Im probably in the minority here but I dont think they should get rid of vanzeir but if proven true should suspend him, fine him, require him to do a racial and minority sensitivity training and make him meet with the MLS black players group to 1) hear from them to learn 2) give him avenues to work with minority communities in areas addressing racial inequality that he must do as part of punishment.
Hes going to get a lot of social shaming at every stadium he plays in (including ours) rest of the season and probably whole career which is deserved and a good thing. He did a racist thing but Id like to maybe prevent him from becoming a racist permanently if possible. Sometimes people from monoculture/mostly white countries dont realize how seriously this should be taken, so hopefully we can be an example and mls comes down hard.
But totally understand everyone that wants him kicked out and terminated. Ending the contract just lets him hide and sign with a team in a country that maybe doesnt take this stuff seriously.
I don't really want to defend him, but it really is important to understand that he might not have the basic information about the n-word and its racist history when growing up in Europe. Especially if you listen to rap, where that word is used quite liberally. (As an aside, the CTO of my company just blasted Notorious BIG lyrics with an audible n-word repeated multiple times on an all-hands meeting with 500+ people and had to apologize via email. He is not getting fired.)
From my own personal experience, my first language is Russian, and the word for black person is "negr". I came to America, I used that word, and was told not to. I had no idea I was not supposed to not say it. Now, this was 30 years ago, and I was just a kid... but I didn't know not to use it. That being said, the world is a much smaller place now that it was then. Should he know not to use it? Probably. Did he know? Not sure.
So, yes, there is the nuclear option where you tear up the contract, but perhaps someone should teach him the history and the hate that word has in it. And maybe that will make him a better person, even if he is not racist.
Or maybe he meant it, and is a racist. I hope he isn't, but nobody knows but him.