Because I'm tired of my books, but also, I'm fed up with white people's bullshit

[la_vie_noire]

I'm just tired.

As you know, I'm kinda busy right now (or should be), but I'm just finding kinda... something all these white people coming out to say how Awful and Insulting is to have false accusations of racism directed at them! How their reputation will be tainted if they HAPPEN to be victims of something like that!

So, to do something different, I'm going to write about black football players in Europe. Because people obviously don't want to talk about aversive racism. So I will talk about Overt Racism. Like, happening right now.

So I will write about players like Samuel Eto'o. Samuel Eto'o and his career in Spain, and how white media and public react with these incidents, feeding up a very complex systemic issue. And white people, cry me a river. (And yeah, what happens in these games is part of our reality and important. Just because I know someone will come out and say, "oh, but these people are all just like that! It's part of the game!! Boys will be boys!! I don't take them seriously!!! yaddayadda!!" as if, you know, it doesn't impact real people. So I will not hit you because I'm a good girl. A good girl behind a monitor who can't reach you.)

Yeah, this is just a Wikipedia's article, I have other things, but I can't do this right now:

[...] However, infuriated again by Zaragoza fans' racist chants the next season, Eto'o attempted to walk off the pitch in protest. His teammates intervened and convinced him to continue playing. Video of the incident captured him saying "No más" ("No more") as he walked to the sidelines.

Due to ongoing racism from La Liga crowds, Eto'o no longer brings family members, especially his children, to matches. "It is something that has affected me personally. I think players, leaders, and the media have to join forces so that no one feels looked down upon because of the colour of their skin. At this moment in time I prefer my children don't go to football matches. In the stands they have to listen to things that are difficult to explain to a child. It is better they aren't exposed to it."

I tend to forget these things so I write them. But someone also remind me when my exams are done. Because I fail. (God, I hope I don't forget.) I'm off. For real now.

Comments

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Black football players right here in Latin America get this, too. But when things like this happen, our news are too busy talking for a whole week about a meaningless bitchfest between Palermo and Riquelme.

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I heard about that, I don't know if it was in the Wikipedia page on racism in futbol or some article over there, but I remember the guy accused saying something like, "it really, really surprised me he said that. I never called him that!" or something. Yeah, you know we are all surprised because it's SO unbelievable. Shocked beyond believe racial slurs in futbol happens. Shocked.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Especially in this country. Oh, come on.

[parlance.livejournal.com]

So sad he can't take pride in what he loves to do. And fuck his team members for trying to keep him for walking off. I can only imagine how lonely it must feel.

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know, he is extremely good also, but people were all, "he has such a bad temper!" arg.