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The hatred for Argentina is getting out of hand (lemmygrad.ml)
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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

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[-] RindoGang@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 3 days ago

Yeah yeah I agree Argentina deserves critical support because of its Global South status and material reality. But I would also like to gently push back, because their reputation for racism definitely has some truth to it

In my experience interacting with other Latin Americans online, Argentines have been the most consistent in using the n word (they told me that is just how they talk over there). I have also seen them drop comments like "improve the race" or call Brazilians "monkeys"

I haven't really encountered any other nationality that uses these kinds of comments so casually. I even met a psychologist once who went as far as asking what my skin color was and she was super judgmental during our brief encounter. Plus, a trans girl I know from there told me that you do not choose the skin color you are attracted to

So yeah, even if they argue that is just how they are and they do not really mean it, when you combine those experiences with their country's history of whitening and their past (and current) policies encouraging European immigration, it really paints a different picture than what they claim

So based on my experience, I would say Argentine people are nice and make good friends, but don't let your guard down because you have to know that side of them exists

[-] Angry_Fuck@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago

As a Brazilian that plays videogame on some LATAM servers, I can say that I can only be so courteous after being called a monkey constantly by my Argentinian teammates.

Some friends reminded me of when Luis Suárez and Messi called Neymar "Conguitos" when playing for Barcelona. So, even at the high level, some of this shit happens.

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