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Stuff White People Like : The Idea of Soccer (futbol)

09:15 H | Topics: Internet - Race - Sports

The blog, Stuff White People Like, is controversial because of its' broad definition of whiteness (which I've gotten spanked for as well and will not get into here again although I'm sure a commenter will spur me to), but sometimes its spot on and makes me laugh out loud. This morning the focus is on white people pretend to love futbol for the fashion of it without really knowing much about the actual sport.

In fact, the main reason white people like soccer is so they can buy a new scarf. As you may or may not know, many soccer teams issue special scarves, and white people cannot get enough of them!
Most white people choose a favorite soccer team based on either a study abroad experience or a particularly long vacation to Europe or South America. When they return, they like to tell their friends about how great “football” is and that they are committed to ‘getting more into’ now that they have returned home.

After living and studying in Chile, I too went into a futbol phase that I still haven't quite gotten over (go Colo Colo) but I don't have a scarf to claim. Instead I have a Chilean partner and an apartment full of South Americans in my living room almost every weekend watching countless matches from all over South America. That's way better than a scarf right?

Via / Stuff White People Like

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