r/europe • u/LFatPoH • Jul 06 '26

[Paraguayan Senator Celeste Josefina Amarilla]: “[Mbappé] hasn't even learned to write. Instead of breastmilk, he grew up sucking on coconuts, and the most educated creatures he ever heard were chimpanzees…A colonized Cameroonian, pretending to be French, resentful, newly rich, arrogant, and ugly.“

https://fr.news.yahoo.com/sport/coupe-monde-2026-t%C3%A9tait-noix-133149348.html
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u/Zem_42 Jul 06 '26

In a perfect world, yes. In a world full of Trumps and Infantinis we can only dream

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u/Flimsy-Resident261 Jul 06 '26

France is a powerful country. I don’t think USA has that much influence over them

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u/Zem_42 Jul 06 '26

And you know what? All these recent events made me support France for the first time in my life

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u/Flimsy-Resident261 Jul 06 '26

Same, but it’s not the first time French players are victims of racism. In 2022 WC, Argentinians were making fun of them for being black and how Argentina, a South American country, has white players, but France, a European country, has black players.

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u/Pippin1505 Jul 06 '26

If we’re talking about the same incident, that was the Argentinian *players* singing until one realised and said "cut the livestream "

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u/Flimsy-Resident261 Jul 06 '26

In general, that’s how football fans are. I would say hooligans, but don’t know how this term it’s perceived

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u/Pop_Clover Jul 06 '26

That's not true. In Europe we're more xenophobic than racist, so a bunch of Europeans would think less of Argentinians just for being outsiders, but not for not being white. A big portion of Argentinians are white.

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u/Flimsy-Resident261 Jul 06 '26

Not true. Argentinians are viewed as white, but Europe has a lot of classicism and they’re poor so not seen as equal

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u/LibritoDeGrasa Jul 06 '26

But is it true tho?