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EXCLUDED: The English Football Association (FA) did not like Edinson Cavani’s “thank you black” comment. It is subject to suspension, fine and tuition. Photo: Martin Rickett / POOL / PA POOL
Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani (33) has been sanctioned by the English Football Association for three games for using the word “black.” The decision makes Uruguayan academics react.
– This shows a lack of cultural and linguistic understanding. The English Football Association has committed a flagrant injustice to the player, and has shown its ignorance when they do not understand the complexity and nuances of the Spanish language, states in a statement from the Uruguayan Academy of Spanish, writes Reuters.
They do everything they can to condemn the decision of the English Football Association (FA).
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After going in and converting Manchester United’s game against Southampton on November 29, Edinson Cavani wrote “thank you black guy” in an Instagram story, in response to a tribute from a friend.
This story was later removed, Cavani apologized, but insisted it was written with love.
The FA saw it differently and wrote in a statement Thursday that the comment was “inappropriate and puts the game in bad shape”, before being imposed a three-game quarantine, a 100,000-pound fine and a warrant for participate in teaching (!) as part of their punishment.
– In the context in which it was written, the use of the word “negrito” can only be understood as a loving term, the scholars write.
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They add that words that refer to skin color, weight, and other physical characteristics are often used among friends in Latin America. Cavani himself “accepts” the union’s decision, not agreeing, and apologizes if you have offended someone.
The forward chose not to challenge the FA’s decision out of respect for the association and for the “fight against racism in football.”
He was endorsed by associate professor Guro Nore Fløgstad on December 1, who wrote in an article in VG that it makes no sense to isolate words from the context in which they are spoken.
– In this context, the use of Cavani was obviously well-intentioned, wrote Fløgstad.
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