Monkey chanting or monkey chants are chants or calls aimed at ridiculing or denigrating Black sportspeople, usually footballers, who play in majority-White countries. The chants are intended to imitate "monkey" or " ape" noises. They may be accompanied by "monkey gestures", in imitation of the scratching of the armpits commonly seen amongst ape species. [1] The chants are expressive of the ethnic slurs " macaca" and "monkey" against people of African heritage.
Monkey chants may also be accompanied by throwing so-called "monkey food" (peanuts, bananas or banana skins) at black players or onto the sports field. [2] [3]
A number of incidents of this kind have been noted by media as manifestations of racism in association football and racism in cricket.
- ^ "Football fan, 72, convicted of making 'monkey' gestures at black players". The Guardian. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Perry, Barbara (2009). Hate Crimes. ISBN 978-0-275-99569-0.
- ^ "Comparing Black People to Monkeys has a Long, Dark Simian History", Huffington Post, Wulf D. Hund, University of Hamburg, Charles W Mills, Northwestern University
Monkey chanting or monkey chants are chants or calls aimed at ridiculing or denigrating Black sportspeople, usually footballers, who play in majority-White countries. The chants are intended to imitate "monkey" or " ape" noises. They may be accompanied by "monkey gestures", in imitation of the scratching of the armpits commonly seen amongst ape species. [1] The chants are expressive of the ethnic slurs " macaca" and "monkey" against people of African heritage.
Monkey chants may also be accompanied by throwing so-called "monkey food" (peanuts, bananas or banana skins) at black players or onto the sports field. [2] [3]
A number of incidents of this kind have been noted by media as manifestations of racism in association football and racism in cricket.
- ^ "Football fan, 72, convicted of making 'monkey' gestures at black players". The Guardian. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Perry, Barbara (2009). Hate Crimes. ISBN 978-0-275-99569-0.
- ^ "Comparing Black People to Monkeys has a Long, Dark Simian History", Huffington Post, Wulf D. Hund, University of Hamburg, Charles W Mills, Northwestern University