Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
‘BRAZIL STILL MORE RACIST’
» BRIGHTON’S Brazilian defender Bernardo says he has suffered racist abuse – but only in his own country.
Since moving to Austria in 2016 and then
Germany before a £9million move to the Premier League, he’s loved Europe’s diversity.
Bernardo (right), who takes on Chelsea today, recalls a very different culture in his native land.
The 23-year-old said: “In my school, I was the only black guy. It bothered me. My parents could afford to pay for my education... in school I was with the rich kids.
“In training I was with the poor kids.
“I came across more prejudice in Brazil but not in Austria, Germany and England.
“Brazil, from outside, looks like a racially mixed country. But we were one of the last nations to quit slavery.
“In London you see people from the most different cultures living together and, say, eating in a nice restaurant or driving a nice car. But in Brazil, no.”