Giannis and Thanasis answered questions from the public at the Onassis Foundation and spoke about the racist incidents they have experienced, but also about the issue of citizenship, which concerns thousands of immigrants.
"There is no racism, but hypocrisy," Thanasis said initially, to continue: "There is hypocrisy here, this is worse. In America you can be a racist, but you are not hiding. This is you. I have seen a comment on Facebook, where someone said "these are not Greeks", and I met the same guy in Glyfada and he came with his child and he said "make Greece proud abroad, well done"! I just took his child on my shoulders, took a picture and he told me "you made the little one's day, it was his best day" ".
A little later he referred to the National Team and the Greek citizenship: "I went to the National Team, we played friendly, I went to the preparation with the small teams, the Youth, etc. and they said" why does this player not play in tournaments "? But, because I did not have a passport and I arrived at the Men's National to get it! When someone turns 18, you have to give them the right to vote and make immigrants active citizens. You have to accept this, like all advanced countries, and say that we are and will become even better. "Let's make these citizens active and work to build this country."
Giannis commented: "As long as there was a bad side, there was a good side. Our friends were next to us, of course there were those who said other things behind our backs "and added:" You are not born a Greek, you become one! No one can tell me that I am not Greek! I do not know how to do anything else. I have never been to Nigeria. I love my country ".
Then he added: "Why is he called a 2nd generation immigrant? "Because there were more, more of us and many children who could not get citizenship."
In the end, the two brothers agreed on one thing: "We want to show that many children can do a lot for Greece, but mainly for themselves. You do not have to be an Antitokunbo to get Greek citizenship!
The hall of the Foundation was flooded with emotion, when their mother, Veronica, sang the song she told them when they were young, and Giannis and Thanasis could not hold back their tears.
The Bucks player, in fact, stated that he will have daughters, in order to strengthen the Women's National Team in the future, while the Andorran forward "froze" the smiles, when he admitted that he laughs a lot, because he grew up sad.