Great post and fantastic to hear from someone actually living in Uruguay. The only thing I will say is that I remember seeing a report from back when this happened that said there are some black Uruguayans who feel uncomfortable with this word being said and want to try and root it out.Signed up to vent as a Uruguayan. Who the feck are these FA clowns to decide how two Uruguayan friends should communicate to each other using their own cultural context and language (whether it is on social media or not). If anyone is racist it’s these cnuts. Uruguay is a country with a proud Afro descendant history. Our most traditional cultural music and dance (Candombe) is directly descended from African roots. Our culture has been built by decades of Afro descendants and white people getting along in harmony and coming together to celebrate our way of life and country. We have a proud history of African descendants whom have contributed immensely to our history and are celebrated in our culture, music, stories and literature.
The word Negrito has been used as a term of endearment for decades and it comes from history of our white and black people proudly getting along. The word has been ever so present in our culture that it has become a friendly term and it has no racial or colour connotations at all. It is a term used by all to express affection. Clowns thinking they have the moral superiority over the world. Cavani is a good honourable man but I do hope somehow and in some way these FA clowns are sued for cultural discrimination. Uruguay was one of the first countries ever to have black players along with white playing together. One of the first countries ever to abolish slavery and have women and black voters, our national team is nicknamed after out indigenous race pfft what these clowns in suits know about culture and racism.