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Samuel L Jackson called out Argentina for its history of "racism" as he discouraged World Cup fans from cheering for Team Argentina in the sporting competition.
After Team Argentina lost the 2026 World Cup final to Team Spain on Sunday, July 19, where Lionel Messi was savagely yanked back by Donald Trump in an excruciating moment, the 77-year-old award-winning actor reshared a post addressed to Argentina on his Instagram Stories that same day.
The reshared post, originally shared by the SEC Black Alumni Network, featured Samuel's Django Unchained character, Stephen, appearing to be photoshopped in an Argentina FIFA jersey.
“Dear Black People… Please do not cheer or root for Argentina to win the FIFA World Cup. Argentina has historically been one of, if not the most racist, countries in the world," the post read. It comes as a lip reader exposed Gianni Infantino's desperate plea to Trump that he ignored in a humiliating moment.
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It continued with, "If you are black person cheering for Argentina, this is what you look like to me. We hear you loud and clear."
Stephen being used in the messaging was befitting since in Django Unchained, the character was the literal embodiment of the "Uncle Tom" archetype.
With Stephen being placed in the Argentina jersey, the message seemingly implied was that any Black person who supported Argentina during the World Cup essentially was an "Uncle Tom."
The term "Uncle Tom," which originated from a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, is an offensive identifier for Black people.
That's because it's used to describe a Black person who is either overly subservient to white people or has no loyalty to the Black community in pursuit of acceptance from the white community.
Argentina fans have seemed to amp up the number of people who no longer want to support the FIFA team after some of the Latin country's soccer fans' racist antics made headlines over the weekend.
The Guardian reported on Saturday, July 18, that whenever Argentina and Brazil compete, at least one video surfaces of an Argentine supporter making monkey gestures at Brazilians.
This stems from a long history in Argentina, dating back to 1920, when an Argentinian newspaper published a cartoon depicting the Brazilian players as monkeys.
Just in recent months, several tourists from Argentina have been arrested in Brazil for “racial insult," which is a crime under Brazilian law.
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Argentina's normalized racism extended during the World Cup, and was even captured during content creator IShowSpeed's recent livestream, where an Argentina fan could be seen racially abusing him during the country's game against Cape Verde.
“I know Brazil is not a model in this respect either, that we still have a long way to go when it comes to racism, but at least our legal framework is far more effective than theirs,” Julia Duailibi said, according to The Guardian. Argentina doesn't have a law that explicitly criminalizes racism.
It comes after Trump was brutally humiliated by a key player in front of the cameras.
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