‘It’s utterly disgusting’: Casey Stoney furious at abuse of Lauren James
The Manchester United Women supervisor, Casey Stoney, has condemned assaults on her ahead Lauren James however has stated that gamers mustn’t abandon social media platforms as a result of of the abuse.
Stoney additionally revealed that she had been the topic of abuse as a result of of her sexuality, however stated that ceding social media house to trolls would imply “you lose your voice”.
“I’ve spoken to her. I speak to her every day when she’s here and when she’s not here,” Stoney stated. James is one of a number of high-profile footballers to be focused with racist abuse in latest weeks. She didn’t play in United’s WSL loss to Reading on Sunday as a result of of an harm.
Stoney highlighted the 19-year-old’s age: “She’s a very young person living away from home. It’s hard for me to comprehend sitting here as a white person in terms of actually being able to understand what she lives through every single day, what she’s experiencing. It’s disgusting, it’s utterly disgusting.
“When a player comes to me and says it’s kind of water off a duck’s back, that is gut-wrenching for me that she has to face that. I just cannot get my head around it all and it does upset me quite a lot.
“As a club we can support her. In terms of boycotting [social media], you lose your voice. As a club we always look into ways where we can campaign against these things. We have to wrap our arms around her but also stand next to her.”
Stoney joined the ranks of soccer’s leaders in calling on authorities to power social media corporations to take motion towards abusive customers. She additionally spoke of her personal traumatic experiences as a person within the recreation.
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She stated: “I think the government and the powers that be need to do so much more to govern these social media platforms and we need to stand up, speak up and make it unacceptable that this happens.
“Discrimination in any form is absolutely unacceptable. I have been told I’m an abomination and should never have been born. I have been sent things through the post that weren’t very nice just because I love another human being.”
