I get the impression that this whole issue is just a case of radical people blowing things massively out of proportions and seeing issues that aren't real, like when radical feminists sees abuse of women everywhere, radical christian conservatives sees the society crumble under lack of fear of god, radical islamists sees all members of western societies as valid targets or Donald Trump sees himself as not completely and utterly incompetent in his job and not a complete fucking failure as a human being.
I've done some thinking about a proximate issue, as I've seen some players as too daft, to football-unintelligent to reach their potential, and noticed that I've mainly thought it about players not as lacking in pigmentation as myself: Welbeck, Sterling, Walcott, Townsend and Walker, for example, are players that seems to have the athletisism and technical ability to dominate, but they often tend to struggle with their decision making. Is that racist, because the majority of the players I've identified as "stupid" tend to be less pale than myself? I don't think so. I also see Alli as one of the smartest players I've seen in and around the box, with his extreme ability to be in the right spot, make the right movement and keep his head calm enough to take his chances. I see Yaya Toure as a football genius (but lazy! is that racist too? No, it's because of hus body language on the pitch). And I see Ross Barkley as one of the daft ones.
Now, what IS "racist" is my post here, as I've talked about these players as if their pigmentation separates them into groups. If anything, this discussion is racist.
We should concern ourselves more about NOT talking about people of different colors, sexual orientation, religion or sex as if they belong to groups having different, homogenic (within their group) characteristics.
Carvalho is "a beast" because he is a strong, defensive midfielder. Lukaku is "a beast" because he is bigger and stronger than most other forwards. It has nothing to do with the color of their skin.
Btw: I just want to add that I am, politically, a leftist liberal, pro immigration (to some extent) and strongly against racism and other forms of discrimination. But we need to stop being over sensitive, as it is counter productive.