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[2020 RC/Tri Nations] Round 5: Argentina V New Zealand (28/11/2020)
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<blockquote data-quote="Felipe" data-source="post: 1011720" data-attributes="member: 76332"><p>As contradictory as it may sound Matera is telling the truth when he says "I play for my country". The problem is what he means by MY country. Unfortunately, the social group that plays rugby in Argentina has a very narrow conception of the country. The Country is limited to this same social group. Outside there is no country where what we find is an anomaly to correct (not to exterminate, I want to make it clear).</p><p></p><p>I believe that the UAR should have handled the crisis differently and not made Matera the scapegoat for a moral crisis affecting the social group that plays rugby in Argentina. Pablo Matera should have apologized and excluded himself for a few games.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure he's someone who's shifted his mind over the past few years. And as he himself asserts, he is not proud of having supported the ideas that are now known to all.</p><p>I want to point out that even if his words are aberrant and condemnable, they are much less racist than classist. It may be difficult to understand outside of Latin America, but with us there is a phobia of the poor or of the plebs. When Matera attacks Bolivians or blacks it is much less a racial issue than a social issue. With us the poor are people of color. But as soon as a person of color get money and gives up their plebeian culture they have their place in the social group of the rugby world. It's still aberrant, but it's not racism. Just the phobia of the poor. Despite everything, I remain hopeful that Maradona's death will allow this social group to revisit its values and the Pumas have an important role to play in reconciling the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felipe, post: 1011720, member: 76332"] As contradictory as it may sound Matera is telling the truth when he says "I play for my country". The problem is what he means by MY country. Unfortunately, the social group that plays rugby in Argentina has a very narrow conception of the country. The Country is limited to this same social group. Outside there is no country where what we find is an anomaly to correct (not to exterminate, I want to make it clear). I believe that the UAR should have handled the crisis differently and not made Matera the scapegoat for a moral crisis affecting the social group that plays rugby in Argentina. Pablo Matera should have apologized and excluded himself for a few games. I'm sure he's someone who's shifted his mind over the past few years. And as he himself asserts, he is not proud of having supported the ideas that are now known to all. I want to point out that even if his words are aberrant and condemnable, they are much less racist than classist. It may be difficult to understand outside of Latin America, but with us there is a phobia of the poor or of the plebs. When Matera attacks Bolivians or blacks it is much less a racial issue than a social issue. With us the poor are people of color. But as soon as a person of color get money and gives up their plebeian culture they have their place in the social group of the rugby world. It's still aberrant, but it's not racism. Just the phobia of the poor. Despite everything, I remain hopeful that Maradona’s death will allow this social group to revisit its values and the Pumas have an important role to play in reconciling the country. [/QUOTE]
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