Singling out Lazio and all Lazio fans is a prejudicial as the views you may wish to accuse them of harbouring. It is an Italy wide problem which Lazio have at least done something to address as Percy has pointed out numerous times.
Racism is in fact a global problem and only changes from country to country in the way in which it manifests itself. On a purely European level most countries have the same hardcore loony fringe somewhere in their population, usually drawn from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds but lead by one or two truly bigoted mouthpieces. The degree to which these loons gain a voice in everyday life is generally driven by the economic climate and the number of immigrants permitted to live within that country.
Italy as a country which many Arabic, African and eastern European countries see as an easy entry point to the goldmnine of Europe has a large number of immigrants both legal and illegal and has suffered greater financial hardships in the last 10 to 15 years than many of its European counterparts which has led to increasingly vociferous right wing politicians finding success at the polls and an increase in public demonstrations of racial intolerance. France and Germany have had similar problems albeit much lower key whilst Britain has remained somewhat aloof from it all, thanks in the main part to the isolationist immigration policies adopted under Thatcher and reinforced by successive governments.
As a student in France, I had a lot of good friends from Morrocco, Algeria and Central Africa who were also studying and I was horrified to hear some of their tales of racism throughout Europe even down to one guy being stabbed in Florence. Curiously, all of these guys were of the opinion that Britain was the most racist European country however, when challenged on this view they generally opined that the UK was racist at an institutional level (immigration, police and education in particular) whereas they admitted that Italy, then France were worse on a personal level (face to face abuse and possible violence).
It is the latter trends in the public domain which we are referring to in football and all clubs have attempted to eliminate this element from their support but that is difficult to achieve if the views are openly held amongst a proportion of the populace.
The only way to stamp on it is at a personal level, drop any prejudicial beliefs you may hold, and to address anyone expounding prejudiced views with reasoned argument which allows them to reflect on their views and change as they see fit. In the words of the Specials "If you have a racist friend, now is the time, now is the time. For your friendship to end. Be it your sister, be it your brother, be it your mother or your father or your lover".
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