A director at one of Brazil's top football club Santos has been forced to stand down after making racist comments.

巴西足球俱乐部桑托斯的一名董事在发表种族主义言论后被迫离职。

be forced to stand down 被迫退职

make racist comments 发表种族言论

Nature of his remarks and the club's failure to sack him prompted ahuge social media campaign across the country.

在其发表言论后，俱乐部并没有解雇他，这激起了全国范围的社会媒体运动。

prompt a huge social media campaign across the country 激起了全国范围的社会媒体运动

In a recording leaked on Thursday, Adilson Durante-Filho said that mixed-race people were crooks and couldn't be trusted.

周四一条录音被泄露，内容中，阿迪尔森·杜兰特说混血人种都很狡猾，不值得信任。

mixed-race people 混血人种

Supporters of Santos immediately called for action.

桑托斯的支持者呼吁俱乐部应立即采取行动。

call for actions 呼吁采取行动

They said his racist comments were a disgrace for a club that had given the world players like Pele and Lima, all of them black or mixed race like the majority of the Brazilian population.

他们表示他的种族主义言论对于俱乐部来说是一种耻辱，桑托斯为世界培养了像贝利和力马这样的优质球员。他的言论对于巴西也是一种耻辱，巴西的大多数人口都是黑人和混血。

disgrace 耻辱

The clubissued a statement regretting the comments but refuse to act.

随后俱乐部发布了一则声明，表示他们对于这名董事的言论深表遗憾，但拒此事件作出其他回应。

After intense social mediapressure, Mr. Durante-Filho has finally resigned.

在巨大的社会媒体压力下，杜兰特最终被解雇。