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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nCarter received criticism after her performance in England\u2019s defeat against France in their opening game of the tournament and was subsequently shifted from left-back to centre-back. She struggled again \u00adduring Thursday\u2019s quarter-final \u00advictory against Sweden and has now revealed the unacceptable \u00advitriol she has been a victim of while on \u00adinternational duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cFrom the start of the tournament I have experienced a lot of racial abuse,\u201d the 27-year-old defender wrote on Instagram. \u201cWhile I feel every fan is entitled to their opinion on performance and result I don\u2019t agree or think it\u2019s OK to target someone\u2019s appearance or race. As a result of this I will be taking a step back from social media and leaving it to a team to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carter has received widespread support, most emphatically from her teammates. In a collective statement, the Lionesses said: \u201cRepresenting our country is the greatest honour. It is not right that while we are doing that, some of us are treated \u00addifferently \u00adsimply because of the colour of our skin. Until now, we have chosen to take the knee before matches. It is clear we and football need to find another way to tackle racism. We have agreed as a squad to remain standing before kick\u2011off on Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement added: \u201cThose behind this online poison must be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lotte Wubben-Moy went further by announcing she was also \u00adcoming off social media. In a statement, the Arsenal defender said: \u201cAnother tournament goes by where we see the same disgusting racist abuse. It is unacceptable for any person to be subject to this or any kind of abuse. The issue goes beyond sport. But what is being done about it? On the very platforms we post on? I will not continue to feed the very \u00adplatform that enables abuse with no consequence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking about the Lionesses\u2019 decision to stop taking the knee, Lucy Bronze said: \u201cIt was driven by the group \u2013 obviously certain individuals more than others. I think it was just the fact that we feel as a \u00adcollective, is the message as strong as it used to be? Is the message really hitting hard? Because to us it feels like it\u2019s not if these things are still \u00adhappening to our players in the \u00adbiggest \u00adtournaments of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about putting another statement out there to say, you know, it\u2019s something that still is a problem, it\u2019s something that still needs to be put right. More needs to be done in football, more needs to be done in society, what that is right now as an individual, I don\u2019t exactly know. But it\u2019s something that we collectively as a team and as a federation want to work towards, we want to make changes. This is a small step trying to create another change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Football Association is \u00adworking with authorities to track down those responsible for tar\u00adgeting Carter. The chief executive, Mark Bullingham, said: \u201cAs soon as we were made aware of the racist abuse Jess received, we immediately contacted UK police. They are in touch with the relevant social media platform, and we are working with police to ensure those responsible for this hate crime are brought to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRegrettably, this is not the first time this has \u00adhappened to an England player, so we had measures in place to allow us to respond quickly and where possible provide information to support any potential police action. We will continue to discuss with the rele\u00advant authorities and social media companies about what more can and should be done to prevent this abhorrent abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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