Adressing the Enzo Fernández and the racist chant situation...

Please, AFA and players, come out with a public apology to this mess, I feel ashamed to be argentine...
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[@laraboneta1]

The problem in this case is that the rest of the world has very different paradigms in regards to racism to the one we have in Argentina. They can´t comprehend how we step onto the street and cross paths with people from every ethnicity and don´t even bat an eye, even calling them nicknames noting this characteristics ("negro", "chino", etc.). We are definitely a racist country, but mostly towards indigenous and bordering countries and not in the rest of the worlds terms, so to speak. Moreover, people in europe and USA have the flaw of being too literal, so they hear this song and can´t help but feel hurt, while in Argentina, we just take it as it is; a football song without a real meaning beyond bothering the oposing team. We don´t really mean what the lyrics say. Is the song racist? Yes Should they have been singing it? Absolutely not. Should they apologise? Most definitely. But i don´t think its as trascending as you make it seem, Enzo just didn´t mean to hurt no one and has already apologised. Parrafo aparte y en español, bastante mala leche los compañeros del Chelsea que en vez de llamarle la atencion en privado lo salgan a quemar en todos lados. Son compañeros de equipo, no va por ahi. Ademas llama la atencion que les joda mas una cancion pedorra de cancha que que su pais financie golpes de estado y tenga de rehen economico a 15 paises africanos. Igual te banco Renk!! Un abrazo!!

[@adtastic1533]

What Argentinians think is irrelevant. The French players consider it offensive and racist and they shouldn't have to tolerate ignorance in this day and age. The players all play in Europe anyway. They should know better.

[@laraboneta1]

@@adtastic1533 Enzo is a 23 years old football player and grew up in a shanty town in Argentina, he is not a PhD in racial studies graduated from Oxford. He made a comment he didn´t mean, and he apologised for it. There is not much more to it. By your arguement, you could also argue that the rest of the world is ignorant for not understanding the nature of football songs in Argentina, where the song was sung in the first place. Just beacuse you don´t understand the context, it doesn´t mean something its wrong. Again, Enzo already apologised and will probably face fine, so there isn´t much more to it.

[@adtastic1533]

@@laraboneta1 Well, Enzo will be getting a significant suspension but will ultimately be fine. But it's not really the responsibility of black players, or the rest of the world for that matter, to understand Argentinian culture. The responsibility is on players and fans, from whatever country, to not say racist things. Like I said, all these players live in Europe. They get paid big money from European clubs. They have to understand how these things are perceived. Or else it will reflect badly on them and their country.

[@laraboneta1]

@@adtastic1533 I'll be surprised if Enzo he suspended more than two matches, since Chelsea paid 107 million pounds for him and I'm sure they will want him playing asap. Although you're right, as he should've been more careful with what he posted, since he is a public person and all, maybe the aggravated players should have made an effort to not take the song at face value and try to understand the context in which it was being sung before taking shots at Enzo and everyone involved.

[@Bob-sd8ns]

Que mala tu perspectiva, Enzo quemó a sus compañeros franceses de manera pública. Es justo que le llamen la atención de manera pública. Si uno no es capaz de aceptar las consecuencias de sus acciones, no tome esas decisiones.

[@havehope]

Really good video. VERY WELL SAID. Nuanced and covered it all. Those responses...wow.

[@FootyMedia]

The goat HH is here

[@albertcardenas9437]

Wow you even got HH in your comment section Renk

[@RutherfordOrelus]

Saw youre vid on this topic

[@DesertTOON]

Agreed very well put.

[@brandonblanco8379]

The 🐐 HH showed up

[@nananou1687]

The thing is a lot of Argentinians would get offended if i call Messi "Italian", and then feign ignorance on what was wrong in that chant

[@Piqueblinders11]

So if African teams were full of white players native Africans would never mention it? You’re a complete hypocrite. As usual one rule for ‘white’ people and another rule for everyone else to be racist to white people

[@Piqueblinders11]

Using that logic it’s racist to have non native players over native players…. If white players replaced African players you’d call them colonisers and racists… so have that same energy when ur people do it to European countries

[@DonR-zb2cm]

Facts

[@shonehi546tim9]

Actually, he is Spanish. He has citizenship and lived most of his life there. He chose to play for Argentina, but he could have easily played for Spain.

[@jorgeezequielortiz1974]

@@shonehi546tim9 No, messi is argentinian, he was born in argentina. Only he has spanish citizen lad.

[@allezua1]

It's young men and women like you all over the world that are open, honest, and also educated that give me hope for the future. I don't have too much time left, but things are definitely improving and will only get better. Thank you, and God bless all of you.

[@shanks2058]

As a french guy i have to say thank you for giving me hope about argentinians because what im seeing from the last 24 hours on social medias is disgusting . And not only from argentinians i see a lot of people around the world saying that this song have nothing racist about it and people saying racist slurs towards wesley fofana , enzo fernandez teamates from chelsea because he called him out. I do understand that the players are not racist because they will not play with black people if it was the case but argentinians seems really not aware of the situation of how black people suffer just because they have another skin color .

[@YASSERZAHAR-c2u]

maybe

[@-TheChurchOfTruth-]

@@shanks2058 Bro the only reason why they mention France is bc they lost against us. it has NOTHING to do w country of origin of color of skin. It’s referring to a soccer game won. You’re trying to make it about race saying non white French men lmao

[@greenmachatea]

Agree. Whoever don’t see racism in the songs are just plain racist. They should celebrate France has a diverse team instead of making fun of it.

[@-TheChurchOfTruth-]

@@greenmachateaWhenever you make fun of another team that has black people in it against you’re automatically racist? Right?

[@nananou1687]

When you specifically regurgitate the racist bs the most far right politicians of those countries use, in a chant, that is racist. That "chant" is what Marine le Pen shouts as well, albeit in a different language. What an utterly shameless idiot larping as Church of Truth ​@@-TheChurchOfTruth-

[@b-don7930]

As a fellow argentine who is also very disgusted with how little we, us a population, know about our own history on this topic, I'm glad you decided to talk about it with such well informed and educated manner. The effects of Sarmiento's policies on the formation of national identity, though it failed to be what he wished for, it had on particular effect which is that the sentimient refering to our history was free to be molded and designed by a ruling class unto a majority of people who just became argentines and got throught the official version and the already blurry lines on race that we learned from colonial times got even more blurry. Our relationship with race may be different from other countries, but that doesn't excuse us to be uneducated about our own past. we've normalized too much bs and justify it with our own ignorance Bien ahí por hablar con cordura hermano.

[@rawrostar]

Así que explícame cuál es la "verdadera historia" de Argentina

[@b-don7930]

@@rawrostar es exactamente lo que dijo el chabon hermano. Teníamos negro en número amplio, inmigracion masiva los supera en número y se da lo que se llama blanqueamiento porque en efecto eran discriminados

[@b-don7930]

@@fp-ko7vg what history man? OK illuminate me on how you know and from when you learned

[@popps33]

Maradona is one of those mixed race individuals.

[@darrenfearon4288]

The name Maradona originates from Italy

[@popps33]

@@darrenfearon4288 Thats true but doesn’t disprove he’s mixed. My name is French but I’m Mixed too. Names are not genetics. They give clues tho!

[@shonehi546tim9]

He talked about Guarani heritage but I never heard him talk about any African heritage.

[@mendozagriffith2720]

@@darrenfearon4288 "maradona" is an spanish surname from galicia, it s not italian. and yes, maradona was of mixed race, european, mostly spanish, adn native american. maybe some little african heritage too. both his parents were from north argentina, corrientes province very near of paraguay. in the north of argentina being of mixed race heritage is more usual than in buenos aires.

[@popps33]

@@shonehi546tim9 yeah, it’s small as it was about three generations from his birth. Which is common from I read of his generation. You can do further research on the matter.

[@Monkey.D.Shinchan]

They forget, that Argentinians are not native to Argentina 💁‍♂️

[@thefozzybear]

Many of them were Italians and Germans fleeing after losing WW2.

[@masterchief-yj7yw]

There's a significant minority of indigenous Argentineans and like 40% of argentines are mixed with indigenous blood, some very noticeable, others look pretty White but have cousins, brothers with darker skin. Tevez, Agüero, romero, chiquito romero, Riquelme, paredes, Maradona, housseman, Lautaro Martínez, just to name a few have Brown skin and indigenous amcestry to a higher or Lower degree. Black argentines are less but in the 66 world cup and 78 world cup we had two black players. A goalkeeper in 78 and 66 i don't remember the position. Basically black people here are like asians, a very small minority. Its the same In most neighboring countries except Uruguay and Brazil (Paraguay, bolivia, chile have similar percentages of afrodescendant people) it was simply because the economy of our country during the colonial period didnt need that much slaves, and mostly indigenous, or mixed people worked on the fields in generally speaking not heavy labor (mostly taking care of cows, or not so labor intensive crop) also slave owners probably moved to Brazil or Uruguay countries that kept legislation that favored slavery for longer. Also the population of our country was like 30% black in some provinces but at the Time a Lot of the country was just populated by indigenous people with no contact with civilization, and before european inmigration the country total population was very small for the size. This kid Is incorrect that most indigenous people were erradiacted he simply needs to visit other provinces or realize most Brown people are mixed with indigenous not black (some may have some african descend), but there were genocides against certain indigenous populations who were indeed erradicated, just not indigenous as like phenotypically or genetically indigenous people because many survive to this day. Personally im a Brown skinned guy, in buenos aires like 30 or 40% of people look like me and like 5% look straight out of bolivia, like a 100% indigenous. Some of us have indigenous ancestry from people native to argentina (i would say a majority of Brown mixed looking people) and some from other countries of the region (i would say in buenos aires most descend from bolivians Perúvians or northern provinces of argentina).

[@Monkey.D.Shinchan]

@@masterchief-yj7yw so that's an excuse to sing racist chant? I don't think so

[@masterchief-yj7yw]

There's chants against jews for a football team of mostly jew fan base, and then the jewish team says racist things against their rival who Is mostly of indigenous background. Even the bolivian looking guys from Chacarita carried nazi flags some times when many looked like Brown Indians. Basically a Lot of argentines are ignorant and not politically correct and say racist stuff even to eachother, but i would say a Lot of people who say racist stuff maybe are a little racist but not to a point of hate or Lets say im not gonna have jew fríends or bolivia fríends or black fríends. So yeah, saying racist stuff for a long Time was More normalized than most countries, even tho not necessarily the people who Said it are as racist as racist from other More politically correct country where if you say something like that you are like a kkk member, here Is just to troll or make mad the fans of the rival club. For example Is kinda like insulting somebody calling an fgt and being cool with gay people. Its not to justify or say the national team players are not racist or xenophobic, likely they are a little bit, but mainly insensitive and just sing stuff to talk crap about their rivals because honestly in argentina it was the norm to say non politically correct stuff specially in football stadiums.

[@masterchief-yj7yw]

​@@Monkey.D.Shinchanits not an excuse, just bringing More context because i sometimes feel like foreigners think we are blonde nazi germany descendants who believe blacks are dumber or inferior and that Isnt the reality of almost anybody living here and not even of racist Argentine people

[@raddkahnengels]

"I don't think you can define these players because of this single moment... " YES YOU CAN. IT'S WHO THEY ARE. NOT EVEN ONE PERSON TRIED TO STOP IT AND EVERY SINGLE PLAYER CLEARLY KNEW ALL THE WORDS.

[@sebastianbardon391]

Spot on. To claim that this is the only instance and the rest of their lives are spotless is hilarious.

[@rawrostar]

No it’s only this instance, you don’t know them so you cannot judge them. This mentality is a product of social media where people judge your entire life based on 10 seconds and then use that to judge an entire ethnic group or another group that you belong to based on that. You need to grow up and stop trying to be woke for attention

[@sebastianbardon391]

@@rawrostar They are not reading the lyrics, they know it because it's obvious is not the first time they sing it. And who is judging an entire ehtnic group based on Enzo? You need to grow up and stop doing apologia for homophobia and racism.

[@ignaciod06]

i think you are just soft

[@gl6483]

More than likely hating on mbappe joining rm. Argentinians are generally racist, especially the players. This isn't an isolated event, this is just the first time there's got caught. Son Mala gente, agrandados y maleducados, eso no va a cambiar jamas.

[@judithmwatete9216]

In a bus full of grown men no one not even one could say this will not be received well out there not even one

[@ReeceJude-s6h]

If it weren’t for France colonising these African counties to begin with they wouldn’t be playing for France. But, regardless of skin colour if you’re born in France you have the right to play for France. I just find it funny that they don’t mention Theo Fernandez and anton griezmann who I believe have Spanish decent

[@andrespico5290]

Griezmann is german

[@rawrostar]

Because Hernandez and Griezmann look and act French

[@andrespico5290]

@@sssuupperrenanosocialista7elre he was born in france to a father of german ancestry.... His mum was portuguese not spanish is it?

[@KazumaSatouReal]

Bait used to be believable ​@@rawrostar

[@timothymuntu9027]

@@rawrostarYour comment though coming from a good place implies that the black players don’t act french… I suppose you haven’t been in france because they ALL act French, there is not one way of acting in any country for that matter.

[@AbhishekSharma-fw7nc]

Thank you for all the historical context & explanation. I found this very informative.

[@FootyMedia]

You cooked in this video 👏

[@RyoSabeya]

I am an Asian-Canadian who grew up watching Redondo and being fan of the Argentine national team's for the last 3 decades , without them winning a major title. 35 years went by, they finally won somethin. Not just something, it's a World Cup and 2 Copa america back to back. But 35 years was long enough for someone to hear the wakeup call. These guys only love themselves and have no respect for anyone else. Why should they care about us. I'm also fed up with toxic Messi fanboys pop up out of nowhere from all over the world. Enough is enough. Enzo Fernandez was my favourite footballer out of the bunch. I have his poster on my wall and his jersey. Too bad. But if he wanna act that way, f*ck him!

[@smack770]

I'm glad that you're not taking this lightly either. Sometimes, we are too soft with blatant wickedness. The only way some people learn is by consequences.

[@BairesCARP33]

Why don't you do something about how blacks are treated in France and England instead of being offended by a football song? Check the French players discriminating Asians or how the French has just kicked out black immigrants from the streets of Paris for the Olympics because "they make visual contamination". Don't be a hyp0crite.

[@herreraarielraul]

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[@domenicscuglia9856]

Well said for standing up and speaking out against what was unacceptable decision-making on the part of the Argentinian team following their Copa America victory. My other question is where were the leadership officials, who must have been on the bus as well, why did they not intervene??

[@erniehernandez7162]

Racism and xenophobia is a very real and ongoing problem in Latin America

[@BairesCARP33]

and everywhere else! or you think there is no racism in the USA or Europe? Ask African immigrants how they live in France /England/Spain. Don't be a F00L!!

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

Like that everywhere, look at England right now

[@erniehernandez7162]

@@DaGabbaGangsta Exactly

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

@erniehernandez7162 I'm Scottish bro, and to me England is one of the most racist countries there is, never mind Argentina or anywhere else !

[@ronaldjohnson4470]

Thank you sir, you are a very articulate young man. The world needs more people like you .

[@raniayoussef5599]

Sure it doesn't define them if they apologize but instead they're doubling down. It's their continued arrogance that defines them not the mistake (assuming that it is a mistake).

[@TheEmancipatingPoet]

Renk, 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾for the video. That Alexis clown are the types of people who needs to be re-educated

[@kishangorania7691]

So proud of you bro its hard to go against your country player to say what is right and what happened was indeed a low blow tbh❤️🇦🇷

[@c.c.charles5885]

Very good vid. Sophisticated and very nuanced, please do more. You are a credit to your country

[@oliverqueen5883]

3:40 The only guys not raised in France are the Hernandez brother who are 0% African 😂😂😂

[@Musa04]

Hernandez has to be the most spaninsh name of all time i guess white people cant be immigrants

[@FierDetreFrancais1]

You are so ignorant because many Spanish people have African blood too. Many whites do origins tests and they found they have percentage of black too.

[@thefozzybear]

Enzo has French teammates to answer to when he returns to his club.

[@tobiisiba1641]

No he doesn't owe anyone and explanation his team mate needs to grow up.

[@raddkahnengels]

@@tobiisiba1641 how does it feel to be a nazi coward?

[@RashidAbdulai-m1k]

@@tobiisiba1641He needs to grow up or his team mates? You ruin the sport. White dude 😢😢

[@sajaabdelkarim1944]

@@tobiisiba1641grow up? It was blatant offence towards them

[@timasuna1756]

​@@tobiisiba1641Notice people cry about Argentina having no black players 🤣 but they say nothing about Frances team lacking white indigenous players? They can all go screw themselves, these hypocrites LOL

[@TVfridge23]

Why Argentina FA and other Argentina players hide behind Enzo Fernandez? Still no public statement. So disappointed with the Argentina team.

[@tomasbertorello485]

Por que tendríamos que pedir perdón por decir la verdad? Este tema muestra el colonialismo francés como sumió a la pobre muchos paises. Adiviná : En que país ponian a los negr0s en jaulas?

[@epac-footballscene2004]

Really good work and we totally agree with you. There’s no place for racism in football; whether it’s in Argentina 🇦🇷 or anywhere else in the world.

[@footyfactsasmr]

Well said renk, glad to see an Argentine condemn this behaviour👏

[@Tancredo5]

On the other hand, i'am sad by the nonsense of the world accusing Enzo of being racist when the Africans themselves are saying that the song is not racist and that they think that : that the French is made up of africans.

[@cletusonyebuoha3616]

You just earned yourself a new subscriber. The entire world need more of you.

[@romanrules007]

I’m a first generation white American, my dad is English and my mom is French, but if I had the opportunity to play for a national sports team, I would play for the USA 100 percent. This is my home, I’ve grown up with American culture, with some European culture too, but I love the country that I was born in. Same goes with French players. Just because their parents aren’t born in France, doesn’t mean they have to represent the country that their parents are from. What makes it ignorant and racist is they’re pointing out only the black ones. Griezmann has German roots and Theo Hernandez has Spanish but they only talk about the African countries. Great video though, glad to see that there is Argentinians that don’t have that mindset. Left a like too 👍

[@conocimiento8697]

Well said!

[@conocimiento8697]

Very informative video from a smart young gentleman! I have never ever fancied Argentina but your explanation has helped me to understand your country (even) more.

[@kofiatta-mensah6057]

Excellent, intelligent discussion with appropriate background information. The best I have heard on the subject!

[@nkhwaziaeros1845]

Great video. Its great to see another Argentine standing up to this behavior or racism. Just like you guys a large majority of the world we are all immigrants. I as an African supported Argentina against France in qatar mainly coz of Messi. When we see things like this happening it makes some of us have a wrong perspective of Argentina people. You’re right education is very important, i hope there will be lots education. We don’t need this football

[@MattsAttack9]

Also calling the French players Angolan makes no sense when Angola is a country that has links to Portugal and not France

[@FierDetreFrancais1]

It's because they are jealous of talented Real Madrid player Eduardo Camavinga which was born in Angola. He arrived in France as a child 2 years old, was raised in France he is French. His parents are not even from Angola they are from Congo.

[@l.r8206]

​@FierDetrefnorancais1 lol, it's because bola and Angola sound better than the names of other countries.

[@juckoosaurus]

they are specifically targetting Camavinga

[@FierDetreFrancais1]

@@l.r8206 Racist!

[@MarthaMeniru-wi8lu]

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[@marcesamia]

Ok, la canción se pasa cuando habla de Mbappé, estoy de acuerdo. Ahora, genios, expliquenme por qué se considera racista decir que alguien nace en un país africano. El verdadero racista es aquel que considera una discriminación decir que naciste en un país africano. Por siglos y hasta hoy en día, los africanos son menospreciados y no son los argentinos lo que lo hacen. Estoy harto que los progres nos traten de racistas cuando en 1813 se declaró en el país la libertad de vientre y se liberaron esclavos, mientras que Francia tenía un zoológico humano con gente de color y muchos otros países europeos comerciaban con esclavos. Una sola palabra les cabe: Hipócritas. Pero como no se toman el trabajo de investigar y es más fácil acusar de racistas a los argentinos porque no hay negros en la selección, también se merecen el calificativo de incultos. Aprendan, lean y después hablen antes de desprestigiar a toda una nación por una canción de cancha

[@DRAGONBLOODX]

Como sudamericano,hay que aceptar la realidad. Es casi imposbile de que en argentina haya un cambio de mentalidad en el futuro cercano. Y en la mayoria de los paises latinos sigue habiendo mucha ignorancia sobre el racismo en general. Solo hay que ver como se le trata a los asiaticos o gente con rasgos asiaticos. Ni que decir de los indigenas...

[@First-h3o]

I saw your video in another video. I'm here to simple thank you for being honest and sincere. You have more courage than any of the players and journalists in your country.

[@renktalksball]

@@First-h3o thanks for the kind words, could you tell me in which other video you saw me in?

[@First-h3o]

@@renktalksball a YT channel called GreenTurf.

[@FromTheSouthok]

I'm from Ushuaia, and i agree with everything you have said in the video. The lack of responsibility from AFA and the players is disappointing as a whole, and they should take accountability and accept that singing that chant was absolutely wrong and that should never happen again and it's unfair that only Enzo Fernandez is being thrown under the bus while the remaining players aren't taking responsibility as well. It's still really upsetting seeing people all over the globe to label us as a country full of racist nazis when it's far from the truth. While Argentina has lots of issues regarding racism, classism, xenophobia, and even homophobia (despite us being very progressive regarding the LGBTQ+ community), we will welcome everyone with open arms no matter where they're from or the color of their skin. We have to be more educated in regard to the topic of afro-argentines and the indigenous population, and i see us getting there eventually but we still have a long way to go. I'm glad to see fellow argentines who feel the same way you and i do. Un abrazo, loco 🫂

[@srikothur2845]

Extreme respect to you from a fellow racist country called Estados Unidos. 😊

[@Nightengale0000]

Messi have so much black fans and he did not say stop

[@okocha7914]

How? When he was at home with his family. That would be pretty Hard.

[@Nightengale0000]

@@okocha7914 he still have time to say stop even know. How about him coming out and say no to racist

[@Tancredo5]

maybe he doesn't say anything because he doesn't think it's racist and he doesn't have a white complex , apologizing for being white that like the guy in the video does.

[@heuthao7027]

It’s one thing for some ignorant Argentinian fans to chant this, but when a professional football player starts chanting it for no reason and knows the lyrics, it’s shocking. Fernandez started the chant and recorded himself. Imagine what goes on that’s not recorded. The Chelsea players with African descent have every rights to feel that way. Imagine having a coworker that pokes fun of you and insult you behind closed doors.

[@fernandobarreto5126]

The real problem is that argentine football culture openly promotes racism and always goes unpunished for those acts. Argentina is a big name in football and should not be behaving this way. You don’t see this type of behavior in other football culture nor any sport culture. You can be racist in your country, just don’t use football to channel it.

[@taimoorjahan3075]

Well said. Hopefully your country finds this issue seriously and takes action and moves forward positively.

[@ygjez5475]

I appreciate you been opening about this situation and talk about the clear issues we have witnessed 🙏🏿

[@adailyreminderpsgbottleda4792]

The world is a massive place, full of different people who all have different ideas on what is acceptable. You're never going to have a global population that thinks and behaves in the same way and it's about time people stop expecting this to ever happen, it can't and won't. Whether we like it or not one person's distasteful is another person's banter.

[@Lbb789]

NOT when it comes to International Events on the World Stage. This attitude is EXACTLY why this shit continues. Becuase people don't take it seriously, so Football continues to have Racists in the sport and among its fans. When they start banning, fining and suspending these people then it will stop. Not when people keep looking the other way. Football has tolerated this garbage for too long. Stop excusing it

[@tobiisiba1641]

Best comment here.

[@tofussss]

I didnt know racism and banter were the same thing

[@masterchief-yj7yw]

​@@tofussss we are slowly changing and become More similar to the rest of the world. But some decades ago some Atlanta fans (a Lot jewish) would sing racist and xenophobic chants against Chacarita fans (mostly Brown and poor, many descending from inmigrants from neighboring countries) and the Chacarita fans would say horrible antisemitic things. And it was just banter, and outside the field (even if a Lot would probably deep down actually be racist to a Lower or higher degree) most would get along with jews, or bolivians and paraguayans. Basically yeah racism sometimes in Argentina was kinda accepted as just banter, but we slowly are becoming More politically correct, hopefully poverty lessens so we get more educated as a society.

[@tofussss]

@@masterchief-yj7yw i dont think its about being 'politically correct', I just think its about getting rid of division between people. There's racial humour and then there's racist humour, and sadly some people think they're both the same and get upset when you call it out

[@fatcatpatdat]

What I don't understand is, why they started singing about France randomly?! The Copa America has nothing to do with France or any European nation for that matter

[@emilianoestevarena5071]

It's not random, but a beef against Mbappe. When Mbappe started criticizing football in South America in 2021 people took it really bad here. And then again, last week he said the Euro is harder than the World Cup. Those kinds of comments are perceived as European supremacist thought, especially if you take into account the competitiveness and diversity of South American football. Copa Libertadores and the South American World Cup qualifiers are among the fiercest football competitions worldwide, so we don't like to be looked down on. In this light, some fans in Argentina created a sufficiently offensive song to poke the so-called European superiority of the French squad and it became a massive hit.

[@sergeayissi939]

@@emilianoestevarena5071 So a 2021 beef with Mbappe justifies racist chants about ALL the other black French players in 2024 at the Copa America??

[@emilianoestevarena5071]

@@sergeayissi939 Mbappe is racist, and you don't even realize it. How do you think a South American feels if an European dismisses our hard work in football in open TV with airs of superiority and everyone claps him? His statements on the World Cup and Conmebol are false and blatantly discriminatory. In no way is Europe superior to the rest of the world.

[@sergeayissi939]

@@emilianoestevarena5071 Mbappe is not racist as South America is not just one race! European football won 4 straight world cups and that is a fact. European Cup is harder than Copa America it's a fact! I prefer to play Canada, Colombia, Panama and Peru. It's easier than playing Portugal, Spain, Germany, France. How is that racist?

[@emilianoestevarena5071]

@@sergeayissi939 Now you are being racist like Mbappe. South America is one as far as I know in terms of football, and it shows in its culture. I'll grant that some teams are easier to beat but you are downplaying our hierarchy in football, which has proven to win an aggregate of 13 world cups throughout history. Mbappe may be the next greatest player in the world. But for more than 50 years, this title has belonged to us South Americans. You Europeans have to humble yourselves and give credit where it's due. I yet have to see France playing in the conditions we play in South America. I don't think they'll dominate that easily. Europe isn't better than anything in the world, much less in football. Your "Europe is better" mentality is the source of racism worldwide, keep it in check.

[@DiegoVG21]

Lamentablemente en Argentina está naturalizada la xenofobia, es normal escuchar "boliviano" "peruano" "paraguayo" como insulto hacia una persona por sus rasgos faciales o color de piel. Increíble como si criticas que ésto está mal significa que sos un cristalito y que los equivocados son el resto del mundo por enojarse, además en la canción no solo se hace alusión al color de piel si no también frases homofobas como "Son cometrabas como el put* de Mbappe", aunque esa parte no sale en el directo estoy seguro que se cantó en ese momento

[@GRMDGRM]

son racistas, porque la mayoría si le preguntas te dicen orgullosamente que sus abuelos son europeos pero nunca te dicen que parte de sus antepasados son de peru, paraguay o del norte

[@greenbelly2008]

Y como tratan los bolivianos a los argentinos en su país???

[@Tancredo5]

Grmdg, lo que decís no es cierto. Escuche muchas ve des decir a argentinos su orgullo por ser de origen de otros países sudamericanos. A ver si los descendientes de europeos no pueden sentirse orgullosos de sus raices. Que sinsentido es este?

[@blueskymakesmefly]

Thank You for calling out what it is. I've supported this team even tho I'm not Argentinian I have Colombian friends who always told me why are you supporting a racist country, I always said to them you can't color everyone with the same brush - now I feel so awkward because honestly the whole team should their heads in shame you have no idea how many non Argentinians love this team because of Football and now I hope all the players and the team comes out and apologizes because man this is not a good look. Hopefully they learn from this and become better people and also realize they are representing a whole country. Anyways indeed very stupid of the team not just Enzo to do what they did, I will still continue supporting Argentina and believe that people deserve a second chance because unfortunately racism exists everywhere. Sad Sad Sad what should have been an enjoyable time turned to something so ugly

[@collinsmugodo380]

A really balanced and honest response...this is the first time I'm seeing any video of yours....props to you

[@encorefootball]

As an England fan, I find it so weird that Argentine fans and players now have a rivalry with France over immigration. Wtaf lol

[@acfan8253]

It’s because Mbappe made comments diminishing the competition level of Copa America vs the Euro twice, back in 2022 and again earlier this month, this song was aimed at him since he started those comments two years ago. Plus, they received the chants they made about Messi and his legs condition, and this was their response. There is a lot in the picture no one is covering conveniently…

[@Serge-cm5my]

​@@acfan8253Stop it your taking Mbappe's words out of context. Are you that hurt you think providing a sporting critique justifies racial insults?

[@Stewy-xw9fz]

@@acfan8253mbappe is right. The Euro is way better than Copa. I am not Brazilian but I am a Brazil fan and honestly the Euros is way better tournament. You have a lot more quality teams. So Mbappe is correct and the Argentinians know it and that’s why they react this way because it stings.

[@pickingthenose]

@@acfan8253you really compared euro to Copa America? Lmao. Also he was comparing teams and not players races and nationalities

[@winie9978]

The fact that they're still pushing hate after winning is crazy.....i would hate to know what they talk about when they loose 😢

[@DerFly]

He need to be banned

[@neon-astronaut]

Well said

[@greenturf]

This guy earned my respect and a follow/subscription

[@johnnyflores5954]

It’s times like these, I like to remember racist Argentinian’s that the Spanish, Italian’s, themselves aren’t considered white, by Northern European standards.

[@hernanvega9293]

Y esa prensa es justamente es la que acusa de racistas a jugadres argentinos

[@johnpittman7095]

and that isnt racist.

[@KeitelDOG]

I'm in Haiti, and fan of Brazil national team. Kilyan MBappe started all this beef back in 2022 when he was trying to minimize Messi an Neymar with Argentina and Brazil, trying to prove that he is able to win world cup and not them. But I still condemn the chant because it is innapropriate, and MBappe was acting alone, but the chant mentioned France globally. If the chant remained on MBappe solely, I would agree because MBappe asked for it, it now gets it. But leave France and the other players alone, they had nothing with this.

[@sergeayissi939]

The Argentina players did leave the other French players alone: the White French players!

[@KeitelDOG]

@@sergeayissi939 I was talking about leaving alone the other black French players, and that's the biggest mistake. Had they did that and focused only on MBappe, I don't think this would have escalated.

[@sergeayissi939]

@@KeitelDOG White players are also part of the French team. If the beef was about Europe against South America. But it is NOT! They are making it racial thing because that is what it's all about! People who want to defend Argentina will say it was about Mbappe beef... But this is just textbook RACISM!

[@marcopomilio2305]

Haiti is African aswell, no es culpa nuestra si todos ustedes son de origenes Africana

[@kelechinweke1249]

Your type of person is needed to make this world a better place for every human being.......Kudos

[@Curiosity11]

Thanks for this video from a Black French man. Education is the key. 👍

[@KazumaSatouReal]

I genuinely hope your video reaches out to more people

[@ChetasRecipe]

Subscribed for this video. Keep it up mate

[@gbolahanadeleke5357]

Same here

[@PatrickTheCoolestFan]

Very disrespectful to do that, but well said. Responses are yet to be cleared for good. 👍

[@ldehoyos4442]

...well said....never underestimate the power of ignorance...

[@donwilliamsbuddhasingh3779]

Well said young man. Thank you for speaking up.

[@gromit576]

I am from Asia. I read the chant lyrics many times. I still don't get what is the fuss/racist about it? Last month, the World Cup Cricket was held in the USA and Caribbean islands. The South Africa team has mostly white players, so did Zimbabwe team which until a few years ago had 9 white players out of 11. Nobody even cared or dwelt upon it. But since it involves Black, it becomes a mountain out of a molehill situation. Soy de Asia. Leí la letra del canto muchas veces. ¿Todavía no entiendo por qué tanto alboroto/racista? El mes pasado se celebró la Copa Mundial de Cricket en Estados Unidos y las islas del Caribe. El equipo de Sudáfrica tiene en su mayoría jugadores blancos, al igual que el equipo de Zimbabwe, que hasta hace unos años tenía 9 jugadores blancos de 11. A nadie le importaba ni se preocupaba por ello. Pero como se trata de Black, se convierte en una montaña de una situación de grano de arena.

[@Tancredo5]

Hola!!! Por fin encuentro una persona sensata entre los comentarios. La canción no es racista, sólo bromea acerca de que la selección francesa está compuesta en su mayoría de jugadores de origen africano, es sólo una broma y no denigran a nadie por su raza. Es como lo sospechas tu porque son negros que se indignó todo el mundo. Los mismos africanos dicen que la canción no es racista y que ellos piensan lo mismo, que los jugadores son africanos Lo que yo creo es que mucha gente tienen mucho deseo de hacerse ver como moralmente superior acusando a otros de racistas y llamando a todos los integrantes de un pais racistas con todo descaro no dándose cuenta de lo insultante y difamatorios que es. Bueno al parecer en Asia hay gente pensante como tu. Me da esperanza.

[@gromit576]

The West/Europe views the rest of the world from their prism. They judge anyone who don't conform to their set of rules and mindset. Here is an example. My friends and I ride on motorcycle to the hills on weekends. We take pictures. On one photo my friend sat on the viewpoint railing and I stood in front of him. He rested his hands on my shoulders. We took group photos of us friends standing shoulder to shoulder. My friend emigrated to US. His American fiancé was so nervous that other Americans would call my friend a homo/gay. She deleted all his motorcycle trip pictures! She even got anxiety when he would call home to talk to us. In our country we don't even think in such manner.

[@pauladdae3130]

Your video is a welcome contribution to this debate, and you have been very self-reflective, honest and self-critical. Is there not a wider problem in Argentina in regards to anti-black racism though? The 'education', which some people mention here, needs to simply start with Argentina itself: 1. During the 18th and 19th centuries Afro-Argentines accounted for up to fifty percent of the population in certain cities. 2. historically, the overwhelming majority of Nazi war fugitives fled to Argentina. Conduct more research. See the books of Wiesenthal (1989), Rein (2020), Goñi (2022) and importantly, Steinacher (2012: 211) in his book Nazis on the Run. 3. Afro-Argentines such as Maria Remedios del Valle (1768-1847); Domingo Sosa (1788-1866); Josè Maria Morales (1818-1894); Lorenzo Barcala (1793-1835) - have been forgotten in the national psyche. 4. Forgetting the fact that the Guarani peoples are the original Argentines and they were effectively massacred by European usurpers. 5. I understand that not all of the team were there. A few, like possibly Lo Celso and Romero - so Fernández should not be made the scape-goat. Also, Messi should have come out to distance himself and the squad from such vile behaviour.

[@Abishek293]

Well said buddy

[@marcomarin1196]

With their logic Argentina's two best players Maradona and Messi are not Argentinian either.

[@joaquinbrasher3722]

i don't know how to put into words what i want to say but what a beautiful video 🇦🇷🇺🇲

[@scionnole]

Thank you for this video. An appropriate response.

[@watchgagootz]

Ignorance is the true enemy. It’s sad seeing what happened in the dressing room.

[@MoonlightMaskG]

Yeah they’re just obsessed at this point no other country does this, attacking players ancestry even tho they were born in France. Argentinians players won’t dare talk about their German and Italian ancestry their hypocrites plain and simple. Wouldn’t expect less from a country like Argentina

[@Elmex08]

Im not defending them but I think you got a wrong idea of where the German and Italian ancestry comes from. Players will 100% mention it if they're aware of it. Like messi wouldn't doubt on tell you his family is Italian or macallister that his family is Irish.

[@meripyare]

​@@Elmex08 He was refering to those who fly italy and Germany After WW2 for obvious reasons. Not sure if the players will openly talk about having a nazi or fachist granfather....

[@Elmex08]

@@meripyare I know. They most likely don't that's the thing. The amount of nazi and Italian fascist refugees was too little.to have an influence and most of the immigration got to argentina decades before the war

[@princegeorge13]

Thank u...u are as real as it gets.

[@Jukuuuuu]

Thank you brother, great video.

[@TheOnlyTaps]

👊🏿🙏🏿💯

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

hi from scotland, great video from the horses mouth, i agree with everything you say, just dont understand why enzo even posted that, as far as argentina goes, apparently outside of scotland, there more people in argentina with scottish blood than any other country

[@waitingforapril]

Menos mal. Ya me estaba volviendo loca la insensatez en los medios sociales. Gracias x este excelente video! Me diste esperanza x los argentinos

[@Coyg04-69]

Enzo will have a great time once he comes back to chelsea lol hahahah

[@Tmberwolf]

You've earned yourself a new subscriber... Thank you for your thoughts.

[@KingKofiOna-ud3ik]

I watched a video by a black American KZbinr I think his name is "Ace". He did a video from Buenos Aires to see if it was a racist place. He got much love and he also got some indifference from people. One of my good friends is Argentine...his only flaw is that he supports Boca and I like River 😅

[@markgrant4509]

No great surprise that the Argentine team sang a song like that. Doing what they do best.

[@laurellejoseph4223]

Merci allez vie la france thank you for speaking up for our french players ❤

[@michaelappiah-kubi2829]

Such a well thought response! Big up Renk👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@FCBculeA]

great video renk damn I just got to watch it

[@sebastianaran3607]

No les supo explicar porque a los negros les decimos negros. No los discriminamos. No los odiamos. Es FOLCLORE

[@robinmitchell849]

Superb! Well done. Educated, balanced and kind.

[@Johnson-xx9pm]

Thank you for this video

[@brandonblanco8379]

Thank you for exposing them.

[@KingMu7740]

I came here from Green Turf. THANK YOU for the history. People are angry now and the history of Argentina is being exaggerated in negative ways and and downplayed in the positive ways. Either way, this is a disgrace.

[@InkyBizzo]

Well said young man

[@conocimiento8697]

I have interpreted for Argentinians over the years (Spanish to English). They have confided in me the historical reasons as to why Argentinians' thought process are much different from the majority of Latin American countries. It is appalling. That bad image has been painted a long time, all this is just a confirmation. Thanks to technology. Now, Argentina as a country has a lot to do. If it cares!

[@PatchesVillano]

Hablas muy bien el ingles. Me da gusto que hay gente decente y educada en Argentina. Cheers from USA, animo raza. 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇦🇷

[@anindubuisi22]

Shoutout Renk for speaking ur mind👍🏾✍️🏾🔥

[@ambrosewest3817]

the difficult aspect of these actions is not that these players did not know ... there was no lack of knowledge around what they were singing ... nor insensitivity to cultural differences. It was the ignorance of the offensive nature of the song that really "hits home". These players willfully intentionally sang this song and knew the words like they all sang it together before ...

[@Uzairu_Sim1]

Auxz sent me to this video. Very educational video

[@marianoguaycochea6652]

doble moral: si lo dice un yanki en tono de comedia is a "roast" si lo dice un argentino en todo de comedia es racista kzbin.infoXN7WEgc9u3Q aca tenes un ejemplo

[@dwayneanderson1791]

Well said young man 👏🏽👏🏽

[@greenworld5577]

Man, you are a young and intelligent individual! Keep being realistic and real humans will follow you.

[@blueandneutralpodcast]

Well said Renk! Inexcusable is the word.

[@uchihamarss]

seriously good video, dude

[@MattsAttack9]

Thanks for exposing and your words were spot on

[@1stefanoli]

Would the Argentinian players like it if people said they have Nazi origins?

[@renktalksball]

Probably not, would be a fair response

[@nicole-1]

Excellent video! Very well said. You’ve earned yourself a subscriber (Even though you have questionable taste if your English team is Liverpool 😝). Please tell me Dibu wasn’t singing that crap.