Snap judgments in the Patrice Evra-Luis Suárez dispute help no one | Marina Hyde

Snap judgments in the Patrice Evra-Luis Suárez dispute help no one | Marina Hyde

All accusations of racism should be taken seriously, but all players are innocent until proven guilty – contrary to what you may have read Is there anything less appealing than the absolute moral certainty with which some Liverpool fans automatically dismissed Patrice Evra's claim that he was racially abused, and some Manchester United fans automatically wrote off Luis Suárez as a racist, despite neither faction having any way of knowing for sure what actually happened on the pitch on Saturday?

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