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Former football player Gerard Piqué outraged many on social media after the publication of an interview in which he mentioned that his ex-partner (Shakira) is Latin American, which is why people who are her lifeless fans attacked him online, which appears to be a xenophobic comment against Latinos.
some separations of celebrities have been so controversial Lately like Colombian singer Shakira and former Spanish football player Gerard Piqué. Given the large community of fans that Shakira has gained throughout her decades-long career, her ex-partner has been the target of harsh criticism since it began to be said that the reason for the breakup was supposed infidelity on the part of the athlete.
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He has done nothing but continue to receive criticism recently after publishing an interview with journalist Gerard Romero in which Piqué complains, after casually mentioning that your partner is Latin Americanthat many of his fans who “they have no life” They dedicated themselves to attacking him on social media. This statement triggered a multitude of reactions, mainly from Latin Americans who accused him of being xenophobic and racist, since someone's nationality has nothing to do with whether or not they can waste time “spewing hate” on the internet.
As a supposed response to this, the now single colombian artist posted a tweet shortly afterwards celebrating what Proud to be “Latin American”. And, as expected, thousands of users came forward in their support and criticism of Piqué, where cases also began to emerge of Latin Americans who began to complain about personal experiences where they were victims of xenophobic comments against Latinos or that reproduce a discourse of European superiority over mixed-race Latin Americans. Thus, in the case of entertainment, it is possible to glimpse social problems that in a globalized world should not exist; especially when it comes to tensions between two regions that not only share a lot, but need each other more than ever.
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