Bananas Set of 6 8x 1.5 x1.5 inches Ceramic & Plastic Bananas is a documentation of racial hate that happens around the world. Each banana is named after a professional soccer player who has had a banana thrown at them during a soccer match. “[T]he blatantly racist act — synonymous with treating players as apes or monkeys”, states Richard Evans, The Advertiser. Each banana has the name of a soccer player along with the year the banana was thrown at them on the label. Viv Anderson 1978, John Barnes 1984, Roberto Carlos 2002, Kevin Constant 2014, Dani Alves 2014, and Papakouli Diop 2014 are only a few who have faced blatant racism in their career. Reference Articles: Richard Evans: Throwing bananas at black sportsmen has been recognized as racism across Europe for decades. By Richard Evans, The Advertiser The ugly, racist trend of tossing bananas at black soccer players continues by Allison Jackson, PRI Dani Alves eats banana thrown at him during soccer match - CNN.com