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[Globo] Another racism episode in Spain as newspaper calls Brazilian forward Igor Paixão from Feyenoord a 'descendant of slavery' (ge.globo.com)

submitted 2 years ago by ComfortableLaugh1922@alien.top to c/main@soccer.forum

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[–] taterlol@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i think it’s common knowledge that a lot of black people in the americas were descended from slaves, especially in the states, but they meant this pejoratively which is hateful.

[–] rytlejon@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Why do you think they meant it pejoratively? I'm reading it as a sort of "he came from nothing and now he's doing great". The kind of story you usually get of Brazilian footballers coming from the favelas.