Why Don't Argentina Have Any Black Players?

Whilst neighbouring Uruguay and Brazil have had plenty of black footballers, including their greatest players of all time in the forms of Pele and Jose Andrade, the same cannot be said for Argentina.
Despite sharing a similar colonial past to their near neighbours, Argentina's black population is a fraction of the nation's around them, and following a question from a subscriber during the 2018 World Cup, HITC Sevens takes a look at why that is the case.

[@mrrightnow8726]

I noticed it like once in the past , didnt think anything of it considering Ive never seen a black Argentine & through history I learned most Argentines are just spanish speaking italians

[@samir.4718]

@@dazzaMusic Inaki Williams of Athletic Bilbao. But only one cap in 4 years..

[@Keddeadkedemption]

There was a war in Argentina in the 18th century that killed off a majority of the black population, the war of the triple alliance or something like that.

[@samir.4718]

@@dazzaMusic Ansu Fati of FC Barcelona

[@alexandrumicu1302]

@@samir.4718 He isn't Spanish per se. He is from Guinea-Bissau and was naturalized by Spain

[@abhaagrawal5780]

dazzaburger don’t worry. Fati will be Spain’s star. La masia also has some promising black Spanish players.

[@santiagoborenszteyn1618]

I misread the title at first and thought it said “back” players as in defenders. I was very surprised when he began talking about black people

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

Mee too

[@LHasbik]

Me too hahahaha

[@chesscomsupport8689]

Well... it's correct both ways.

[@nr126]

Zero defence ..lol

[@nf9563]

Santiago Borenszteyn that’s Brazil that doesn’t have any back players

[@Nextraker]

Calling someone Negro in many countries isn’t Racist. In Mexico we do it all the time. I live in AZ for 20+ years now and have come to know about 5 black Hispanics who themselves went by the name “El negro” , just like some light skin Hispanics go by “guero”

[@hyapry193]

wow didn’t except you to be here

[@Eric-rm4uu]

Thats inaccurate but just slightly, "negro" can be used as a racial slur just as much as it is used as an endearing term, I'm hispanic myself also so I'm not just talking out of my ass when it comes to this stuff, and more often than not I hear people disparagingly talking about anyone with dark skin using such terms as black or negro, moreno or dark skin, prieto or really black, so on and so forth, I even remember some black people from when I was a child who's nicknames were simio and monkey, you also see this culture reflected in households when a parent finds out their white son or daughter is dating a black person, the feeling is not that of embrace but of displeasure or disappointment, you can also see this culture in telenovelas, the protagonists are never black in Hispanic countries, beauty pageants are dominated mostly by white people, there's also under representation of blacks in politics, surely there are more examples of racism in other cultures throughout Latin America but I'll leave there for now, all this to say that we are no different than say the US when it comes to how we view blacks south of the border, sure we're not killing them or denying them their rights, I happen to think blacks get along with whites better in Latin American compared to how they're treated in the US and Europe but it's undeniable that there is a bias and as a result blacks still get mistreated in Latin America 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@toasty2102]

@@Eric-rm4uu im not reading that

[@Eric-rm4uu]

@@toasty2102 don't be scared, you're just gonna learn something new, take you less than two minutes to read it I promise, let me know what you think 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@bamaiamafernandes1093]

@@Eric-rm4uu I agree, I lived in brazil and some people see black people in a different way than they see white people, as you said its not a violent type of racism but they are still kind of mistreated

[@jonblackburn7634]

I saw this being asked again this year, and someone replied with "Because we're not a Disney movie"

[@matiaslipovec]

Yeah saw that too lol

[@fishyfish6510]

Uruguay also have very few black players.

[@andresreal8261]

The braindead "stuck in 2016 anit-SJW" one-liners are a plague not solely contained within the USA, for as much as me as an Argentine would love to be the case... Now the AnCaps are also starting to brew here... Ah, the internet...

[@susiekatzen]

Jon Blackburn Even a politician from Argentina responded with the same answer to that question that you have

[@nosceteipsum-mw7nj]

@@susiekatzenand is true

[@DylanlaherBlogspotIe]

7 clubs who never had any real golden generation 7 players who played on with medical conditions (Edgar Davids, Saul)

[@michael.g3915]

The first one is a great idea mate

[@yannbanan6982]

Darren Fletcher

[@chalkandcheese3211]

What's up with Saul

[@connor8927]

@@chalkandcheese3211 I think it's a liver or kidney problem, it occurred in a bayern game as well

[@chibuikeohiagbaji3257]

First one is good

[@harithdanial141]

World=complaints about Argentina don't have black player FIFA=That's why we love to put them with nigeria in the same group at world cup

[@stuart73m]

Top quality comment that obviously has not been seen by enough people

[@hernanhenriquez6778]

Underrated comment haha

[@jcmosang8953]

😂

[@lordstark5292]

class.

[@Irefx876]

Classical

[@SD-xh8fz]

VIDEO IDEA: *EVERY EPL CLUB'S BEST ACADEMY PRODUCT* (Could be current or ever)

[@mrbillcipher6283]

Steven Daley that would be on hitc sport, not sevens

[@Jay-in6dl]

We’ve done this on Redmen Academy. Check it out.

[@SD-xh8fz]

@@mrbillcipher6283 they do some "Every EPL club" videos. This guy would do it better than the shouting Irish guy

[@asmsxps5055]

Johan Ralle No they don’t United do

[@eddy-5236]

Man city = jadon Sancho

[@plainnan]

Returned to watch this exceptionally written piece after Messi won the world cup with Argentina.

[@Sister_R]

Same

[@dipurahman1956]

same

[@moleedaboi]

Not exceptional Lol. It's okay

[@danboyigomsuk2027]

Why can't you respond to the question: why Argentina does not have Black players? That's how many of you fail examinations. They ask you a question and you go out to answer nonsense; at the end, you say the teacher hates you and that's why he/she failed you in the exam! Caustic!

[@moleedaboi]

@@danboyigomsuk2027 afro argentines only make up less than 1%, half of which are females. And a small amount of them are interested in pursuing football as a career. Through simple mathematics/probability, it is not all that surprising that Argentina doesn't have black players in the men's national football squad or their leagues.

[@SM-zm5xt]

Incredible how many people in the comments criticize my country for not having black players, accusing it of being racist. Nothing is more racist than assuming that we must have black people because we are from Latin America

[@Abdi-libaax]

Argentina is racist slavery and hiding Nazi members. Messi being racist to a player. Maradona being racist to Nigerians in the world cup.

[@omicron7771]

The USA also brought Nazis, scientists or not, they worked for and with Hitler, they also hid Nazis. And if you think that there are no black people in Argentina you are quite wrong, visit the north of the country and enjoy.

[@SM-zm5xt]

@@Abdi-libaax Messi is racist for arguing with a player. The madness is total

[@Abdi-libaax]

@Decem when did I say black people suffered more than Jewish people? You're trying to twist words because you have nothing to say.

[@Abdi-libaax]

@@adrobestia262 you do.

[@SheikhSadafTasin]

Two things I love: 1) football 2) history This video was tailor made for me! Loved every bit of it! Would love to see more.

[@seb.figueroa]

Same

[@isasamad4847]

Have u watched the English game pretty sure u would love that

[@ahnafulislamaian2803]

R u Bangladeshi 🇧🇩

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

Mee too

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

@@isasamad4847 i'll watch It soon You mean English Game film (2020)??

[@necromancer7075]

late but next video idea: Why Brazil don't have Japanese footballer. Afterall Brazil has the highest number of japanese after Japan.

[@lockdown550]

I'm speaking out of my ass here but I'm gonna say the Japanese-brazilian population doesn't care for football. Because I noticed it's pretty present in MMA which at first was weird to me cause there was Brazilians with Japanese names. But even Brazilian Jiu-jitsu which is prominent in MMA as the name suggests is an evolution of a Japanese martial arts in Brazil. Again I'm speaking out of my ass here

[@BritishReign]

Ur an idiot, why would Brazil have a large Japanese population?? 🤔🤨

[@lockdown550]

@@BritishReign Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside Japan about 1.5 million

[@necromancer7075]

@@BritishReign Maybe research first before calling someone

[@ivansalesbarbosa2852]

Because Japanese people don't play football..They fight Karate kkkkk

[@jesustiradoespinoza4723]

im from venezuela, I been to argentina , the reason why there arent no blacks is because there are no black people in argentina , people there are white and some mestizos,, but no blacks at all.

[@darthsidious6070]

Mi pana te diré lo que en realidad paso con los negros en argentina... SE LOS COGIERON A TODOS, se acabaron la chocolatada, fue una masacre.

[@HunterHH25]

Considering many black men and women were brought over during the transatlantic slave trade, why do you think there are no black argentines? Cause there definitely are, there isn’t many and that makes it easier to ignore them, suppress them and then act like they don’t exist.

[@dubabaxakatv2993]

They are less than 5%...the majority are racist

[@kingsamuelofficial]

They are there they are marginalised and we’re only given stays on a census in 2010

[@MariaJulia-od8jv]

​@@kingsamuelofficialthe fact that the question didn't exist on a census doesn't mean they were invisible, come visit any city that other than Buenos Aires and you won't even see 10 black people, just different shades of brown, but you didn't considered them black enough.

[@derpderpderpPSN]

Why doesn’t North Korea have black players?

[@tsprime3114]

Kim Jong Un is the biggest player of the world. He is 1000× better than Messi and Ronaldo combined. And I guarantee you I'm not writing this comment under any influence. I am not being held at gun point by Kim's soldiers in front of his office door right now.

[@titanmode3888]

derpderpderpPSN You do know that there are also Afro-Argentinians right ?

[@danivide9702]

@@titanmode3888 You do know that they amount to less than 0.5% of the total population, right?

[@titanmode3888]

@@danivide9702 Lo sé. When is the best time to visit Argentina, Buenos Aires ?

[@danivide9702]

​@@titanmode3888 if you're talking about Buenos Aires ( as in the capital) i would say spring or fall. But, since people tend to tour the country, it all depends of what part do you want to visit. EX: perito moreno glacier ruptures on spring; Mendoza and neuquen for snow parks, skiing , etc in winter ; the beaches and estancias in Buenos Aires (province) in summer, etc

[@rotozizou8285]

I think you should change the channel name to hitc football, the channel does more than make lists ranking different players. On youtube, you're probably the most knowledgable youtuber on football.

[@UnloosingLion]

Cassius Clark there is already an HITC Sport

[@bishrutthapa5175]

Tifo is the best

[@Playmaka10x]

Totally agree. I’m very proud of the awareness and light being shined on these topics especially during a disgusting time like this. The issues of race play too big of a role in our societies, everyday lives, sports, and entertainment to not be talked about. Anyone who disagrees can piss off. As a black man I am very proud of this channel and I’ve been a big subscriber for about 2 years now and I couldn’t be more happier to see content like this. The world is in a real dark and sad place rn but im real proud to see that we are not alone in this fight from here (Chicago) to everywhere around the world. Black lives matter, fuck racism, fuck the kkk. Rip to the fallen,Justice is long overdue

[@mercyizekor8651]

@Cassius Clark there already is a hitc sport

[@vertexmagma2187]

Nah James Williams is way smarter like by a lot

[@bidza5059]

i have never heard about a black Argentinian man,let alone a footballer

[@franciscogerbi2631]

I'm from Argentina and from a city of half a million people and the only blacks you see here are Senegalese immigrants or profesional basketball players

[@akky3189]

@@aar0nbbosa801 well, aren't you just contradicting yourself?

[@aar0nbbosa801]

Akshat Jaiswal lol I was being ironic saying whites but I guess u didn’t get it

[@akky3189]

@@aar0nbbosa801 jesus, i got wooshed

[@AppyTheApe]

@Tia That was just an ironic statement buddy

[@suprijoanhart]

Why don't african nations have chinese players

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

None of them massacred their Chinese population

[@marope]

Simplest answer: Black population in Brazil: 6,2% pure afrodescent, 39,1% mulato, total = 45,3% Black population in Uruguay: 8,1% [2011] Black population in Argentina: 0,4% [2010]

[@marope]

Longer answer: Yes, there was a larger percentage of black people back on the days of Spanish Colony. It is unclear why it decreased with time. Probably war and epidemics. However, in 1850, Argentine population was roughly of 1,000,000 people. Between 1862 and 1940 6,6 millon inmigrants (mostly white Europeans) came to Argentina. So the incidence of European inmigration was decisive.

[@StuartLynx]

Yes. Most black folk were either killed during the War for Independence or during the War of the Triple Alliance. Back then most black people were frontline soldiers so not many survived.

[@kagisonkabini2021]

You forgot Argentinas genocide

[@FunDuude]

@@StuartLynx wow, I guess the Black Argentinians LOVED Argentina more than the white Argentinians then. Enough to become soldiers on the front line. The ultimate sacrifice. I guess Argentina should regard the Blacks as heros then and dedicate a National holiday to them. "Dia de los Guerreros Negros Argentinos" or something like that. smh.

[@StuartLynx]

@@FunDuude lol yeah you could say that. They probably didn't get a choice.

[@vivvv100]

Well i've lived for over 30 years in Buenos Aires and never seen a native black Argentine. In fact some people here call "black" to the typical latino skin color

[@randomanon2999]

Same, I only started seeing blacks recently because of the massive venezuelan immigration.

[@as.abrilsifuentes1999]

My father is a black Argentine. Besides him I haven't seen any blacks argentines

[@taysea7v]

@@as.abrilsifuentes1999 frome where came your Father ?

[@lakhsiv6231]

Interesting

[@ivartheboneless761]

@@as.abrilsifuentes1999 You lier, argentina is 100% white. ARGENTINA IS 100% PURE WHITE!!!!!!!!!

[@meoonly4989]

Do why France doesent have any french players?

[@4eyefoxbodyfanclub625]

😂😂😂

[@null-px1zu]

Forbidden Thoughts

[@powerzoldyck5670]

Your comment is racist.

[@fadhil2831]

​@Jay Iidd atleast us reach semi final

[@fadhil2831]

They are french tho,world cup are between nation not ethnic group or race,for example zidane are arab-french and he was french national team captain also messi litteraly descendent of italian immigrant

[@auroradarg]

Why don't iceland have any black players? Smh

[@Colt-eq1vm]

Because their like 300 k in the country

[@harveyholmes9533]

This just proves you read the title and got mad because 4 minutes in he basically says that

[@jonathanz5169]

@@Colt-eq1vm then why Nigeria have any White guy in Football National Team?? That's rare

[@frensc9557]

@Antisocial Freak A not fair comparison is saying that Argentina is racist because a president said African argentine people are a problem. you are the most racist country on the world. We don't have African argentine footbalers because they are very few people black due to inmigration and demographic situations.

[@Abdi-libaax]

Interesting question

[@joaquinsandoval5370]

I was NOT aware of Alejandro de los Santos and I consider myself a huge fan of the National Team. A son of slaves who came to Argentina at the end of the XIX century, when his parents died he moved from Entre Ríos (where he was born) to Buenos Aires and even played in my team San Lorenzo! And not just that, but he won the Copa America in 1925? I'm almost in tears. This is such moving story. Definitely the most beautiful historical fact I've learnt of recently.

[@Nziraph]

You call this beautiful historical facts....these are rather gruesome 🇦🇷 history. A bloody stain they need to explain.

[@marlonblade007]

Me neither

[@Josefina_sofia_Acosta]

Gracias en mi país no somos racista recibimos a todos y no nosotros buscamos talento y los mejores no nos importa la piel o idioma todos recibimos

[@MrBruh-yb9qi]

@@Josefina_sofia_Acosta Correccion: somos racistas contra todo aquel que insulte a Argentina, asi que nuestro racismo esta justificado

[@Italia311]

65% of Argentinian’s have partial or full Italian heritage

[@braianbarrientos3794]

i think is more like 80% or 90% is really high, (srry, i don´t speak english, i´m Argentinian :D)

[@selasedu]

@Solluminati Shooter and French

[@TheMan-qr5eh]

@@braianbarrientos3794 don't act as if Argentina is white they are Latinos with dark hair and some dark completion.

[@braianbarrientos3794]

@@TheMan-qr5eh The majority of European descent in Argentina is a fact, it is not a better or worse country for that, nor its people worse or better, it really does not matter, it is just a curious fact, it also depends on the region of the country in which you are

[@braianbarrientos3794]

Maybe you are just a racist who relates "Black = bad" and that is why you attribute the characteristic to Argentina to feel superior (srry for my english again)

[@alexandermiddleton9408]

Why don’t France have any white players

[@blazingshadowgt5464]

Lol stfu they have white players get information

[@SkankHunt-iz1nl]

@@blazingshadowgt5464 they look pretty African to me. I could not believe I was watching the euro finals LOL

[@blazingshadowgt5464]

@@SkankHunt-iz1nl ok lol

[@kwazulu0358]

Griezman, Lloris

[@faviorodriguez4926]

😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

[@mel-nj4so]

SI CREEN QUE VAN A TOCAR NUESTRO ACUÍFERO GUARANÍ ESTÁN MUY EQUIVOCADOS

[@eldoritomagico3720]

JAJSSJSJ TE AMO

[@guada9049]

JAHSJAKAJ a sacar las boleadoras para defendernos

[@jesusrivero9059]

no entiendo por que todos hablan de el agua, me explican?

[@juanliendo6652]

@@jesusrivero9059 xq es un recurso re importante pa

[@auroradarg]

@@jesusrivero9059 el chiste es que los gringos nos acusan de racistas para tener una excusa para sancionarnos o iniciarnos una guerra para quedarse con el agua

[@Rukhage]

Slight correction, Argentina abolished slavery in 1813 not 1853. In 1853 we adopted our first Constitution in which it was set into law that all people born on Argentine soil are free. And whilst the video does its best to summarize the afro-argentine experience, it's quite lacking in some areas, as for instance the understanding of race relations in Latin America in general. Let me preface this by saying that in no way am I condoning or agreeing with these statements, but they're based on the historical understanding of the time periods. Argentina, or at that time the Vice Royalty of the River Plate, was more of a backwoods hold out for the Spanish crown to hold off against French and British interests in the region. The vast majority of the Mid-Atlantic Slave Trade ended up going to Brazil (whom as a note only abolished slavery in 1888), and Argentina received a small fraction of it. I do wholeheartedly agree that after manumission was declared in 1813 the vast majority of black slaves in Argentina (or the United Provinces in that time period) were forcibly conscripted into the Liberation Armies as front-line cannon-fodder soldiers, and that's where you see the biggest dip in the Afro-Argentine population, followed by the War of the Triple Alliance. Compound to this the unfortunate decision to exterminate the Southern native tribes in what was known as the Desert Campaign of the 1860's, and the influx of European immigration that had it's peak from around the 1870's to the 1890's, and you have the perfect conditions for developing a nation that would identify strongly with its European roots than other nations in Latin America. One thing that is important to note is that the concept or race in Argentina was secondary to that of social class: call it a leftover of the Catholic Spanish way of running things, it is why the color of your skin in Argentina plays a secondary role to your place in society. And while it's true that later on Argentina had the typical view of race mainly shaped by the ideas of 19th Century Europe, there was a more sui generis approach to our understanding of it. This is why we don't distinguish our European ancestry by regionality: Spanish, Italian, German, French, Russian, Turkish, we don't have the anglocentric concept of hyphenating our national identity (ie: African-American, Italian-American, etc) and thus our views on what you would call race-relations (if you can even call it that) have a different approach than they do in the anglocentric nations. Hope this cleared up some misconceptions and I welcome any questions or discussions. :)

[@diegogalvan1810]

Thank you for the additional info! Certainly helps to show the whole picture

[@integrito3323]

Really! Does this make you feel better! 1813 vs 1853 or 1888! The same story where ever and when ever this race goes! Full stop! Period! Then write revisionist/confusionist history!

[@joemoschetta1541]

argentina has over 20 million people of italian decsent

[@Rukhage]

@@integrito3323 unfortunately it's only recently in human history that we have reached an understanding that all humanity is one unified species. You have to empathize with the thinking of the times and understand how revolutionary it was. It's easy to look back with our views and belittle how backwards things were, but the mere fact that these ideals were enshrined was revolutionary back then. Should we do better now? Yes, wholeheartedly, but don't judge our forefathers for having pushed things back in their day. They were going against the grain of everything their generation held sacred.

[@lukecole5056]

@@integrito3323 Well if you take into account Argentina is a country since 1816, it means slavery is a crime in Argentina even before Argentina existed. You should blame Spain for whatever happened before that.

[@kidmack3556]

Most famous Black Argentinian, but virtually unknown by most of today's music listeners; guitarist Oscar Aléman Next to the great Django Rhinehart, was the most sought after "gypsy" style swing guitarist of that generation. It's been said that the great Duke Ellington offered Aléman a small fortune to join the orchestra. I have his seminal recordings in my library, which were reissued on compact disc in the early 2000's.

[@faviorodriguez4926]

Buena data..soy de Chaco..y nunca oi de él..graciassss

[@slimcurly]

Empezó la campaña para venir a sacarnos el agua

[@vivvv100]

@@wiinteerrr si no podemos sacar a los ingleses de 2 piedras vamos a sacar a los yanquis jaja

[@slimcurly]

@@mickyorourke2467 that's what you see, I'm pretty good actually

[@matiasbelli8774]

@@vivvv100 Pero le podemos tirar mierda al agua para q no les sirva, nos jodemos también peroooo si caemos q vengan con nosotros jajaja

[@martinsartori6233]

@@matiasbelli8774 le echamos petroleo sacado de china muerta

[@bchemptyyeetttt]

@@mickyorourke2467 That's pretty mean amigo

[@ElTimotoQIK]

La gente que no es latinoamericana jamás va a entender Latinoamérica (ni los propios latinos nos entendemos)

[@BRoble]

Asi de boludos son los de afuera XDDD

[@Thiaguinho21]

@@BRoble LOS YANKEES CREEN QUE LA ROSALIA ES LATINA CUANDO ES DE ANDALUCIA XDDD

[@elfachero6117]

De una perro

[@daviddyj8704]

@@Thiaguinho21 Es latina ya que España es un pais "latino" igual que Portugal, Italia y Francia

[@Thiaguinho21]

@@daviddyj8704 lo use como abreviacion para latinoamericana lul

[@metalwillcore1342]

I am from Patagonia and 700 km from where I live there is even a town founded by Welsh people where they speak Welsh and Spanish...and at least here in the south there are no Africans only a few who are street vendors but they are not born here, they are foreigners.

[@federrr7]

because is a Country, not a Netflix TV show

[@CBSeDeSTA]

😂 so true

[@ANDREW68898]

Do a "Why does Ecuador has so many black players?" a very interesting case as black population is not that vast in Ecuador.

[@BR-ms6te]

knowing that black people are naturally better athletes, they tend to seek out talent in the predominantly black Esmeraldas region. pretty smart imo.

[@ANDREW68898]

@@BR-ms6te A substantial argument. Great contribution!

[@brianbayer4868]

Black people are better naturally, that's why.

[@mariolopescas1561]

Lmao that’s why there has been less black balon dor players than white

[@M.S.Fitness]

@@mariolopescas1561 but there are more white player's than black so your arguement doesn't make sense

[@mrmcallister3797]

Tbh I got a bit worried at how you would handle this topic and I’ve got to say you did a good unbiased discussion about it Well done

[@d-i-r-t-y-g438]

Forreal i always asked that question even used too ask my parents the same question as a kid watching them play its crazy how its now a video on YT

[@mrmcallister3797]

D Lenon i totally understand your reference but I think htc was focusing on Argentina because it was a former slave colony and is surrounded with mixed race countries. In favor of your point I do agree that some times we look into things a bit too much that aren’t relevant. We live in a world that doesn’t like racism but loves talking about it sadly

[@khalildewar2950]

@D Lenon the reason why the topic was posed is not because black people are more important but when all your neighbors have had black players consistently playing for them and you have'nt considering that 60% of the nation was black at one point then its makes an interesting study.

[@josephjackson8077]

@D Lenon 4:25 watch from there :)

[@khalildewar2950]

@ I dont hate anyone brother, and I said it was interesting, I never said anything about racism. Its just intteresting from an anthropological view is all. There is one race my friend but many peoples, and I respect all cultures and all people, peace unto you my brother....☺☺☺

[@Atlas24gh]

The comment section is interesting. most did not watch the video to know why Argentina don't have black players but they are posting comments like "same reason Ghana, Nigeria, Togo don't have white players". Very strange

[@pedddler]

It is because of the title of the clip that has caused people like me to leave comments without actually watching it.

[@leandrox1]

As usual when an English or philo anglo talk about Argentina...take account of the biased information that you are going to get...Malvinas conflict still pending...and you know the English,every guy act as "STASI like member" defending the topics of UK government...

[@user-rs9py9yr1r]

Interesting. You know who was watching the video. Very strange.

[@theheavylightshovel7399]

Lucas Lopez Isabello holy fuck , you are fucking stupid 😂😂

[@ryanmitchell1265]

@Northern dancer that dinosaur exaggeration got me 🤣

[@gerardocaceres3905]

Why are there no blacks in the Croatian soccer team? If you are so worried about race in soccer teams from the West, you must also question why there are no black players in European countries like Croatia.

[@srijansarkar9202]

Because there is almost 0.01% african people immigrated in croatia. while In the year 1860 argentina 55% population is african. Now question is how they disappear.

[@omessiasdogol]

​​@@srijansarkar9202 Of course, no-one will travel to countries that have rules against inmigration. Unlike Western Europe, a place easier to travel to. Here, on the other hand, there are many Bolivians and Paraguayans living in this country.

[@alejandroperaltanunez2030]

​@@omessiasdogolcroacia no era tierra de los ustachas?.

[@gerardocaceres3905]

@@srijansarkar9202 I truly forgot about this comment I posted. It's a lie. Blacks were never a big portion of Argentina's population. But that's not the subject. The subject is that the Washington Post is a place filled up with ignorant idiots who think that every single country in the Americas must have Blacks. Argentina has no Black representation, so what? What do the Washington Post, and other media, care about? Argentina is not their country and will never be.

[@gerardocaceres3905]

@@srijansarkar9202 I totally forgot that I made this comment. You know what? The past is the past! Blacks never composed more than 50% of the Argentinian population; their population never came close to 50%. Whatever happened to those Blacks is not important now. Whatever happened in the past stays in the past, period.

[@Btozer]

Most aggressive XI players with the most bookings in the top five European leagues

[@juancuellar5605]

Pepe and Ramos would most definitely be the center backs😂

[@captainobvious8264]

Juan Cuellar Pepe only have about 70 yellows and 5 reds

[@RJLS98]

Felipe Mello

[@andresgirardo8481]

You already know more argentinian history than 90% of our people.

[@caverramos7581]

dejate de joder, dice que abolimos la esclavitud en el 53 XD y la asamblea del año 13

[@SuperxDfAb]

@@caverramos7581 Probaste su punto. La asamblea del año 13 implementó la libertad de vientre, que significa que los hijo de esclavos son libres, no abolió la esclavitud. Los que ya eran esclavos lo siguieron siendo. La esclavitud fue abolida con la constitución de 1853, como bien se dijo en el video.

[@dariogutierrez6716]

@@SuperxDfAb te lo rektiaste

[@Coldwallbar]

Facts lol

[@caverramos7581]

@@SuperxDfAb si pero esa abolicion era a nivel nacional, a nivel provincial la esclavitud ya habia sido abolida anteriormente. Si te fijas el texto de la constitucion dice "En la Nación Argentina no hay esclavos: Los pocos que hoy existen quedan libres desde la jura de esta Constitución; y una ley especial reglará las indemnizaciones a que dé lugar esta declaración. ... Y los esclavos que de cualquier modo se introduzcan quedan libres por el solo hecho de pisar el territorio de la República." Lo cual denuncia un presente en el cual ya de por si la esclavitud era un fenomeno raro o incluso inexistente en algunas provincias , es un articulo que mas que nada cubre la posibilidad de defender a futuros esclavos ingresados por medios ilegales. Mi punto es que por la forma en que narra los hechos nos hace quedar como una nación esclavista hasta entrado el siglo XIX, cuando ya de por si ese fenomento habia dejado de ser importante en los 1820. Que se yo, el video es de una fuente britanica, y arma una narrativa bastante tendenciosa sobre nuestro pais que esta mal argumentada y mal presentada a mi parecer. Pero bueno causa mas impacto decir "argentina es un pais de racismo y genocidio" que decir "90% de los argentinos son mestizos y encontrar un argentino negro puro es tan complicado como encontrar un argentino blanco puro, por ende la raza es mas una percepcion social que una categoria biologica en ese pais"

[@bennyz5515]

3:00 Maradona is not white, he clearly is mixed, of Indigenous descent. Not everybody is just white or black, you probably have little knowledge of different ethnicities and appearances

[@AndresNavaHurtado]

Alfie, you need to make more content like this. Not only is this the most interesting football-related video I've ever watched, but also the sociopolitical side of football is always avoided. You could potentially build a different type of audience through videos like this.

[@mcoshea83]

I agree

[@elvnt1373]

Well said

[@robert2690]

No, he doesn’t “NEED” to. Do you believe football is a beautiful sport? If so, Do you want Politics to RUIN football? Do you want football to be controlled by Karen’s and SJW? 90% can agree Politics should NEVER be in football.

[@elvnt1373]

Robert mate politics Is football what are you talking about. They are inextricably connected

[@m.a6141]

True

[@salemsaberhagen8926]

A lot of the data in this video is misleading or just plain wrong.... Argentina wasn't a "major part of the slave trade", there was barely anyone living in the Rio de la Plata back then. It was a forgotten backwater of the Spanish Empire. Sure, 30% of the population was black in 1810, but the population back then was only 500 thousand people! Add in the fact that 7.5 million European immigrants arrived in the following century (second largest recipient after the USA), and the fact that slavery and the slave trade were abolished very early (1812), and you can see how the black population of 150 thousand (30% of 500k) got dilluted due to that huge migratory wave of Europeans. 0.4% of the population today identifies as black, and genetic testing shows 7% has some black genes (such as that goalkeeper you mention), so it's all perfectly explained in the current demographics of the country. It's true that black people died in disproportionate numbers during the war in Paraguay, and that they were discriminated against during the 19th century, but to talk about genocide here is nonsense. You can bet that if there had been an organized ethnic cleansing campaign there would be historical evidence for it. A lot of this simply stems from not understanding statistics and Latin American demographics. 30% sounds like a lot, but it was a very tiny population that got overwhelmed by immigrants. There was no "one drop rule" here as in the British colonies. And again, 150 thousand black people got 7.5 million european immgrants dumped on top of them. So that explains how those genes got dilluted. Finally, that "97% identifies as white" is bullshit, that's some CIA estimate, Argentina doesn't keep tabs on the race of each citizen like you do in America or Britain. AFAIK, the national census doesn't ask about your race. Edit: Also, the first Argentine President Bernardino Rivadavia was part Black. 200 years before Obama. Seems like a big fact you ommited because it doesn't fit the narrative you are trying to create.

[@maktoobyt2009]

You seem to be hiding something with all this garbage.

[@salemsaberhagen8926]

@@maktoobyt2009 wut? I'm just saying that the creator of the video doesn't understand race and how we view it in Latin America. Everybody here is kinda mixed. There was no "one drop rule" like in the British colonies. And slavery was abolished very early which explains why those genes got dilluted. Argentina was one of the first countries to abolish the slave trade and even our first president (Rivadavia) was part-black so this video is offensive to me in that he suggests we are all racist and wiped them out. He simply doesn't understand the history and the demographics.

[@salemsaberhagen8926]

@@maktoobyt2009 All of this you can read in Wikipedia by the way it's common knowledge.

[@maktoobyt2009]

@@salemsaberhagen8926 you are offended because he said, “you wiped them out by concentrating the disease in black area and putting them on the front row of the wars so they all die” is that not true? Why you so offended? What more racism do you want??????

[@maktoobyt2009]

@@salemsaberhagen8926 I read the stuff in the video too.

[@lostin_bass]

You are wrong about the term "negro" it can mean a huge number of things depending on the context. it can have negative intent but most of the time it does not... my family in Argentina is half Arab and half Italian and they use this word all the time without any negative intentions. saying "mi negro" a lot of the time means my friend and is a very loosely used term almost like saying "dude" in the US. not only Argentinians use the word in this way. Uruguayans, Chileans, Paraguayans etc. use it as well.

[@cardsharper1909]

this

[@Toxic2T]

this

[@teresaguerrrasalazar4964]

the US afro people came up with the idea not to use it because since they do not speak any languages they did not know what it meant, they just decided that it meant to label people who were enslaved, someone wrote a book I'm not your Negro so since then they decided they want it to strike it from being used in the US and they asserted they want it to call themselves Black rather than negro, and then 20 years later they decided to call themselves Afro-Americans. Smokey Robinson a Black singer announced on TV that he does not want to be called afro american because he has never been to Africa and has no intentions of setting foot there, he stated he wants to be called Black because of his link to Texas.

[@AnyMEmdq]

@@teresaguerrrasalazar4964 The US hyphenates all non-germanic ethnicities, you have lots of African-American, Italian-American, Asian-American, but not one Swedish-American, Belgian-American or even British-American. The segregational hyphen is a privilege reserved for those whose ancestors didn't natively speak a Germanic language

[@leataripledajaug]

Shit I’m Puerto Rican and I’m more on the Afro side and everybody call me “negrito” or “negro” 😂

[@patataconqueso]

No entendí un choto pero, no te vamos a dar el agua del acuífero guaraní

[@claudiagabrielafernandez3504]

Lol

[@agarryder6730]

Eso no es de argentina .-.

[@hectoralejandro9883]

I thought it said BACK players, which would also make a valid football video

[@khuthadzanimuledane1654]

Such violence 🙆🏾‍♂️😂

[@josepineiro3052]

The substitute goalkeeper for Argentina in the 1978 World Cup was black, his name is Baley. He was the last black player that the Argentine team had. Most of the black players who play in Argentina are foreigners. There are very few black and Argentine players, in the future there will surely be them and descendants of immigrants who have entered our country in recent years. Best regards.

[@kidmack3556]

Chocolaté Balley! I remember him well. He must've lost his start to Fillol, because a lot of team photos from '77-'78 are with Balley.

[@eleazarponce5246]

I am from the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina and honestly in my life I have only seen like 2 black people in person, but that does not mean that I have problems with them, much less

[@geragran1765]

Im living in Entre rios and i have seen plenty. Not a lot but like a dozen or two. Is just that the black argentinians dont look really black and often they don call themself afro descendant.

[@Oneillshay74]

​@@geragran1765igual los gringos cuando dicen negros se refieren a Africanos o descendientes directos, si llegamos a tener a un morocho con sangre de indigena de piel muy oscura no lo considerarían negro, tienen un re cuento en la cabeza los tipos...

[@terraargentum3984]

​@@geragran1765no se hacen llamar afrodecendientes por que no nos fijamos en esas pelotudeces

[@LucianoWolf77]

Soy paranaense y los unicos grones que vi, son los que venden boludeses de oro en la peatonal

[@vinnie19971]

It's the same case for Croatia. Some people attacked us online claiming that we were racist for not having black people in our squad. I'm a native Croat and I spent a long time in the major centers of Croatia and I've only seen three black Croatian citizens and none of them were native Croats (born in Croatia). And we had only one non-native Croat in our squad, Eduardo da Silva, who was Brazilian.

[@lnanters]

No one ever "attacked" Croatia for not having black players stop lying 🤣

[@AnyMEmdq]

@@lnanters I wouldn't go that far as to say it never happened. I've seen a horde of US people wanting to burn at the stake a Japanese artist because he did a fanart of Encanto in pastel colours, which ended up with him accused of whitewashing (by privileged white US teens), and a horde of annoyed Latinamericans making #ShutUpGringo2022 trend on twitter. I can even go as far as to say that this video, full of lies and misinformation, is an attack to Argentines, as it blatantly lies about the reality of the country, hides information, and takes wrong assumptions as facts, like comparing the background of Brazil, when the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarve used to have colonies in Africa, to that of Hispanic America, when no country there or even Spain had access to African slaves, because Spain only had small colonies in Northern Africa (and even smaller when compared to the size of those of Brazil/Portugal, France, England and even Belgium), populated by Arabic people, that had even invaded Spain itself in the past

[@Junior-zf7yy]

Wow so you guys just come out and lie like this? Who would ever attack Croatia for not having black players 😂😂😂😂. Just stop lying

[@AnyMEmdq]

@@Junior-zf7yy This video, full of lies and misinformation, can easily be considered an attack on Argentina for not having black players. Why wouldn't they do the same on Croatia? If the video was objective, it would be just informative, but comparing the past of Argentina, a Spain colony to that of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarve, that had its own colonies in Africa, is just purposefully lying to hide reality: Spain did not have colonies in Black Africa, that's the main reason why Hispanic America doesn't have much black people. Comparing any Hispanic American country's history to that of Brazil, which again had its own colonies in Africa, I just lies for idiots to buy. If those lies are aimed to harming those countries' images, they are an attack. I can see the same happening to Croatia

[@imanigordon6803]

@@AnyMEmdqIt isn’t an attack just a fact that Argentina is racist and erased there black population that’s why you don’t have black players.

[@petulioclark2367]

This video has a lot of bad data. I woudn't take it seriously.

[@pache.846]

Idk if this question deserves a 15min video....

[@corvus2512]

I dont know anything about this topic but id be interested in which bits are bad data and what counter information/context you have to counter the information in the video? Can you point out the specific false details?

[@natadegiovanini1519]

@@corvus2512 There are black people in Argentina. It's absolutely false that we are racist. It's true that they are not in we football selection because the major part of black people playing in Argentina are from other countries like Colombia, Uruguay, Perú for example. We aren't racist.

[@OpreRoma]

This channel, copa 90, and tifo are the only channels about that seem to actually take a deep dive into how football interacts with the world it is part of. Thank you!

[@jakiechoudhury775]

And football daily

[@archieblade3231]

@@jakiechoudhury775 football daily is crap

[@robert2690]

I will ask you 3 questions: 1) Do you love this sport? 2) Do you believe this sport is beautiful? 3) Do you want Politics, Karen’s and SJW to control football and potentially RUIN IT? 4) Do you want Politics to stay OUT OF IT and let the people be ENTERTAINED by this sport?

[@OpreRoma]

@@robert2690 sport is inherently political. Manchester City, Newcastle United, and PSG are literally owned by governments. How owners get their wealth is political. How players are paid is political. How much fans are charged is political. What fans are allowed to say and do at grounds is political. Policing at grounds is political. Racist abuse of players is political. Fucking national teams are political, they literally exist to represent political entities! What *isn't* political about national anthems being played at games, or Prince fuckin William being a ceremonial head of the FA? Politics is the study and exercise of power, good luck avoiding power relations in your everyday life! Things don't stop being political because they're the status quo or because you agree with them. Now go back to reddit

[@OpreRoma]

@@robert2690 like, i don't know how you expect football to exist in a vacuum. How can football *not* be influenced by the world it's fans, players, officials, and financiers come from? How? Like, my local club was literally took over by our previous owners to asset strip it of land it had been gifted by the local council before the club was then sold to Chinese property developers who made their money off of government corruption within the Chinese military *How is that not political*

[@dionysise5008]

because they are a NATION not a netflix movie

[@Wallblue21]

Best teams never to qualify for the champions league/european cup

[@coviddares6579]

Good idea

[@erichvonmanstein3012]

Dinamo Tbilisi

[@erichvonmanstein3012]

But actually i think they qualified to Europa League (Euro Cup?) For one time.

[@saptaccrvima3563]

Rijeka from Croatia. They played qualifications few years earlier, but lost in play-offs, went to Europa League and beaten Milan at home

[@nikolasavic140]

@@saptaccrvima3563 Partizan🙄

[@channel-rv8vw]

Hablan como si tuvieran que haber personas negras si o si sino estaria mal, hartos me tienen con querer imponerse en todos lados

[@nazarenomilohanich4883]

Acaso miraste el video capo? En ningún momento dice que deberían de poner negros en la selección solo por su color... Usa un poco la cabeza antes de comentar

[@yogibarrios]

Encontramos al racista

[@STTARGA]

@@yogibarrios Que tiene que ver eso con el racismo?

[@Miss.Green.]

@@yogibarrios es lo que están diciendo los gringos en los comentarios.

[@lauragallardo1593]

Habrá que pintar con corcho quemado alguno de los jugadores así se quedan contentos los progres 😂

[@shaman_ns]

Came for football, stayed for the history. Thanks for shedding light on this

[@samlebon9884]

Now go finish your geography class

[@tanita6234]

"why Nigeria doesn't have any white player"

[@khalidqawdhan3265]

Because there are no whites in Nigeria but there are blacks in argentina

[@tanita6234]

@@khalidqawdhan3265 Nigeria has the same amount of white people that Argentina has black people

[@khalidqawdhan3265]

@@tanita6234 no it doesn’t Nigeria doesn’t have any white people at all. Argentina killed off thirty percent of its population because they were. Black

[@tanita6234]

@@khalidqawdhan3265 argentina or some rich powerful dude in the 1800s? Cause that was the same who killed indigenous people and they still being a big part of Argentina, or what, you blame common Germans for the Holocaust too? Be serious boy.

[@ramadita1410]

​@@khalidqawdhan3265So you confirm that Nigeria Is an extremely racista country wich massacred its argentinian natives ok

[@AfroChilanGringo]

In 1996, during a diplomatic trip to the United States, when asked about the black population of Argentina, President Carlos Menem remarked: "Black people do not exist in Argentina, Brazil has that problem".

[@Reyludd]

And carlos menem was muslim. Funny thing.

[@anonx4604]

@@Reyludd what’s funny about that? U realise Muslims aren’t a race. Plenty of white Muslims.

[@anonx4604]

@@Reyludd the prophet Mohammed even had black slaves

[@iagonovidelsky8290]

@@Reyludd wasnt muslim, he was from arabic descent wich is different

[@FirstnameLastname-yq9wm]

@@Reyludd you should know that the prophet said that “There is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab, or of a non-Arab over an Arab, and no superiority of a white person over a black person or of a black person over a white person, except on the basis of personal piety and righteousness.” So stop linking racism to islam.

[@kffarb1440]

You need to study the history of Argentina and you will have a clear understanding to the question.

[@kobe51]

Please enlighten us

[@marpagapal3312]

Genocide. The ethnical cleansing of Pardos.

[@stuart73m]

What a fine mix of a woman who is of African decent aswell as Argentinian, that to me sounds perfect as I find Argentinian women beautiful and I really like Black women just as equally. I can imagine the figure she would have with the mix of both genes, my fantasy definitely.

[@personanon-grata]

@@kobe51 They systemically wiped out their black population and nearly eradicated the natives as well. Now its a bunch of Italian descendants who idealize Hitler’s politics.

[@Felipe.Taboada.]

@@personanon-grata _'They systemically wiped out their black population and nearly eradicated the natives as well. Now its a bunch of Italian descendants who idealize Hitler’s politics.'_ The low black population in this country is, among other reasons, due to the high black infant mortality rates in the mid-19th century. By the beginning of the 20th century, 30% of the Argentine population was immigrant. Take into account that European immigration (Italians, Spanish, Germans, Slavs) explained more than half of the growth of the Argentine population in the mid-20th century.

[@elmarce494]

NO NOS VAN A SACAR EL AGUA

[@hebrewsking1]

Argentina's population was 36% black in 1816 when it became a nation. Shortly after independence, the white population went on an ethnic cleansing of the black population. While a large number of blacks were killed, another portion of the population got married into white families in order to acquire higher social privilege. Even though a lot of Argentine may not look black or identify as black, a large number of them have african dna in their blood. Complexion and ethinicity are not the same.

[@mustafaU12345]

I barely see any Pakistani , Indian or Bengali English players but there are so many people of that origin in England

[@javaChai]

They play cricket and have represented England.

[@redwine2664]

because Cricket is their favorite game not Football.

[@Theking24h]

They are considered Black in South America I lived in Bolivia Peru chile and Brazil seen Indian Arabs and Pakistani all are been called Black .

[@kristoferusrangga2041]

the correct question is : why should they?

[@NmpK24]

Referring to Maradona as white is totally incorrect. His heritage is southern Italian and Guarani (native South American).

[@S1LVAW0LF]

Yeah i was gonna say. Theres plenty of argentines with amerindian decent, they make up 20-30% of the total gene pool for them according to genetic studies.

[@IvanPrskalo]

Why would they have black players? Black players are not commodity or ingredient. They are people. If some country does not have black people living in it, how do they get black players in national team?

[@samsungnvA51]

A very gutsy video. My kudos to you dear friend. Yes, they and the indigenous people were wiped out in the past. Extremely sad. Funny thing is that Carlos Menem is of Syrian descent. Also, there is a lot of racism still plaguing our beautiful game. Please do more videos like this exposing the truth around the world. Thanks again, Kudos

[@mitonaarea5856]

The problem is not in the beautiful game, it is on the society. This racism is passed on through generations.

[@janarthananramanakanthan6602]

What does your name Vallipuram mean ? In Sri Lanka we have a small Tamil town called Vallipuram in the Northern part of the Country.

[@robert2690]

Yes, let’s ruin football (A BEAUTIFUL SPORT) by bringing Politics into this. Do you want Politics to control football? If so, do you want Karen’s and SJW to control it?

[@BajaToxic]

@@robert2690 Politics already in football.Open your mind

[@paulricketts10]

@@robert2690 Why don't you go back to your Qanon bullshit, alt-right ignorance and complaining about mask wearing.

[@guykalach5621]

7 most inconsistent players

[@justinbartley77]

At the beginning of the video it says Argentina's main players have been white including Maradona. According to Wikipedia his dad was of Guaraní descent, an indigenous South American group. I wouldn't be surprised if other 'white' Argentine players also have some non European ancestry, either Black or Indigenous South American. Interesting video although would have been good to look at indigenous situation too.

[@MrRockleyend]

We are a SouthAmerican country. Some, if not most, of our neighboors have a lot of indigenous people. Back in the beggining of the XX century almost 90% of the population where European. But in the late years we recieve a lot of inmigration from Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Venezuela. All of them are indigenous or mixxed (mestizo). "Guaranis" as you named, are the indigenous people from Paraguay. Anyway, if you look in the depper BsAS, the Pampas or the Patagonia you will find that people still very European.

[@googlefashists4986]

Maradona is not an indigenous name.

[@niarlatotepbasset]

@google fashists, DNA doesn’t care about the names…When I was in Argentina all I’ve seen different facial types from europe, mediterranean, western-central, eastern european, some western balkan, northern european, indigenous (patagonian, guarani, andean) and all mixes in between. But nothing else.

[@googlefashists4986]

@@niarlatotepbasset I have 8% west African dna, am i west African? Maradona is not an indigenous name, either is Armando or Diego. His fathers name was Diego Maradona.

[@shrek19yearsago78]

@@googlefashists4986 look at mardona he looks very indigenous

[@CM-dj3bj]

Next video. Why doesn't Nigeria have white players?

[@chelseacomps829]

Because no white people live there. Unlike argentina who has 30% of their capital city be black until it went to 0.5%

[@aizahenowayland5246]

@@chelseacomps829 It was never 30% and definitely not in the capital, also that was 200 years ago...

[@sirchuks3128]

We actually have some mixed players in the Nigerian team.

[@marpagapal3312]

Because there were never significant white populations in Nigeria to start with.

[@maikhaial7398]

XI of the most capped players. The best XI you can make from every nations most capped player. Like Ronaldo and Messi for Portugal and Argentina would be in the starting eleven because they are the best.

[@xxtencion1150]

mecherano most capped argentina over messi

[@maikhaial7398]

@@davidmontgomery1442 That's really good idea. I'll add that for the next time. Thanks.

[@remypereira3096]

🇵🇹 has more African descent players than 🇦🇷, it seems no one seems 2 say any word about Portugal having 10-15% of their roster are black. I guess people from 🇵🇹 are more entitled than people from 🇦🇷. As for Leo Messi, I guess Argentina doesn’t want you there anymore and maybe playing for 🇪🇸 could’ve happen before 2005

[@olgafre]

Because there are not many black argentinians

[@DiegoGuillermoSchmidt]

You can ask too why don't Argentina have any chinese players... simply because the percentage of italian/spanish descendants is much higher, so probability is in favor of players with last names like Batistuta and López.

[@encorefootball]

Because Chinese immigration to Argentina only began 50 years ago

[@cash8688]

Nobody would ask that because Chinese people and their descendants have never made up a large percentage of their population

[@Razzle_Dazzle-]

Why France never won African Cup?

[@abuelitooo]

Because france is in Europe :) I know I’ve made myself a target for some r/woosh comment but I answered in the easiest and most understandable way but still knowing where his thinking comes from He thinks beeing black makes somebody only African which is wrong Any so called race can come from different countries and guess what… Every human being has ancestors from Africa :) So by that logic everybody is African Hope that helped

[@MrBruh-yb9qi]

@@abuelitooo Exactly Argentina's team is 100% african Now stop complaining and start climbing to a semaphore to celebrate like we do

[@dogchamp7924]

@@abuelitooo because the real fance is trash

[@DavidSmyth8439]

This guy is contempful of conspiracy theories except when they regard white people conspiring for racist purposes. I'm talking about the war to kill their own black population

[@faviorodriguez4926]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@grandsonofsamnifdy4266]

Long live Argentina 🇦🇷

[@mejicanoindijenalimpiabano4867]

Thanks very much.

[@user-gn7cx1br1b]

🇦🇷🇧🇷 our only friends in Latin america is Brazil, we're football enemies but friends in life, how could we be racist if our brothers are the country with more African descendent

[@ripitoshaby4576]

Y la verdad que todo un tema, pero hay que tener en cuenta que hablamos de distintas demogrUN MOMENTO YA SE LO QUE INTENTAS HACER GRING0 NO DEJARE QUE TE TOMES NUESTRO ACUIFERO

[@natadegiovanini1519]

Jajajajajaa

[@levyalenk7821]

Bando de abitolados!

[@aritjreboletto192]

@ Ripitosha By WTFYTA?

[@marpagapal3312]

La verdad es que Argentina cometió un genocidio.

[@aritjreboletto192]

@@marpagapal3312 and how is that RELEVANT today?

[@josefoglio9250]

It is surprising to see how many north American you tubers are suddenly so interested in knowing why there are no black players in the Argentinian football team. As it is normal north Americans know so little of the history of other American countries (hardly locating in a map Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires and still more difficult know if are located in Argentina or Brazil) that they try to apply to these countries the guidelines and parameters of USA history. 1) Argentina was located in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata .. around 4 million kmt sq. (sorry I count in kmt not miles )with no plantation economy (such as sugar or cotton) or mineral resources that needed huge slave labour. So the number of afro americans that went to Argentina was only a fraction of those going to Brazil or USA 2)Those slave mostly dedicated to domestic labour and accounted for 20/30 % of a total population of 400000 people and were freed in 1813 (3 years before the formal declaration of the independence) The constitution of 1853 only ratify the declaration of 1813 3) never existed legal discrimination against afro American’s 4) the Population increase was very small until 1875 when started the huge south European immigration that by 1910 had reached over 4 million people. These immigrants mainly poor peasants of southern Europe did not have any problem to mix with the Aboriginals population and the afro Americans ( no more then than 2/3% of the population) creating a mix ethnicity that represents today 60% of whole population and that vulgarlyar is refered to as negros 5) There has been no genocide of afro people and certainly some particular genocides of Patagonian aborigines mainly carry out by Welsh colonists. 6)So no wonder that there are no Afro-American’s players in the football team since today they represent much less than 1% of the population. However, do you have More than 50% of the so called negros which are Europeans mixed with indigenous or African blood 7) Of course in Argentina specially among the middle European elite class are stereotypes bordering racist attitude , but has nothing to do with the stratospheric explanations of the you tubers . More over the nick name Negro in the majority of cases does not imply a racist stigma. Many families have relatives with darker skin that are called NEGRO OR NEGRITO in an affectionate way. THINGS MAY LOOK THE SAME BUT ARE NOT THE SAME

[@ajente2o733]

Because we not are Blacks?... I mean, normally the skin color of Maraddona is the """black""" skin color Not all Latam is black

[@winolowardichelli2850]

Jaja cualquiera

[@MartinZanichelli]

We are formed by Spanish and Italian immigrants, where would we take the black people from?

[@robbiewizz658]

You need to study your real history the history of black Argentinians. … I knew this

[@Sisyanor]

Make some research about your own roots.

[@MartinZanichelli]

@@robbiewizz658 I am glad we have no monkeys and we are now a pure country. OK, with many problems, but pure

[@marcusgotti8231]

I love the way you speak up on so many things without bias. Big up you Alfie, you're a real one.

[@clanksshekels]

Why doesn't Cameroon have any white players?

[@sanapadsense1999]

Because they didn't import white slaves into their country maybe

[@clanksshekels]

@@sanapadsense1999 and no black slaves were imported in Europe.

[@anti.bctards7376]

@@clanksshekels he’s talking about Argentina, aka the New World

[@anti.bctards7376]

@@sanapadsense1999 exactly, he’s talking about a place in the old world vs a place in South America where Africans were forcibly taken to

[@miguelmargas7049]

Why do south African have only black players?

[@emieverton9913]

Well, they don't

[@GessAtti]

uh, cómo la tienen contra nosotros, maamita

[@demareatunes]

seven best number sevens seven years ago: where are they now i'd like to see your best low scoring XI (combined goal tally less than 10 or something) love your videos man

[@frxg5637]

Itd just be full of really good defenders

[@davidprescott5690]

@@frxg5637 I think he means for each position e.g Joelinton up front or something like that

[@frxg5637]

@@davidprescott5690 Oh ok i see. So like CM Xavi.

[@davidprescott5690]

@@frxg5637 I think so yeah

[@frxg5637]

@@davidprescott5690 ok

[@ErichVonCartmann]

Mexico does not have any black players either. Actually, a lot of Latin America countries do not have a large visible black population. From my observation, only Brazil, Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, and the Caribbean Countries have a large visible black population, there might be some others as well but these are the ones that stand out to me. These places have a huge visible black population is due to the fact that there was just more Slaves being shipped to these places. All of the European Colonies in the Americas did have slaves, but some places had less than others. The slave population of Mexico totally integrated within Mexico Society where they no longer appear black, and that is probably why we do not see any Black Mexicans. A lot, if not most Latinos do have a physical appearance of being mixed with the Indigenous population, Argentina on the other hand is mostly white to me, more than half of them can pass for for straight up white Americans or White Europeans. The Argentine Football Team though, are not that white, and if they put on green jerseys, they can even pass for the Mexican National Team.

[@user-gn7cx1br1b]

but the other countries players are more brown, mexico or peru, colombia, chile, they are spanish and native, that's why you dont notice the difference

[@kidmack3556]

Do Santos of El Tri is definitely of some African descent. He has an Olympic Gold.

[@imwinningthisone7613]

This video kind of proves the racism towards white people and how everything has to be black

[@cheesepuffglory4084]

The best starting eleven but you’re only allowed one player from each league

[@TMAS01]

Why does Nigeria have no white players?

[@indicabadu5020]

We have white players

[@PodcastCentral333]

Zimbabwe and south Africa have white players lol

[@iamabuki]

Based on Enzo Fernandez’s comments, it looks like Argentina may have an issue with players with African heritage.

[@DoloYoung]

They have a problem with people of African heritage.

[@MatheusFernandes-xf4zm]

The second half of the video explains why

[@orpheus1662]

You forgot the Nazis

[@ramirovelzi2956]

...And the jews😊

[@ramirovelzi2956]

...And the jews

[@radioactivehalafat5028]

Because they aren’t a Disney film

[@ianbrisbane517]

People hate to learn the true history, they only accept comforting lies..

[@bayle2236]

Well..we are all from Africa so maybe we were all black once

[@Seba-le7mb]

@Viggo Stokholm That's so ignorant

[@hazeeey]

Facts

[@hazeeey]

@@bayle2236 speak for yourself I’m not nor is none of my family African that’s European bullshit and lies how can people who don’t know where they come from tell those who been here since the beginning where the fuck they come from

[@AA-wk5jn]

What comforting lies? The Southern Countries did not have plantations hence why their were never that many black people around, bar Uruguay in respect to their afro population the majority of whom are descended from Brazilian ex-slaves. The few black people around in the other two southern cone countries were simply absorbed into the population hence why Argentina have had basically zero black players except Telch and Chile have had little as well with the exception of Beausejour who's father was a Haitian immigrant. There was no genocide and it's a little rich coming from a pom trying to lecture us on race relations. The Southern Cone countries are not like the countries in the north of the South American continent which favoured conditions in which there were cotton, coffee amongst other types of plantations.

[@ester4270]

Paraguay, Bolivia y Chile no tienen jugadores negros y nadie dice nada. En fin...

[@georgebondurant8407]

It’s sad when adults have to be educated on youtube

[@javiersantana5302]

the real cuestion is why france have a lot of black players

[@fivefour5514]

Because there’s a lot of black people in France & they are accepted in the France not like in Argentina

[@tuyquienmas]

​@@fivefour5514 because France owned Africa

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

5% of comments: responding to points made in video. 95% of comments: triggered by the title

[@eldoritomagico3720]

Go home

[@bonafide_ok]

Go home

[@lobopoderososdl3076]

Because it is a stupid video.

[@chelseacomps829]

​@@lobopoderososdl3076 Learn about your history

[@lobopoderososdl3076]

@@chelseacomps829 How about you learn your history of Africans selling their own family members to slavery

[@hugodver]

Can you do a XI with players who are sons of professional players? There's Erling Haaland, Timothy Weah and Giovanni Reyna, the son of Ronald Koeman (who's father was also a professional player) is a goalkeeper in the Dutch 2nd division, and there will be plenty more.

[@007Fusiion]

Justin Klivert

[@emerson5666]

I feel sad watching this. It's a part of history I never knew

[@tiberio1352]

...what is your problem Okorie person???....I can rid you of your ....misguided sadness.

[@glebereds]

Dude the reason is there are hardly any black people in Argentina.

[@emerson5666]

@@tiberio1352 shut up Mr reader

[@tiberio1352]

@@emerson5666 still sad, fool??

[@M-A_04]

tiberio135 your definitely that weird kid in school that has no friends so decides to be a keyboard warrior on the internet.

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

The important question is why Senegal doesnt have any white light blonde players?

[@IwatchYuTup]

does it ever occur to you that Senegalese people didnt ship the whites on chains and brought from Europe to Africa? are you that idiot cannot find your own answer?

[@starbuckoof5219]

What about japan and Korea they have no black players just like Argentina 😂😂

[@elijahnsubuga5724]

The black diaspora did not span into the far east. It’s a good question to ask due to the fact that there are large portions of Afro-Latinos in South America.

[@DiegoGarcia-fr3oj]

@@elijahnsubuga5724 South America is a continent, not a country. We dont have black population in Argentina.

[@elijahnsubuga5724]

I’m sorry where did I imply in my comment that South America is anything but a continent? Yes, I knew that Argentina does not have a Afro Latino population. But countries like Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil do. quiero que tú sepas que Tengo panas de puerto rico la república de dominicana y venezolanos quién me dijeron que hay muchos personas con orígenes de africanos No era mi intención si lo pareció que te falté respeto

[@jesserodriguez5483]

Mexico doesn’t have any black players ether

[@andreehalqasroufail5244]

They look black but they are not, they are indigenous

[@daryoushz1]

They have Giovanni dos Santos and Jonathan dos Santos, although they’re both half Brazilian

[@mitonaarea5856]

@@andreehalqasroufail5244 indigenous people doesn't look black lol

[@luisplaysgames5926]

And

[@leftiequixote]

Look up former Mexican international Melvin Brown.

[@ihatemaxx]

there are no black people in argentina

[@rosswalsh3542]

Brilliant video this mate, found it unbelievably interesting

[@Manchu504]

Hey HITC, I just want to comment about how grateful I am for the content you guys provide. I appreciate the attempts to incorporate different topics in relation to football. And as an American, I definitely appreciate the videos you guys provide every now and then about the sport in the US. Thanks for actually wanting to serve your viewing audience! Had to subscribe!

[@smartiee74]

This video was well done considering the topic. Unbiased and informative.

[@careliz]

Mmm...No. It's not.

[@patrickaccioly4398]

It was extremely biased actually

[@imanigordon6803]

@@patrickaccioly4398No isn’t not Argentina wiped out there own people because of racism the end.

[@MrBruh-yb9qi]

@@imanigordon6803 We won, u lost, cope harder and forever