Argentina’s Academy of Letters issued a statement on Tuesday about the situation facing Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani in England, where he is accused by The Football Association (FA) of a racist act. after responding with a “Thank you, little black one!” to a friend of yours on your account Instagram.
The statement, signed by the vice president of the Argentine institution, José Luis Moure, emphasizes: “Any user of our language in this part of the world understands that this word, used in the context that gave rise to the punishment, has a clear affective meaning, completely free of discriminatory or racist nuances.”
According to the newspaper The nationthis Academy of Letters added in its statement that this accusation is clear evidence “Ignorance of the meaning given to this phrase by the speakers of Argentina and other dialect regions of South America.” And demanded “the presentation of the accompanying excuses for unjustifiably damaged Cavani’s reputation”.
Further, It was mentioned that the term ‘negrito’ occurs in the Dictionary of the Language of Argentina, where it is emphasized that its use indicates trust in the link and is used to call the word, to draw attention to the word to replace the first name ‘.
And he noted: The affective meaning of the word ‘black’ is “enhanced by the use of Cavani through the use of the diminutive form, a mechanism present in many languages to underline that feeling.”
The FA will announce its sanction next Tuesday, January 5.
It should be noted that the support of the Argentine Academies of Letters is not the first to receive Cavani after this accusation of racism became known. Last Sunday, Andreas Beck Holm, professor at the Danish University of Aarhus wrote: While the words Cavani used are not racist, the decision to attribute to him is. In concrete terms, it is a case of cultural racism closely related to ethnocentrism ”.