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mural, painted by Bradley Rmer One, replicates a photograph of Maimuna Yoncana from the  \u2018My City, My Shirt\u2019 exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project as well as the mural was organised by Yusuf Ismail, a creative from Cardiff. It uses photography to talk about race and identity in football, but also to celebrating its Cardiff background. The idea for this initiative originally emerged in the summer of 2019, when Yusuf Ismail and his partner, Shawqi Hasson, went to a Cardiff City football game. Despite being guests of honour, they felt alienated, like they didn\u2019t belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m extremely confident,\u201d Yusuf Ismail says. \u201cI\u2019m 6\u20194\u201d in height, I talk a lot, I laugh a lot, and I\u2019ve never felt conscious of my skin the way I felt within that stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After the game, I had a conversation with my friends, who were all white. And I jokingly said: \u2018You know what I want to do? I\u2019m going to take pictures of people of colour wearing that Cardiff City shirt\u2019, they laughed, I laughed. 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n-770x963.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n-293x366.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65511\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?attachment_id=65511\" class=\"wp-image-65511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n-770x963.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n-293x366.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/123049583_187016862996974_45925376804212378_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The purpose of the mural is to celebrate the contribution of Black &amp; diasporic communities here in Cardiff (Photo credit to Shawqi Hassan).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuf Ismail and Shawqi Hasson started the initiative with an exhibition of 23 photos of people from around Cardiff, wearing the jersey, who are contributing on a certain level in a positive way. The photography was all shot on film by Shawqi. Yusuf Ismail explains: \u201cI believe that people of colour, if you shoot them on film, their skin tones come out a lot more true to life than if you shoot digitally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For him, this project had four main goals: highlighting the systemic racism in Wales, helping communities around Cardiff, inspiring others to help in whichever way they can, and to get people to engage with the art and environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important because it puts spotlight on the problems that we have here in Wales,\u201d Yusef explains. \u201cThis systemic racism is prevalent. The community that I\u2019m in, there\u2019s a lot going on &#8211; like in June 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think this is a direct byproduct of my frustrations around that time, where as a black man, as a black person, I felt so much pain and agony. Ever since then, I\u2019ve had to really reflect on what I\u2019m doing right and create what I believe will inspire other black people to contribute as best they can, in whatever way they can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition happened during Black History Month, in October 2020, and while loved and appreciated by the people, especially people of colour, who attended, it wasn\u2019t well-received by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuf Ismail explained that the Cardiff Arts Council refused to fund the exhibition (later on, they also refused to fund the mural), and that Cardiff City also refused to show their official support, claiming the project might encourage \u2018reverse racism\u2019. To him, this is a clear representation of systemic racism within the football world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/E-1-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65822\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?attachment_id=65822\" class=\"wp-image-65822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/E-1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/E-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/E-1-2-770x433.jpg 770w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/E-2-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/E-2-2-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/E-2-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65830\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?attachment_id=65830\" class=\"wp-image-65830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-770x1155.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-293x440.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65830\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?attachment_id=65830\" class=\"wp-image-65830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-770x1155.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf-293x440.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/yusuf.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The exhibition was an invite-only affair, and had all the people who were photographed (Photo credit to &#8220;J A C\u201d L\u00e97vn).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What happened to Yusuf Ismail during the game in September 2019 wasn\u2019t a singular experience, however. He explains feeling alienated and singled out when going to Gareth Bale\u2019s <em>Elevens<\/em> pub after a game, being the only black person wearing a jersey, or not being able to wear a jersey at all as a person of colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe number of heads that got turned,\u201d he says. \u201cJust from me wearing that shirt, it highlighted the fact that, for white people, seeing a black person wearing that shirt was something quite weird.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that football in the UK has a problem with racism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/football-related-arrests-and-banning-orders-england-and-wales-2019-to-2020-season\/football-related-arrests-and-banning-orders-england-and-wales-2019-to-2020-season\">Reports<\/a> from the Home Office show that there has been a 50% increase in arrests at football games this season compared to last\u2019s related to race crime incidents, despite hundreds of games being cancelled because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More <a href=\"https:\/\/runrepeat.com\/racial-bias-study-soccer\">research<\/a> by <em>Run Repeat<\/em> shows that there is a bias in reporting people of colour playing on the field. For example, when talking about intelligence, 62.60% of praise was aimed at players with lighter skin tones, whereas 63.33% of criticism was aimed at players with darker skin tones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-410x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-410x1024.png 410w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-770x1924.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-615x1536.png 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-819x2048.png 819w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-293x732.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-410x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-410x1024.png 410w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-770x1924.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-615x1536.png 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-819x2048.png 819w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1-293x732.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Racism-and-football-fans-2-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Recent statistics for the 2019-20 season show an overall increase in hate crimes related to race, compared to last season (Credit to Scarlet Charles). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuf Ismail especially highlighted the importance of portraying black people in a positive light. Many harmful stereotypes surround them and to him, it\u2019s important to challenge them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says: \u201cAs a black person, in the media, you either see yourself as a slave, or in a negative way. And to have made Maimuna on a wall, looking regal, looking like a queen, it\u2019s empowering on so many levels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As he says this, gazing up proudly towards the mural, he sees a couple walking by and stop in their tracks. They look up towards the bright red wall in awe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t help myself from looking up, it\u2019s so gorgeous,\u201d he hears them say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And before approaching them to talk about it, he concludes with a grin: \u201cThis is a time for black excellence, celebration of our culture, celebration of our identity. 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