Raphinha Stands Against Racism; After Racist Behaviour By Disneyland Employee

8 September-Kolkata, India: FC Barcelona and Brazil national team player Raphinha criticised the Paris Disneyland of racism, after an employee ignored his two-year old son, Gael, during the family’s holiday visit to the theme park in the French capital.

The Barcelona player who is currently doing international duties with his national team shared a lot of clips in his official handle in Instagram where it showed a mascot continuosly ignoring the two-year old son of the 28 year old Barcelona forward, while the other children was greeted normaly.

The clips went viral into a minute where many internet users criticised the strange racist behaviour of the mascot who ignored Gael even when he tried to move closer to him.

Raphinha disgusted with the racist behaviour torwards his son

Raphinha posted on his official Instagram story where he stated “Your employees are disgraceful. You shouldn’t treat people like this, especially a CHILD. You’re supposed to make children happy, not ignore a child. I prefer to say ‘ignore’ rather than anything else. You’re a disgrace.”

In his second Instagram story, he further added, “I understand the fatigue of those who work with this, but why were all white children embraced and my son wasn’t.”

The 28-year-old FC Barcelona forward ended his pain with a third Instagram story where he added “He just wanted a hi and a hug. Lucky for you, he doesn’t understand.”

Raphinha was recently featured in a crucial 3-0 victory of Brazil over Chile in the nation’s capital, Maracana Stadium, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers while his whole family members visited Disneyland in Paris.

Disneyland didn’t respond to the allegations

The Paris version of Disneyland is yet to post an official statement on the racist allegations by the Barcelona forward. However, the clips got a strong and positive response towards Raphinha’s son, Gael, where many of them sent messages of support in his official Instagram handle.

One Instagram user also posted “Justice for Gael!” in a video posted by the 28-year-old Barcelona forward to celebrate Brazil’s 3-0 victory over Chile, which helped the record-breaking 5 times champions to move to the second position behind their arch rivals Argentina in the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup which is going to be held in Mexico, US and Canada.

This is not the first time the 28-year-old Barcelona forward spoke against racism; he also previously supported his Brazilian teammate Vinicius Junior and Barcelona teammate Lamine Yamal, who also faced racist insults mainly from the Spanish crowd in La Liga.