Sports Letters: Unwise words

Wednesday 17 March 1999 00:02 GMT

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Sir: Today in the Independent you quote Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, as saying: "When Italians tell me it's pasta I check under the sauce to see if it is. They are masters of the smokescreen."

Is that not a racist remark and are you not fostering racism by giving space to such remarks?

AMINA SANTCROSS

Wembley, Middlesex

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