Thank you for posting this. My family just had a debate on the subject over dinner: my father and brother were saying that what Zidane did was inexcusable, while my mother and I were both sympathizing with him. Because racism is what's inexcusable--in any context, but especially in something like the World Cup, which I like to think is about the planet coming together, in support of one thing, in love of one thing. And that Zidane should get punished for what he did while Materazzi not only gets off scott free, but gets rewarded...it burns me up. A lot.

I hope you don't mind, but I'd like to link my mom to this, if that's okay.