New Posts For Thread: How come there are no Black Footballers on the Argentina National Team?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-teamMust have seen 8 world cups over the years and never seen a black player play for the Argie national team. Whereas their near neighbours Brazil are mostly all of Afro descent. Very strange imo.Argentina did have a substantial black population in the 19th century , around 8% IIRCThye had slavery , though not on the scale of countries nearer the equator , due to the reasons given above .If anyone's ever seen the South Park movie , where thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542050129#542050129Argentina did have a substantial black population in the 19th century , around 8% IIRCThye had slavery , though not on the scale of countries nearer the equator , due to the reasons given above .If anyone's ever seen the South Park movie , where theTue, 28 Oct 2014 00:36:47 -0500While we are on the topic of Latin America.Every hear of the war that little Paraguay fought against Brazil,Argentina and Uruguay all at once!!!They lost 2/3 of their male population.They are an extremely proud people, even now everyone in Paraguay shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542048663#542048663While we are on the topic of Latin America.Every hear of the war that little Paraguay fought against Brazil,Argentina and Uruguay all at once!!!They lost 2/3 of their male population.They are an extremely proud people, even now everyone in Paraguay sMon, 27 Oct 2014 20:38:13 -0500One last thing.The reason Argentina didn't have a slave trade was not for moral reasons...Argentines are some of the most racist people on the planet, they refer to Braziians as monkeys and are basically hated in every other Latin American country fohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542048615#542048615One last thing.The reason Argentina didn't have a slave trade was not for moral reasons...Argentines are some of the most racist people on the planet, they refer to Braziians as monkeys and are basically hated in every other Latin American country foMon, 27 Oct 2014 20:29:53 -0500No problem mate.Brazil was the last country in the world to abolish slavery in 1888.Bahia was the largest slave port in the world i think.Most of the blacks in Brazil are in the North of the country which is very poor.Sao Paulo has some, but they arehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542048503#542048503No problem mate.Brazil was the last country in the world to abolish slavery in 1888.Bahia was the largest slave port in the world i think.Most of the blacks in Brazil are in the North of the country which is very poor.Sao Paulo has some, but they areMon, 27 Oct 2014 20:17:55 -0500Very enlightening Davy,cheers.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542048465#542048465Very enlightening Davy,cheers.Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:12:58 -0500They didn't have a slave trade like Brazil did.I spent months in Argentina, didn't see a single black person.Most of Southern Brazil doesn't have many blacks either.In the Americas you only find significant black populations in Colombia,Brazil,Venezuhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542048383#542048383They didn't have a slave trade like Brazil did.I spent months in Argentina, didn't see a single black person.Most of Southern Brazil doesn't have many blacks either.In the Americas you only find significant black populations in Colombia,Brazil,VenezuMon, 27 Oct 2014 20:07:03 -0500The country must have entirely different politics and immigration to Brazil...Croatians, Germans, Italians, Spanish went to Arg...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542048343#542048343The country must have entirely different politics and immigration to Brazil...Croatians, Germans, Italians, Spanish went to Arg...Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:03:28 -0500Must be deeper than that, but cheers anyway.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542048093#542048093Must be deeper than that, but cheers anyway.Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:40:16 -0500'Cos they're Argentinians?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542047895#542047895'Cos they're Argentinians?Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:13:37 -0500Must have seen 8 world cups over the years and never seen a black player play for the Argie national team. Whereas their near neighbours Brazil are mostly all of Afro descent. Very strange imo.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30374745/how-come-there-are-no-black-footballers-on-the-argentina-national-team?post_id=542047597#542047597Must have seen 8 world cups over the years and never seen a black player play for the Argie national team. Whereas their near neighbours Brazil are mostly all of Afro descent. Very strange imo.Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:46:40 -0500