Olympics: Swiss Soccer Player Booted Over Racist Tweet

“Less than a week into the 2012 London Olympics and already two athletes have been expelled for racially charged messages. Monday, the Swiss Olympic Committee bounced soccer player Michel Morganella, 23, after his offensive comment following Switzerland’s 2-1 loss to South Korea a day earlier. Translated from French, Morganella’s tweet said he wanted to beat up South Koreans, that they should “burn” and that they were a “bunch of mongoloids.” Last week, Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou, a right-wing political supporter, was expelled by Greek athletic officials after she mocked African immigrants…”.* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks (Steve Oh chimes in at the end). *Read more here from Jon Saraceno in USA Today: www.usatoday.com