I tried watching this USA team, which has one Latina on it: a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman. From Beverly Hills.pic.twitter.com/iuTX2OM0Rz
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I tried watching this USA team, which has one Latina on it: a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman. From Beverly Hills.pic.twitter.com/iuTX2OM0Rz
Team USA acting like brown girls don't play fútbol in here.... Ugh.
The fact of the matter is that there are brown girls that play—and they play well. But they have to play in dirt fields because racism.
For example, after rich whites gentrified Silverlake, they started banning kids from playing fútbol there.pic.twitter.com/LkfbpKz0nG
Like, if you go to this park, this is the only sign that's translated into Spanish. It basically reads, "Fuck you brown people go home."
And at the professional level, brown girls are basically told the same thing. Just ask Teresa Noyola.
Noyola is an excellent player—but got told to go back to Mexico instead of play for Team USA: http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/2015worldcup/article/12962975/dual-citizens-help-comprise-mexico-women-world-cup-roster …pic.twitter.com/wq8h94pGhL
Oh, you're such a good player, but yeah, just go to Mexico. Ridiculous.
Funny how that "women's soccer is a feminist issue" thing misses out on intersectionality entirely.
Create a program that brings girls who look like us to play front and center for Team USA. That would be feminist. Like actually feminist.
@aurabogado its closely related to financial disparities. Unlike rest of world, its pretty expensive to play youth travel teams
@aurabogado I can't believe they didn't have transgender jewish handicapped players either, Monsters! I feel sorry for u.
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