Brazil has begun three days of national mourning to mark the death of the global soccer icon Pelé at the age of 82. Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé was a poor Afro-Brazilian who led the Brazilian national soccer team to its first World Cup title in 1958 at just 17 years old, and ultimately two more times in later years — more than any other player in history. Pelé was seen as a symbol of Brazil and played for 20 years in the country before retiring and becoming a global ambassador for the sport of soccer. He was also criticized for embodying the commercialization of the sport and was seen as complying with Brazil’s repressive dictatorship. Pelé later became a cabinet member in the Brazilian government in the early 1990s. We discuss the life and legacy of the soccer icon with Brenda Elsey, co-host of the feminist sports podcast «Burn It All Down,» co-author of «Futbolera: Women, Sports, and Sexuality in Latin America» and editor of the book «Football and the Boundaries of History.»
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Pele played football…not Soccer.
Jesus … are they really trying to make this a race thing? FFS… f-ing vultures
Afro-Brazilian? He's Brazilian!!!!
MORE RACISM BULLSHIT
Afro-Brazilian never heard that one before ??
Rip Pele.
Another great Hebraic Judean… 12 tribes of Yisrael
I am Brazilian. Never heard so much cliché and bullshit packed into such a little space. Pelé never suffered any racism ever (his own words). President Garrastazu was not "ruthless" in any matter. 6:10 He declared Pelé a "Brazilian treasure" both so that he wouldn't have to play abroad for financial reasons and would continue inspiring Brazilian kids at home (as he did to me, as a white kid, while in the 60's and 70's I never heard the military so much as mention his race). That decision had nothing to do with racism or barriers in any way. And the clichés go on and on and on. They are mirroring what happens to black athletes in the US, which is not the case in Brazil at all.
What could he do as a black man with racism in his face? He was better alive than dead.
What is Afro-Brazilian? Leftists and their race labels…
R-a-cism? Another woke organization that wants to rewrite history to spread its narrative. Did you ask Pele if the r-a-cism that he faced prevented him from becoming Brazil's number one sport figure and become quite a wealthy man? What an insatiable disgusting obsession to turn every life, every case, every situation into a r-a-cism discussion. Criticized by whom? By s-n-o-w-flakes who, were they in his shoes, would have acted exactly the same way? Why should he be a role model to anyone? He was a football legend, not a problem-solver. And what if he just did not want to criticize the military? Would you openly criticize the military if you knew that there might be repercussions? Would you? Today, you cannot even criticize a w-o-k-e organization, which leads me to my next request: Dear youtube vampires: please do not become thirsty and cancel my free speech.
A legendary player given the worst tribute possible by this woman's ramblings, Pele and football is universal, it isn't "right" or "left" it is football. Could you not have got a better "expert"? One who hasn't eaten a whole box of anti-depressants? Shameful tribute.
The term 'Afro-Brazilian' in the title of the video does not necessarily indicate political identity. It is a SOCIOLOGICAL observation about how people relate to everyone else– the basic experience of being treated and spoken of depending on where you are from, how you look, what you sound like in whatever social context you are in. An easy example is that you may be the greatest thing since sliced bread for people you work with, but when you are among family and friends, you do not necessarily get that same treatment. Life among country folk is not the same as among urban dwellers, and you will certainly not have the same experience living among people who speak the same language as you would have when you are a stranger in a strange land. The vast majority of people treat one another differently depending on context.
During his playing career, Pelé was called all sorts of insulting names while on the field, and treated in 'soft touch', demeaning ways while off it (not in ugly, overt ways, but in disconcerting, covert ways, as with being declared a 'national treasure', as if he were…property). People of dark skin all over Latinoamérica in general (I'm originally from Centroamérica) and Brazil in particular understood, and that is an experience that people who are not of African descent have not experienced.
So, within Pelé's official identity as a Brazilian, recognized worldwide, there is an experience of being Brazilian that is specifically 'of African descent'. That is the sociological meaning of 'Afro-Brazilian'. One could say it is a word more useful for academic work (sociology) and less useful, and more problematic, for sociopolitical discussions. The person being interviewed, Dr. Brenda Elsey, is a university professor of social studies (I don't like to say 'social science'), and she is using the word 'Afro-Brazilian' in a sociological manner.
Finally, In the United States, there came a time in the 1970s, after the high point of the Civil Rights Movement, when academics began to study what had been going on in terms of sociology, starting with the question, "Is the United States a melting pot, as had been assumed and spoken about since the late 1800s, or not exactly?" And the answer, of course, was no; there was a history of slavery and exploitation and discrimination and terrorism (a century+ of systematic intimidation and murder in the southern states permitted by the federal government– the betrayal of post-Civil War Reconstruction– that only officially ended in 1964 and 1965 because the federal government stepped in to guarantee civil rights). Eventually there came a point at which sociological terms such as 'African-American', 'Asian American', 'Hispanic American', 'Native American', etc. were used in sociopolitical discussion and debate. That does not mean that, officially (like in passports or I.D. cards) people began to be designated that way, but it does mean that how citizens of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds lived together and related to one another socially, economically, and politically had become an issue that could no longer be taken for granted.
its not soccer woman…
R.I.P
I think Pele would rather a farce news organization like Democracy Now! Not honor him, meaning using his death as an excuse to push its caustic politics.
(531) Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet said, "You will meet Allah barefooted, naked, walking on feet, and uncircumcised."
There's no such thing as AFRO-BRAZILIAN. We're all BRAZILIANS!
Rip real legend ?????
PELÉ R.I.P. ?? ⚽️?? THE MAN OF WISDOM ??
He never overcome racism cus the Globe doesnt recognised him when he was alive or death as the Greatest footballer of all time. Rest in Power Pele
Dude was a fascist
This black vs white American racist mentality doesn't work in Brazil
Death is a necessary end that will come when it will! It has finally visited King Pele a world icon, the name that rings bell in most boys ears especially in Africa up till date. May your soul rest in peace as many of our young boys in Africa unemployed find solace in football and gave many riches and peace today!
Im pretty sure Pelé wasn’t a supporter of thievery and lies. Lula is a convict thief and one of the most corrupt politicians in the world…
Just because they managed to get him out of jail and elect him president, doesn’t change the fact of his gross misconduct.
To say he didn't say more is disrespectful, a blackman with too much voice is always silenced. A another white expert on black history…smh
Stop the divisive rethoric of America. I once met a black from Brazil. He told me there is no afro Brazilian or white Brazilian they are ALL just Brazilian.
RIP?Pele⚽, The king of soccer
Democracy Now , never censored , never shadow banned .
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RIP…Mr, Pele…!!!
The great Pelé
A legend. An inspiration. An icon.
Rest in peace King ??
El Rei…I never got to play the beautiful game with you on this plane – perhaps we'll meet up in the heavens and we can have a kick-about. We might even let Diego join us!
Why do they keep saying afro Brazilian…. everyone that is born there is of African blood
King ? forever!
He's the reason the number ten shirt is coverted and fought over.
Rip to the greatest
Pele played FOOTBALL, Skeletor!
RIP Pele! ?
Brazilians are just Brazilians to majority of us Brazilians, not all of us use the Afro term, unless they're woke or afrocentrists who deny the diversity of the country and erase our native Brazilian ancestors.
5 million natives were already there, and the native women raped and killed from 1500, when Africans were still in Africa.
The mother of Brazil is a raped indigenous woman. Why ppl keep erasing her?
Most of us just call ourselves Brazilians ?? and most other Latinos are the same
We don't want to erase our native history and ancestors.
Most black ?? Brazilians have native blood too.
For a start our families are usually a mix of black, white, indigenous, Brasil also has the largest Japanese ?? descendents outside Japan, super large Arab diaspora.
I'm from São Paulo, my cousins are indigenous looking, but also I've blonde green eyed cousins, and mixed looking ones, and black .
My neighbour, her father mixed black, white, and indigenous, mother Japanese and Italian, grandma was Italian, also some German in the mix.
In São Paulo is rare to see fully black family – more common in Bahia, or fully white – more common in the South where Gisele Bundchen is from.
Some black Brazilians prefer to be called afros, but these are usually those who follow American racialism which isn't the case to majority of Brazilians.
This American mindset doesn't work in Brazil, even though woke afrocentrist Brazilians try, but it will never work because Brazil is a mixed nation, we bang everyone regardless of colour, unlike Americans. We've been mixing for centuries.
Additionally, we don't deny the brutal racism, but we can't also erase the fact that there were already over 5 million natives living in Brazil when the Portuguese arrived and Africans didn't yet exist in Brazil,, the mother of Brazil is indigenous woman not African.
Africans were criminally brought to Brazil, but I am tired of afrocentrists erasing native history.
It's the same in the USA.
This is the DNA results for neguinho da beija flor, he's black as Pelé but guess what, genetically he is more European than African
"67.1% European
31.5% African
1.4% Amerindian"
So, most of the time race isn't just what you see ?
I wish racists were aware of that but also afrocentrists and eurocentrists.
To us Pelé was just himself, our King of Football ?❤️
afro brazilian? wtf is this propaganda bs?