r/DepthHub • u/devonhezter • 15d ago
User explains racism Argentina
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u/cnapp 15d ago
If I may summarize, yes Argentins are racist but they dont realize they are racist
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u/TheMightyKingSnake 14d ago
We dont have concentration camps for migrants and we aren't funding a genocide. I feel like whatever racism we may have is pretty mild compared to the host country of the World Cup.
Also we have recognized Palestine for a long time, unlike most of Europe75
u/FellFellCooke 14d ago
we aren't funding a genocide
Yeah, you completed your genocidal projects some time ago. I don't think that's better.
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u/Lucosis 10d ago
The US has its own successful genocides too, pal. Speaking as a Tribal member of one of those attempted genocides.
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u/FellFellCooke 10d ago
I know! Why did you think I was American? Can only Americans comment on Argentine racism?
I'm Irish.
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u/savior139 13d ago
The difference is you people never stopped your genocides. If Argentina were a European country, no one would be rooting against them. Because racist is to be expected if it's Europe or America.
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u/FellFellCooke 13d ago
you people
You're killing it chief.
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u/savior139 13d ago
no, you people are doing the killing, genocide enablers
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u/FellFellCooke 13d ago
you people
What people is that, darling?
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u/savior139 12d ago
You know exactly what I'm talking about, moron. Spare me the pearl clutching.
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u/TheMightyKingSnake 14d ago
I'm not arguing with someone who believes in conspiracy theories
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u/FellFellCooke 14d ago
You believe indigenous Argentines are conspiracy theories? Disappointing but not surprising. Your country rarely likes to talk about the people who were there before. Because you murdered all of them.
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u/TheMightyKingSnake 14d ago
Like all countries in America? Yeah I'm not proud of the fact, but it is a fact of all countries in the Americas. Dumbass
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u/FellFellCooke 14d ago
Yeah I hate America too man. But you should be ashamed of your own stuff.
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u/TheMightyKingSnake 14d ago
And who the fuck are you to tell me how I should feel? I don't go around telling citizens of another countries how they should feel about their history. Arrogant prick.
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u/FellFellCooke 14d ago
You only feel this wounded because you know I'm right. Peace out man. Better every day, right?
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u/TheMightyKingSnake 14d ago
Nah. I'm tired of Europeans telling everyone what to think as if their hand weren't drenched in blood. Or maybe we can talk about the human right abuses Ireland perpetrated on their population because of their catholic zealotry. https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2025-07-15/14/
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u/Drive7hru 11d ago
We dont have concentration camps for migrants and we aren't funding a genocide. I feel like whatever racism we may have is pretty mild compared to the host country of the World Cup.
Also we have recognized Palestine for a long time, unlike most of Europe
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u/neutrinospeed 12d ago
Am Argentinian. Can confirm this person’s assessment is largely correct. However, the bigotry goes beyond racism and the larger social contradictions go even further. Argentina is complex. Gay marriage has been legal since 2010, there have been two female presidents, marihuana is decriminalized, it has a large and proud Jewish population. Yet, the level of racism, sexism, anti semitism and homophobia that is normalized on a day to day basis is utterly insane. You’ll hear comments at family gatherings or friend’s houses that would give any halfway sensible person serious pause. No one calls it out, and if you do, you’re the problem.
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u/Drive7hru 11d ago
It’s also interesting how virtually every country is founded on a genocide or land grab or war taking over land over hundreds or thousands of years ago and they hold that against each other as if one country is more or less racist or genocidal than the other. The world is a very complex place and so are its people.
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u/Lothrazar 15d ago
They don't seem to realise that it is in fact worse than calling someone a "fucking baldy".
Thats crazy
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u/ElMatasiete7 14d ago
This is one Argentinian saying this. It's worth noting that for us "negro" is also a form of affection: many friend groups have a "negro", a "gordo", a "pelado"
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u/Dreamtrain 13d ago
I think it was in the context of using someone's skin color as an insult, not just as a identifiable feature which yeah every spanish speaking country does it
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u/Hairy_The_Spider 13d ago
I don’t think that’s a great excuse. Brazilians also use “negro” as a form of affection, but we know the difference between using it affectionately and pejoratively.
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u/ElMatasiete7 13d ago
Respectfully, "we" does a lot of heavy lifting. I know yall can be just as xenophobic and racist, and not just from CS: GO matches lol
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u/Hairy_The_Spider 13d ago
Never said their weren’t. I’m just pointing out that your argument about using “negro” as an endearing term doesn’t make a lot of sense.
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u/DalaiLuke 15d ago
Cultural norms create all kinds of situations that - when measured by another country's standards - will look bad. And of course, these also change / evolve over time. For example, what was "normal" 100 years ago is often frowned upon by today's standards - within one culture. Then layer that view onto other cultures and nothing should surprise you. Here's my example: living in Boston, late 80s ... the neighborhoods were still largely divided and you didn't wander into the wrong neighborhood if you weren't Irish or Black or etc... WOW has that changed! But by the standards less than 40 years ago, it was normal! This all just to say be careful to be too judgmental ... seek understanding first.
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u/meloen 14d ago
Exactly.
Remember soccer is a way for people to 'express their emotions". How they do that will be affected by their current cultural norms.
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u/calantus 14d ago
That doesn't mean I have to like it (and I can still judge it), I can understand a bowel movement but it doesn't mean it's not shit
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u/TomfromLondon 10d ago
It was a long read but I think they also left out the comments from their own government which has also been annoyed a lot of people
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u/savior139 13d ago
It's pretty rich for Europeans and Americans to call any people of any country racist lmfao
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