Why Don't Argentina Have Any Black Players?
A video on YouTube. In Sports, a Krater category.
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This video examines the history of Black players in Argentina's national football team, addressing the historical presence of Afro-Argentine players, the transatlantic slave trade, and the demographic shifts that led to a predominantly white national team today.
From the video
Answers: Did Argentina have Black players in its football team?
- Argentine national football team
- Black players in Argentina
- Transatlantic slave trade
- Afro-Argentines
- Demographic changes in Argentina
- Racism in football
What it concludes
- Argentina had at least one prominent Afro-Argentine player, Alejandro Del Santos, during the 1920s.
- More than 90% of all slaves kidnapped and shipped to the Americas ended up in South America or the Caribbean.
- Slaves accounted for 70% of the total value of all imports that arrived at the port of Buenos Aires for almost 100 years.
- In some agricultural provinces, the slave population was as high as 64%.
- Slavery was abolished in Argentina in 1853.
- 97% of Argentines identify as being white, making Argentina the whitest nation in Latin America.
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