Video : 'His mother is Nigerian' - Argentina fans sing racist song about Mbappe

[Mr. Piffington]

I thought people here kept saying that France was an African team? What's the difference here?

Don't mind them.

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

I don't think it's racist, they are making fun of the French for only getting help from "African" players.

That’s the way I see it. I’m not sure how pointing out a man’s African heritage amounts to a racist taunt. Unless of course there’s a negative qualifier added to the African reference.
We’ve made jest of the French national team in exactly the same way here on CE.

I

I see. Calling people transvestites and wh*res amounts just to making jest


Cheers.

[Welaga]

What exactly is wrong with Mbappe having Nigerian/Cameroonian parents of African descent? What does that have to do with his skills?
All these chants I guess happened because he single-handedly beat Argentina silly 4 years ago?
Have these Argentines checked their backgrounds themselves? Many arrived in Argentina after fleeing Nazi Germany intending to form a whites-only society there only to fail.
And oh, I am sure if France met them again they will still lose.

I asked an Argentine work mate why they were targeting Mbappe. His reply was that Mbappe did an interview and mentioned how Europe will win the world cup. He said Mbappe said the South Americans are a level below the Europeans based on the last World Cup in Russia and he was expecting the same this time around. It appears they took it personal and branded him as arrogant .

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

I don't think it's racist, they are making fun of the French for only getting help from "African" players.

That’s the way I see it. I’m not sure how pointing out a man’s African heritage amounts to a racist taunt. Unless of course there’s a negative qualifier added to the African reference.
We’ve made jest of the French national team in exactly the same way here on CE.

I

I see. Calling people transvestites and wh*res amounts just to making jest


Cheers.

The following link explains a lot about the reference to transvestites. While I don’t condone it, I now know where it’s rooted

https://amp.marca.com/en/football/psg/2 ... b45b4.html


Cheers.