Germany’s star soccer player, Mesut Özil, has quit in protest of the racism he’s faced for his Turkish roots. In a four-page letter, the star midfielder wrote, “I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose.” He said he was scapegoated and blamed for Germany’s disappointing World Cup performance and that he received a flood of hate mail after a photo surfaced of him posing with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Germany’s Soccer Star Mesut Özil Quits in Protest of Racism
HeadlineJul 24, 2018