A Mexican trade association leader is expected to lose his position after a video showing him making a racist gesture toward a South Korean influencer during a World Cup match went viral online.

South Korean content creator Yoon Su-jin, known online as inocat_t and followed by nearly nine million people across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, was filming herself celebrating South Korea's opening World Cup win over Czechia in Jalisco, Mexico, when the incident occurred.

While recording, Ulises Bernal, president of the College of Topographic and Geomatic Engineers of Jalisco, appeared in the background.

The man's racist gesture

Footage shows him laughing, making hand gestures, and then pulling his eyes into a slanted shape before sitting back down. Yoon appeared visibly shocked as she looked toward her camera.

Reacting to the moment, Yoon wrote in Korean: “I came all the way to Mexico for the World Cup, but … am I being too sensitive?” She also described the experience by writing: “POV: You traveled across the world for the World Cup… and experienced racism.”

The backlash was unsurprisingly quick, prompting a huge response from the engineering association.

A spokesperson for the government trade association told The New York Post: “We are deeply saddened by what is happening regarding this incident.”

They also confirmed that disciplinary action was being considered, explaining that “the Honor and Justice Committee is meeting this same day” and that Bernal would be “removed from office.”

Yoon-su Jin was subjected to racist abuse at the World Cup. Credit: Yoon-su Jin/TikTok

Social media condemns abuse

Many social media users expressed support for Yoon and condemned the behavior of Bernal, in what was supposed to be a celebration of football.

One commenter wrote: “That’s rude, that’s not right! I apologize, not all Mexicans are like that.”

Another person dismissed Bernal's actions as ignorance rather than representative of the country, saying: “Just as there are people all over the world with something wrong with their brains, that guy is no exception.” The commenter added: “Let it go and enjoy everything else.”

However, not everyone agreed that the gesture was offensive. Some users argued that people were overreacting.

One ignorant commenter claimed: “A few years ago, no one took offense at that gesture. Today, people are so thin-skinned that they call anything racism.”

Another person attempted to defend the behavior as part of local culture, writing: “That’s just how we are in Mexico. We give everyone nicknames, we make fun of everything, and we love to tease and banter — it’s what makes us happy.”

The commenter continued: “Just because there’s a lot of racism in the US, people want to apply that same standard to Mexico? Give me a break.”

The incident has sparked broader discussion online about racism, cultural differences, and the behavior expected from public figures during major international events like the World Cup.

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Italy's women's soccer team has apologized a racist tweet was made from its Twitter account.

Per The New York Post, the controversy was ignited on Thursday, August 5, when Italian team Juventus FC tweeted an image of one of their players Cecilia Salvai.

As you can see in the since-deleted post, Salvai was wearing an orange plastic cone on her head, seemingly meant to represent rice hats associated with a number of Asian cultures, while pulling back the skin at the side of her eyes to make them appear hooded.

The tweet also included three emojis, seemingly meant to represent the same action.

This picture immediately incurred a significant backlash from other social media users, who accused the soccer team of bigotry and racist stereotyping.

As a result of its extremely critical response, the picture was deleted a mere 20 minutes after being posted.

A spokesperson for the team took to Twitter later that day to write: "We sincerely apologize that our tweet, which was not meant to cause controversy or have any racial undertones, may have offended anyone.

"Juventus has always been against racism and discrimination. #DifferencesMakeTheDifference [sic]"

However, a number of Twitter users were left incredulous by the response and critical of its sincerity.

One person wrote: "The question you need to ask yourselves is how the person in the picture didn't know this was racist?

"How did the photographer not know this was racist? How did your social media handler not know this was racist?"

A second added: "Please explain in detail what it was meant to convey then."

Another wrote: "It doesn't have racist undertones, it has racist through-and-through tones."

While another quipped: "Lol undertone - that’s about the overest overtone one could have. [sic]"

Then this user stated: "But… it wasn't even racial undertones… it was just straight up racist."

Another added: "Yeah it's funny how people say they’ve always been against racism but don’t understand how this is blatantly racist and offensive.

"My grandpa didn't spend 7 years in a prison so that his culture could be laughed at by football players. Hold athletes accountable for their actions. [sic]"

In an official statement posted to its website, a spokesperson for Juventus added: "We would like to express our deepest apologies for the social post that read as racially discriminatory content on the Juventus Women's Football Twitter account yesterday."

They went on: "Juventus immediately realized that the Club had committed an unforgivable mistake, and this mistake has seriously hurt the feelings of all people who oppose racial discrimination.

"Juventus acknowledges this mistake, and the Club will make the most profound reflection and thorough review to prevent similar things from happening again."

Per The New York Times, Juventus FC was previously accused of having a culture of racism when Black striker Moise Kean was subjected to prejudiced abuse from fans.

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After a night of sheer bliss for Argentina and their fans across the globe, it seems some netizens couldn't help but complain about something. This time, Salt Bae was the target.

For those who missed it, Argentina beat France in a tense 120-minute game that ended in a score of 3 - 3, before the two teams battled it out in penalty shootouts that saw La Albiceleste (as they are affectionately known) take home the coveted World Cup trophy in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after a 4-2 victory.

The award itself is made from 18-carat gold and is worth a staggering $20 million, according to FIFA. Naturally, only a select group of people are permitted to touch the trophy - including winners of the World Cup and heads of state, per FIFA's website.

So, it comes as no surprise that Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe - better known as Salt Bae - received mixed reactions when he took to Instagram to post several short clips and images of himself holding the golden trophy and biting players' gold medals to his 49.8 million followers.

One of the clips - which saw the chef standing next to Argentinian player Di Maria and saying his catchphrase "Wow" - received close to 15,000 comments from users, and many of them were not happy. "He can't touch on the cup. Only world champions can do that. No respect," one person wrote.

"You can tell Di Maria wants nothing to do with this picture, embarrassing that he's used this moment to use his c**p catchphrase," another person added.

Another user chimed in with: "The disrespect, this guy is just full of himself."

'This guy will never deserve to touch the world cup..just touch salt you shameless [sic]," another comment read.

"This salt guy is becoming unbelievably annoying and obnoxious," a further user added.

Other Instagram users drew attention to a separate viral video that showed the chef desperately trying to get Messi's attention, with one person writing underneath a photo of the pair: "Bruh keep the distance, he was celebrating w his peeps not some random from tiktok [sic]."

Was Salt Bae wrong to touch the World Cup? Let us know in the comments below.

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FIFA is facing calls to remove a video assistant referee from the 2026 World Cup after an anti-racism monitoring group claimed a hand gesture made during a live broadcast resembled a symbol linked to white supremacist movements.

The controversy centers on Australian official Shaun Evans, who was shown on television before Germany's opening match against Curaçao on Sunday. During the introduction of the VAR team, Evans appeared to make an "OK" sign with his right hand while standing alongside fellow officials.

The incident has drawn criticism from the Fare network, a long-time partner of FIFA and UEFA that monitors racist and discriminatory behavior at international football matches. The organization said the gesture appeared similar to a symbol that has been adopted by far-right groups in some contexts.

Fare calls for action

“Advice from our experts is that the gesture used clearly resembles an upside down ‘OK’ hand symbol used as a ‘white power’ symbol in global far-right circles,” the Fare network said in a statement.

“Clearly this official should have no further role to play in this World Cup,” it added, also describing the gesture as “neo-Nazi.”

The gesture in question involves touching the thumb and forefinger together to form a circle while extending the remaining fingers. In 2019, the New York-based Anti-Defamation League designated the symbol as a hate symbol, noting that it had been used by white supremacists and other far-right groups.

Context behind the symbol

It remains unclear whether Evans was making a political statement or taking part in what is commonly known as the "circle game", a prank in which a person flashes an upside-down OK sign below their waist and attempts to trick others into looking at it.

The gesture gained attention online after being appropriated by far-right groups, following a campaign that reportedly began as a hoax on the message board 4chan before spreading more widely.

Shaun Evans. Credit: Carmen Mandato - FIFA / Getty

When the Anti-Defamation League added the symbol to its hate symbol database in 2019, Oren Segal, director of the ADL’s Centre on Extremism, stressed the importance of examining the circumstances surrounding its use.

At the time, he said: “There is enough of a volume of use for hateful purposes that we felt it was important to add.”

Questions raised over broadcast appearance

Evans is one of 30 VAR officials selected by FIFA to work at the World Cup across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The VAR team operates from the tournament's broadcast centre in Dallas, despite Germany's match against Curaçao taking place in Houston.

Fare also questioned why the gesture was made during a televised introduction.

“Why is a VAR supervisor using this symbol at a global football event at the very moment he knows the cameras are on him?” Fare said. “We note that in the two subsequent games it appears TV directors have stopped introducing the VAR panel to the TV audience.”

No decision had been announced by FIFA regarding Evans' role in the tournament at the time of publication.

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Starbucks literally just finished racial bias training - we've been told time and time again that discrimination against anyone for essentially existing and doing all the crap people seemingly do every day is not right (you shouldn't have to be told anyway, it should be instilled upon you from birth) yet here we are again with another clown.

Footage has emerged of a man racially abusing a worker at a fast food restaurant for not honoring his burger voucher.

The man launches a vile tirade against the server at the Jack in a Box restaurant in Manvel, Texas where at one point he threatens to send her "back to Mexico."

The original video by Lupita Rangel, was posted here by Wolfie Hernandez, the original post translates to, "I buy you a ticket back to #Mexico", so threaten this man to a Latina employee in a #jackinthebox, apparently the man got upset because he didn't make a coupon that was already beaten, the facts happened to #south From #Houston."

Lupita herself posted: "Never thought i'd experience racism so close."

Another member of staff steps in to try and identify what the issue is. The man responds "She lied her a** off. She thought she could get away with it." While the member of staff tries to tell the man that he will be getting what he had asked for, the man interjects, and claims he had seen the woman dropping food.

He then asks the woman's name and says "goodbye Maria. I'm going to buy you a ticket back to Mexico." The man then storms out of the premises. The video has been viewed over 86,000 times, with many people sharing their outrage at the footage.

Jason Steinberg wrote: "Another day, another angry racist." Christopher Green wrote: "That's horrible. People go through life angry about the smallest things and that talk such hatred ... karma will get him."

Hopefully, a similar fate befalls the unnamed man as it did New York lawyer, Aaron Schlossberg. His racist rant lead to some rather delicious just desserts.

People posted so many negative reviews on his law firm’s Yelp listing that Yelp themselves had to intervene. The company says its policy for news making businesses is to remove posts “that appear to be motivated more by the news coverage itself than the reviewer’s personal consumer experience with the business”.

New reviews about the law firm that apparently slipped through the filtering range from ironically helpful—like how concerned New Yorkers can lodge complaints—to tabloid headline-like condemnations (and subtle sketch show references) such as: “Ya done messed up now, A-a-ron!!”

Schlossberg is no longer welcome in the building where he rents office space. This is probably the result of critics quickly locating Schlossberg’s office listing on Google Maps.

Not only did this include changing the business category to “Mexican Restaurant” and swapping a photo of the attorney for an image of a dog being hit in the face with a frisbee, they also created a GoFundMe page raising “$500 to send a Mariachi band to cheer up the staff and attorneys at The Law Office of Aaron M. Schlossberg Esq. after a difficult day”.

Unsurprisingly, Schlossberg has a history of being a complete a**hole. Internet sleuths and activists dug up dirt on Schlossberg, including video of him calling someone an “ugly f**king foreigner” and photos of him in the company of noted pro-Trump trolls not to mention berating Jewish people for going on marches for Palestine. Talk s**t, get hit...with the scorn of millions of Americans, united in their total disgust of you. Your time is coming, blue t-shirt man.

The objectification of women in sports is a tale as old as time. Whether that is scantily clad "grid girls" standing in front of cars before the Grands Prix or the Darts Corporation's "walk-on girls", there is a long history of women being treated as accoutrements in live sporting competitions. Now while the aforementioned practices have since banned the use of both "grid girls" and "walk-on girls", one game where women are still prized solely on their looks is, of course, the football.

Certainly, whenever watching televised football, the camera always seems to zoom in on one of two things: children holding amusing signs, and beautiful women.

This practice may be about to change, however. In a bid to tackle sexism, television stations have been told by FIFA to stop zooming in on attractive women within the crowds.

The head of sustainability and diversity at FIFA, Federico Addiechi, has spoken positively of the changes. "We've done it with individual broadcasters. We've done it with our host broadcast services," he stated, before explaining that FIFA is prepared to "take action against things that are wrong".

There have been an unprecedented number of reports of sexism at this year's World Cup, with female reporters allegedly being harassed, not just online, but in public too. Certainly, while pre-tournament concerns that Russia 2018 would see a barrage of homophobic and racist attacks have not materialised, accounts of sexist behaviour have been rife.
The anti-discrimination collective, Fare Network, have been working with FIFA to monitor behaviour and attitudes in and around the World Cup games, and its executive director, Piara Powar, has since stated that sexism has been the biggest issue at Russia 2018.

Speaking to journalist at a press conference about diversity issues before England's semi-final against Croatia, Powar said that he and his time have "documented more than 30 cases" of mostly Russian women being "accosted in the streets" by male football fans. He added, however, that the real number of incidents is likely to be "10 times this".

He also said that there have been several cases of female reporters being kissed or groped while on air.

When quizzed on what FIFA could do to tackle such behaviour, Addiechi explained that the federation has been working with local organisers and the Russian police to identify these fans, some of which have since lost their FAN-IDs and been ordered out of the country.
Addiechi has since clarified that halting the zooming in on "hot women" in the crowds is "one of the activities that we definitely will have in the future - it's a normal evolution."We have done it on a case-by-case basis when some cases arose and they were pretty evident."

"We've done it with individual broadcasters. We've done it as well with our host broadcast services," he continued, before adding that it is not yet part of "proactive campaign".