Lisa Melton on Nostr: This is the beginning of a thread. And you should read the whole thing. ...

This is the beginning of a thread. And you should read the whole thing.

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For Black folk that didn't grow up speaking Spanish *only*:

Question:
* Why don't the other South American fans like Argentina?

* Why do so many of the good and kind players and fans from Argentina ♥️🕊️make such a big point of being vocally anti-racist?

* Why did nazis choose Argentina?

Why do most countries in South America have people that are Black, white, indigenous, and mixed, but Argentina (and Uruguay) seem super white?

Answer:

Blanquemiento.

History tends to only talk about the ethnic cleansing campaigns that *almost* worked. It skips over ones that *did* work