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(CNN) -
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford is the latest English soccer player to receive racist insults on social media, describing the incident as "humanity and social media at its worst."
The 23-year-old, who recently received the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of his campaign to feed vulnerable children during the pandemic, posted a series of messages on Twitter after receiving abuse in his social media platforms on Saturday.
Yes, I am a black man and I live every day proud to be one.
No one, not even anyone's comment, is going to make me feel different.
I'm very sorry if you were looking for a strong reaction, you just won't get it here, he wrote, after helping his team draw goalless against Arsenal on Saturday.
Humanity and social media at its worst.
Yes I'm a black man and I live every day proud that I am.
No one, or no one comment, is going to make me feel any different.
So sorry if you were looking for a strong reaction, you're just simply not going to get it here 👊🏾
- Marcus Rashford MBE (@MarcusRashford) January 30, 2021
In addition, Rasfhord published another message in which he assured that he would not share the insults he had received as he considered it a lack of responsibility, defending the diversity of the children who follow him on his digital platforms.
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I'm not sharing screenshots.
It would be irresponsible to do so and, as you can imagine, there is nothing original about them.
I have beautiful children of all colors following me and they don't need to read it.
Beautiful colors that should only be celebrated.
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This new episode of racism comes just days after several other Premier League players received such abuse on their social media accounts.
Chelsea said it was 'disgusted' by the racist attack targeting defender Reece James on Friday, while Rashford teammates Anthony Martial and Axel Tuanzebe came under fire online last week, with a series of racist comments and symbols that appear in old photos on Instagram.
West Midlands police arrested a 49-year-old man on Friday on suspicion of racist insults towards West Bromwich Albion midfielder Romaine Sawyers.
A call to action
The governing body of English football, the FA, had previously said that it was "united with all football in our abhorrence of any racist abuse" and promised to continue working with the authorities to eliminate all forms of discrimination from the sport.
Premier League teams have knelt before every league game this season in solidarity, but now there are calls for more action.
Players and clubs alike have urged social media companies to do more to fight racism on their platforms, a scourge that has been unleashed once again by the recent series of incidents.
On Friday, Premier League Chief Executive Richard Masters said he was "shocked" by the recent spate of incidents and said the league would continue to support the players and their families.
“We are in a regular dialogue with social media companies, urging them to do more against discriminatory abuse on their platforms.
We want to see faster removal of offensive messages and better identification and banning of offenders, ”Masters said.
CNN reached out to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram regarding the latest incidents, but none were immediately available for comment.
Last year, Facebook and Instagram announced that they would form a team to fight racism on their platforms and assess racial bias in their algorithms.
"Racism is not tolerated on Facebook and Instagram," a Facebook spokesperson told CNN after similar incidents in 2020. When we find content that violates our guidelines, we will remove it and ban those who repeatedly violate the rules. "
Last week, the UK government also met with past and current players to discuss how to tackle discriminatory abuse online.
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