New Delhi: Indian football team skipper Sunil Chhetri on Thursday while talking about racism said that spreading awareness and educating people over the issue can help in eradicating discrimination from the society.
"It hurts me like it hurts anyone else. It is bad. But most of the time, it is because of ignorance, it is because of not knowing. If you catch a person when he/she is being racist and talk to them and make them understand, most of the time, they do understand," Chhetri said during a live chat on the Indian Football Team official Facebook page.
"It comes a lot from being ignorant. It actually does not make sense as you are also of some colour, caste and religion, and looking down on someone else, it just does not make any sense. The more people will get aware and educated about it, it will lessen and we need it," he added.