HOESEN SAYS HE RECEIVED RACIST MESSAGE

Danny Hoesen, a Quakes forward born to a Moroccan father and Dutch mother, said Wednesday that he recently showed his teammates a racist message he received on his private Instagram account. Hoesen, who is biracial, said White teammates apologized to him, saying they had no idea what Black people and other people of color go through.

The turbulent times have not changed Hoesen’s opinion of America, though. “This is such a big country with such big diversity and such a big history,” he said. “I knew some things about it. It’s not that racism is only in America. It is in Europe, it’s in Asia, it’s everywhere. “I’m curious how the country handles it, how the president handles it.”