• taterlol@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    i think it’s common knowledge that a lot of black people in the americas were descended from slaves, especially in the states, but they meant this pejoratively which is hateful.

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      10 months ago

      Why do you think they meant it pejoratively? I’m reading it as a sort of “he came from nothing and now he’s doing great”. The kind of story you usually get of Brazilian footballers coming from the favelas.