“The most striking thing about that isn’t that there are no black coaches… it’s that the debate doesn’t even exist in Brazilian football,” says Marcelo Carvalho, executive director of the Observatory on Racial Discrimination in Football. In the United States and Europe, the lack of black coaches in professional sports has long drawn criticism. – Painful legacy –From the Selecao to the domestic league, Brazil’s beloved football teams typically reflect the country’s racial diversity. “There is structural prejudice… against black coaches,” the Selecao’s current boss, Tite, said in October. Brazil is not alone in the absence of black coaches, however.

Source: Daily Nation April 28, 2022 16:36 UTC