Abstract
As the twenty-first century enters its second decade, there is little disagreement that overt expressions of racism have become less frequent in the Swedish elite game; this, in turn, has led many Swedes to conclude that this issue has now been effectively resolved.1 Though beliefs to this effect are not unique in Europe,2 in the Swedish case, they are however also rooted in a larger pattern of denial about how entrenched racism actually is in society at large.3
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Scott, CG. (2015). Conclusion. In: African Footballers in Sweden. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137535092_9
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