Yeah I know, that's theoretically right. But given what you said about which colours of skin are usually abused and the fact that the major football leagues are based in western Europe, someone attempting to insult a white player by calling out their "whiteness" wouldn't cause such an effect on...
Oh sorry I didn't know, he looked like any Southern European man to me (well obviously not any, an attractive one) so I really couldn't understand what abuse he could have gotten.