The Academy points out that the FA “has committed a grave injustice” and has exposed “ignorance and deliberate error of the uses of the language and in particular of Spanish
By: EFE
By: EFE
The National Academy of Letters of Uruguay showed this Friday “its most energetic rejection” to the sanction imposed by the English Football Association on Edinson Cavani , Manchester United, for a comment on social networks that you have considered racist .
In a statement posted on its website, it assures that said penalty “warns about the poverty of cultural and linguistic knowledge that that Federation highlights to base such a questionable resolution. “
” As is well known, references to physical, moral or personal qualities of other people are used in all the languages of the world for the creation of vocatives, that is, expressions to treat others. In some contexts these have a negative tenor and many times the same terms can be considered affectionate or friendly ”, explains the document.
The 29 of November , shortly after a comeback against Southampton, Cavani responded to a message from a supporter with the phrase in Spanish “gracias negrito”.
The player later withdrew that comment and posted a statement in which apologized and assured that opposes “absolutely racism.”
As the Academy explains, in Uruguay “you can hear and read forms like gordis, gordito, negri, negrito / a ” and the person who is treated with these vocatives” does not have than being overweight or having a dark skin color to receive them. ”
“ Cavani’s use of the bold voice to address “pablofer 2222 ”, a fan of the footballer, has this kind of affectionate tenor: given the context in which it was written, the person which was directed and the variety of Spanish that was used , the only value that can have bold – and in particular because of its diminutive nature – is affective ”, he says.
Finally, the statement points out that the FA “has committed a grave injustice” and has highlighted “ignorance and deliberate error of the uses of the language and in particular of Spanish, s in taking note of all its complexities and their contexts. ”
Cavani was sanctioned this Thursday with more than $ 100 thousand dollars and three games for your comment on the networks.
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