Racism - Forever and Always

Riquelme pretty standard-issue Latino. This Anello jerkoff an Argentine Proud Boy or just a shock jock?

 

All we need to know

 

Never thought of it this way but he's right!

 

Argentinians calling anyone that's even slightly swarthy "negro" is one of the more bizarre things.

Maradona, Riquelme, Aguero, would all get called "negro," just like Mbappe and Camavinga would.

It's crazy. I'm sure even Nordic countries care enough to differentiate.

 

That negative comments were made about a Boca president is newsworthy in Argentina. That racist terms and associations were used is not.

 

Of course they would. I remember a convo I saw on Stormfront during Trump's run in 2016. There was this Latino guy offering his opinion on this or that and there was this within the thread debate on whether he should be considered White.

Maradona himself used a racial slur about Brazilians before some tournament or another. "Let the Negritos come. We'll beat them". I think he tried to slither into an "these terms are common here" defense, or some such. Thing is, if you're evolved or wealthy enough to be able to leave Argentina for more than a month, it becomes your responsibility to conduct yourself like you didn't grow up there, instead of talking about what others do that is similar.

 

This is an example of conservatism having fun.

 

That guy who saved his crippled country?

 

or Veron

Messi has eclipsed Maradona anyway, as his color/caste brings pride to the nation.

 

We don't address people by their colour, we address them by their nationality.
Or ethnic origin, but only if it has a reason.

 

Is it bizarre tho? Peron was just one leader in the hide-the-Nazis schemes of post-WWII including the Catholic Church & US intelligence

Argentine president Juan Perón spoke out against the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals (1945–1946).[22] The final period of German immigration to Argentina occurred between 1946 and 1950 when Perón ordered the creation of a ratline for prominent Nazis, collaborators and other fascists from Europe.

According to Argentine researcher Uki Goñi, who had recently gained access to the country's archives for his 2002 book, Argentine diplomats and intelligence officers had, on Perón's instructions, vigorously encouraged Nazi and fascist war criminals to make their home in Argentina. According to Goñi, the Argentines not only collaborated with Draganović's ratline, but set up additional ratlines running through Scandinavia, Switzerland, and Belgium.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)

 

Didn't the Dutch introduce the practice of hacking off limbs to Africa as a form of punishment?

 

I lived in Sint Eustatius (Statia) for about 2 years. The reason Statia was nicknamed the Golden Rock was because of the wealth it generated. It made the crown of the Netherlands filthy rich for about two centuries. It also traded hands around a dozen times between the French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch.

The island itself has no natural resources to utilize with the exception of a nice deep port with favorable currents where ships could come in and trade. And due to those currents, you can float down to South America. Actually, a lot of slaves sold on soil belonging to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (aka Statia) ended up in South America, according to records at the Statia Historical Foundation In fact, it was THE center of slave trading in the Caribbean until 1863.

There is a lot of resentment with the locals that live on the Dutch islands (Saba, Statia, Sint Maarten). I can't speak to the ABC island, but these islands, you could feel the hostility in the undercurrent when they interacted with a Dutch person. It felt like every person who spent time in the Netherlands had a racism/racist-lite story. Whether it was a refusal to get on the elevator with a 6'3 rasta guy, a welfare jab, or "you're one of the good ones" story.

Ironically, they loved the royal family but not the government itself.

EDIT: And for some reason Belgium was worse. They had contempt w the Dutch tourists, but the Belgians, it was palpable, bordering on outright hostility. I may have known the reason at some point but forgot it now.

 

Is Messi actually making this change to his diet, or did you just hit him with the worst insult an Argentinian can inflict on one of he countrymen?

 

Like most of Latin America, few in Argentina know their exact heritage and a lot of the racism is more pretentious than anything else. Close family members vary a fair amount because of this and it's common to have a kid who is "el negro" and another one who is "el gringo". The US is sort of weird about this but in the opposite manner. My brother-in-law had a few scrapes here because his daughter was whiter looking.

 

Holy hell! If he didn’t win a World Cup, would Argentina even claim Messi?