After this world cup, Argentina is being seen as a unique evil, and it's getting more racist and xenophobic. People don't know a single thing about Argentina but Argentinians are all being painted as racist and zionists, and some Argentinian players being violent is apparently the fault of the entire team or even the whole of Argentina. Argentinians are described as uniquely violent. This was not the response after Zidane's headbutt, or Nigel de Jong's karate kick in 2010. Some people are even calling for banning Argentina from the next football world cup. If I was Argentinian I would not feel safe in Europe. I saw a video of Argentinian fans getting beat up by Spain supporters in Spain after the final. Europeans and North Americans are just projecting their own racism onto Argentina and are using that to excuse being racist to Argentinians.
So if you meet an Argentinian, be extra nice to them. And if you're Argentinian: Te apoyamos
On the day of the final, I saw a group of Argentinians having an Asado in a local park, and when I left the park I saw another Argentinian wearing their jersey, probably going to the Asado, and I told him 'Vamos Argentina'. To which he replied 'Gracias'. It sounded like he was not used to hear this support.
Edit: But I don't deny the racism in Argentina at all. My problem is that Argentina's racism is being used as an excuse by North Americans and Europeans to project their own racism problems onto Argentina and to bet racist against them, also impacting the Argentinians that aren't racist
I mean, progress is progress, I guess? It seems my issue is impatience as I see how much conditions degrade and personally affect me, but staying grounded and recognizing conditions are going to have to affect many more than me, before they can begin to improve.
I remember being dumbfounded when a financially comfortable friend looked me in the eye and said (decades ago) that the poor would feel the crunch of a collapse the least because we had much less to lose and wanting to knock the stuffing out of him. But I kind of feel compassion for him, because while he was super smart, he reminds me of how ignorant we can be, in all our glory.