Combating Online Racism in Sports Initiative (CORSI)
EthicalTech@GW, through our Combating Online Racism in Sports Initiative (CORSI), analyzes and advocates for the most effective approaches to combating racism in sports – online and on the field – while meaningfully protecting freedom of expression. We engage in this important work by studying comparative approaches to striking this balance, including under EU law, US law, the law of other regions, and the (evolving) content regulations adopted by the major social media platforms.
Events and Resources
- Presentation by Prof. Dawn Nunziato and Zachary Lowy for the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program on Combating Racism in Sports (October 7, 2024)
News to Follow
- Williams Brothers Stand in Solidarity with Balde Following Racist Abuse Incident (Jan. 19, 2025)
- Three fans arrested for alleged racist chanting during El Clasico (Nov. 23, 2024)
- Four arrests over alleged racist Vinicius Jr campaign (Oct. 24, 2024)
- LALIGA achieves the first conviction in Spain for racist insults in football (Oct. 6, 2024)
- Getafe president criticises own player for highlighting racist abuse in Spain (Sept. 26, 2024)
- UEFA fines 7 soccer nations for racist and discriminatory fan conduct at Euro 2024 games (July 24, 2024)
- Soccer fan arrested in Marseille as authorities investigate reports of Nazi salute, monkey chants (May 3, 2024)
- Mallorca probing another racial-abuse incident after fan makes monkey gestures at Real Madrid game (April 14, 2024)
- Police punish 4 more Udinese soccer fans for racially abusing AC Milan goalkeeper (Jan. 24, 2024)
- German soccer federation to prosecute perpetrators of online racist abuse (Dec. 12, 2023)
- UEFA charges Eintracht Frankfurt for ‘racist behaviour,’ Marseille for ‘crowd disturbances’ (Sept 14, 2022)
- British police arrest 11 people for online racist abuse following Euro 2020 final (Aug. 5, 2021)
- UEFA suspends Sebastian Coltescu after PSG-Basaksehir Champions League Player Walks Off (Aug. 3, 2021)
- Reggie Cannon: ‘My safety in America was compromised for pointing out injustice’ (March 3, 2021)
- A soccer player in Portugal who tried to leave the pitch after being racially abused by fans had to be subbed off so his team didn’t forfeit the match (Feb. 17, 2020)
- Not his country’s keeper — the tale of Moacyr Barbosa (May 29, 2014)
Team
Faculty Director: Professor Dawn Nunziato
Researchers: Genna Fukuda, Joshua Barclay, Andrew Bernstein, YouHao Lai
Events
View our previous and upcoming events and recent event recaps here. You can also watch event recordings, including the most recent event that convened a remarkable group of experts on diversity in education to discuss the most pressing issues facing us.