I don't know the history of the song but I see what you're saying. But... I don't think these idiots meant it the way you describe.
I doubt you will hear from him at all. If he takes the stance of coming out to publicly condemn other players, he runs a serious risk of double backlash if/when players come out “you were singing it to” or “wha? YOU made us learn it”
The top comment being a guy with a John Terry profile picture telling him to shut up is a bit on the nose.
To me it seemed more anti French than anti black, but even so, that’s a wild ass chant. The irony in that too is that Argentina is a product of colonization. Also makes me wonder what they sing about Brazil knowing they have had many players of African descent.
Key here is they told him to “cut the feed” not to stop the song. The more experienced Argentina players are savvy enough to stop teammates when they try to sing it in public or on camera. But that doesn’t make singing it “just among the team” better. It just means some of the them have had decades of image consultancy.
That's very nice but wasn't at all what I was replying to duffer about, nor what JPRouve picked up on.
See, now this wasn’t explained very well. All the outlets I’ve read have described the Singing of racist chants, and then gave translation. It definitely made it seem like the singing was the racist chant.
It feels like a lot of South/Central America have a warped view on racism, I would guess Jackson probably holds a similar view to some echo'd in here, along with possibly being friends with Fernandez.
Let's stop pretending it's a chant that mocks the French when the chant has omitted players that aren't black.
It's an anti black song so maybe you can figure it out yourself why Jackson would be offended. Seriously some of the comments here are beyond stupid.
Yep. It's all of us who are wrong and only you who are correct.
People have such a weird interpretation of things it is no wonder we are sometimes unable to call a spade a spade. The nation matters little in this case. This French scenario can be applied to other countries. It is the race that matters and also transgender issues. This wasnt about Griezmann's Portuguese/German background.
I shared my opinion on whether the part that mentioned the country of origin of the parents was racism or not. They can both insult France and the players.
Yeah, it's quite different and takes "adjusting" to when you experience such vast cultural/regional differences.
Well reform did get millions of votes in the UK recently, so i think it's representative of where society is at at the moment. Although, it should be pointed out that there are far more that are seeing it as it is and calling it out.
Well I think it's even more depressing because some are clearly closest racist and arguing in bad faith. This playing stupid and asking dumb questions isn't fooling me.
This is the thing. They knew the lyrics, so it must have been sung many times. It also means the song is widely accepted in the team. They are all in the same boat(bus) here.
he probably needs to read the room then in regards to his colleagues.
