• It is worrying that issues of race and nationality in football
Morocco scored a significant victory at this year’s World Cup by advancing to the semifinals. They had the entire African continent and the Arab nations. Their victory against Portugal was remarkable.
The Africans were very happy to stay in the game, so they shared their thanks for Morocco, which took it to the end on behalf of all African countries. There you have it! Some other people (in particular) of Arab descent have unleashed their discontent at the concept of Morocco being called up an African team.
We all know that there are deep-seated disorders on the African continent with regard to race, ethnicity and cultures. North Africa, mostly because of its ethnic and linguistic similarities to its northern neighbors, has regarded itself as a component of the Arab world. However, geographically they remain part of the 54 countries that make up the African continent.
For some reason, we know that most North African countries hate to be called African. Their belief in Africanness would possibly be distorted, rooted in racism and genealogical superiority. In any case, the countries of North Africa remain an integral component of the African continent and, unless they find a way to uproot their lands from Africa and transplant them to the Middle East, they will remain members of the African Union as they are of the Arab League. Case closed.
However, let’s talk about the ethnicity of players on national football teams. As we all know, there are some very smart athletes who have come out of the homeland. These athletes are presented with citizenship of other countries to give them prestige. Countries. Some are born to immigrant parents and discharge citizenship at a young age.
Physically, we can say that those players or athletes are not of European origin, so why is it incorrect to refer to their victories as the victories of their country of origin and those of their followed countries? This was the case with Trevor. Noah the World Cup 2018. He entered into a debate with the French for saying that the victory in the World Cup for France is also a victory for Africa.
Just by looking at the France team, it is transparent that most of the players are of African descent. They play for France, of course, which means that their nationality is French, a fact we cannot dispute. However, they are not physically French, nor are their names or cultural practices. I am sure that most African athletes who have citizens of Western countries still speak their local language and enjoy their ethnic foods more than the continental food easily found in the West.
During the extra time for this year’s World Cup final, my husband noted that there were hardly any Caucasian players left on the France team. Most French players are African in every way, nationality. It’s not wrong for someone to point this out, and it’s also not wrong for Africans to align themselves with a team that has more African players.
We all know that those players face a lot of racism and second-class remedies in their country followed as “immigrants. “However, Africans cannot celebrate their victories with them because they do not play for any African country.
This hypocrisy of the West will have to stop. They source the most productive from Africa and claim it as their own, whether they are herbal, mineral or athlete resources. They can take man out of Africa, but they cannot take African out of man!
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