I giocatori di rugby inglesi potrebbero abbandonare il campo in Argentina se gli abusi razzisti si ripetessero

I honestly would stand by players in any sport if they walk off the pitch for things like this.

Im more of a football fan granted, but for 2022 world cup for instance, id have supported our players refusing to play as a result of the one love armband situation.

I just think its better for the world to fight against hate than to appease it.

I hate that this is even a question. An attack on one is an attack on all and if the white players are willing to carry on while their black teammates are being abused then that is no kind of team worth supporting.

And any team should walk off the field if there is racist abuse. Goes without saying. And it should be the white players who take the lead on it because the black players shouldn’t even have to ask, and because the white players won’t face the same consequences for taking action.

What is this mysterious abuse anyway?

And how exactly is it racist?

Does the rugby team participate in all the shit the football team does? Argentina I mean of course

From a news article because historically I just knew some Argentinian fans were racist – what I just read makes the whole country sound racist. Hate can take a hike. Sports are supposed to unite us.

“Racism in Argentina is deeply tied to the country’s historical drive to construct a predominantly “white European” national identity, which historically involved erasing the presence of Black and Indigenous populations. This legacy has led to systemic discrimination, social exclusion, and highly publicized incidents of racism in sports.”

“State-Sponsored “Whitening” Policies: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Argentina heavily promoted European immigration. Concurrently, the state stopped including race in official censuses, leading to the historical erasure of Afro-Argentines and Indigenous peoples from public records and school curricula.” – Guardian

I feel so icky after exploring that avenue of information.
P.S. I am American and none of this was taught in school. So I didn’t want to come off as ignorant.

Can we just get rid of Argentina entirely seems like such a hateful country

Well Argentina did invite Nazi criminals to their country

..why won’t Argentinians understand that *they’re* the ones that should be racisted against? 😰

Any country that facilitates racism does not deserve an international platform, and must be kicked out of any international competitions.

England must take stand – and I for one support any positive action they take, including walking off🙌

Argentina fans in sports…

Football, Rugby, F1…all in recent years shown to be absolutely disgusting.

You know Argies racism is bad when knuckle dragging England fans are outraged.

Give the players paintball guns to shoot the racists

Watching the match now and honestly I don’t think Argentina is OK as a country right now. They seem to be in some sort of nationalistic fever dream which doesn’t often end well.