How Not To Welcome A New Player To Your Team
Holy crap. That is a horrendously racist thing to say.
1. Former Man City Star Mario Balotelli recently joined Italian power AC Milan.
2. AC Milan’s VP Paolo Berlusconi (younger brother to former Italian Prime Minister Silvio) called his team’s newest star this strange name:
4. The comments were made while Paolo Berlusconi was attending a rally for his brother’s political party. He made the following announcement to the crowd (Translation via ESPN):
“Okay, we are all off to see the family’s little n*****. He’s a crazy head. All the young ladies are invited as well — you can even have a chance to meet the president (Silvio Berlusconi).”
5. The only possible reaction to this is equal parts this:
6. And this:
h/t: ESPN Soccernet
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LolWinOMGCuteGeekyTrashyFail 3 months agoIn latin america negrito is actually an endearing term. NOT racist. I would guess he is using negretto in a similar fashion. Also in Spanish gordito is also a term of endearment which translates as “little fat one”. There are many more examples of this usage. Italy and Latin America have similar cultures with respect to terms of endearment and both use romance languages. I am no linguist, but just a thought. Look into the countries culture and be sure of a translation before you go putting down a whole country.
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superthom 3 months ago
Mediterranean countries like Spain, Italy and Greece routinely display extremely racist behaviour towards black people, and it’s an attitude that commonly comes out in the context of football, where mob mentality can often take over. It’s not a stick that you can beat the whole of Europe with, but it’s extremely embarrassing when it happens.
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Karen S. 3 months agoI’ve been a bit shocked by the casual racism I’ve encountered from people in Spain and Finland, too. It isn’t just Italy. I think that, at least here in America, we have to somewhat face racism because we have so much diversity. I think some other countries haven’t had to deal with it so directly for so long.
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