Japanese NBA rising star Rui Hachimura said he receivesracist messages “almost every day,” as uproar grows over the abuse directed at top athletes online.
His revelation comes after England’s Premier League led a social media boycott to protest against racist taunts suffered by footballers including Marcus Rashford and Reece James.
Hachimura, 23, a forward for the NBA team Washington Wizards, was commenting after his brother — a basketball player at a Japanese university — tweeted a screenshot of an offensive message he had received.
“There are people who say there is no racism in Japan,” wrote Aren Hachimura, 21, alongside an image of the direct message in Japanese that used a ra…
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