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Marcus Rashford urged to disregard ‘nasty bullies’ in six-year-old fan’s letter

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Marcus Rashford has been suggested to disregard “nasty bullies” by a six-year-old boy after the England ahead was subjected to racist abuse on-line for lacking a spot-kick within the UEFA Euro 2020 closing towards Italy at Wembley, London on Sunday.
According to BBC, the fan additionally wrote in his letter that he’ll ship the Manchester United star a trophy to cheer him up.
“Well done for trying hard. I have give you a gold star! Don’t listen to nasty bullys. I love you. I have sent you my trofy to cheer you up xxxx,” wrote Harry Knox.

Overwhelmed. Thankful. Lost for phrases ♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/PXC5H2GDtB
— Marcus Rashford MBE (@MarcusRashford) July 13, 2021
Harry’s mother and father James and Ruth, who’re from Newcastle, advised BBC that that they had tried to maintain their son away from the information stories in regards to the racist abuse. But finally, Harry began asking questions after seeing a BBC Newsround report.
“He heard the word ‘racist’ and we had to tell him what that was. He couldn’t understand how people could be so horrible to the people he felt were heroes, and were playing and trying their best for him and England,” James advised BBC.
“What was really horrible is that his class at school is quite diverse. This was the first time he had given a second thought really to race and skin colour and how people might be ‘bullied’ — in his words — because of that.”
Apart from Harry, a whole bunch of youngsters have additionally despatched Rashford and his teammates, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, heartfelt letters on social media.
Earlier on Tuesday, the racist graffiti on the Rashford mural in Manchester was lined up with messages of affection and assist by the members of the general public.

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