Why eFYROM is a racist state, and the irony of its racism.
Yiannis and Vasilis balambani
A few years ago on FYROMonian state television, a wonderful video was broadcasted featuring God essentially viewing the Skopians as the chosen people of Earth and leaders of the white race (Macedonoids) against the implied inferior of Negroids and Mongoloids.
Such rhetoric is to be expected from a country, which until 1991 derived its legitimacy to existence from communism, which not only entangled itself in their recently constructed ethnic identity, but was in fact invented by academics and communist Bulgarians in the 1930s, who conviently changed their position when Tito broke his ties with the Soviet Union.
Yet, the most obvious product of their racism is not from the communist period, but from after it. You will notice that Skopians will claim that we Greeks are "Guptins" but what does Guptin mean?
At first, beyond the ocassional forums, it was difficult to find a reliable source as to what it meant, though generally it is associated with any who is of dark complexion or darker skin.
You see, in Skopia, they are educated that being white means being superior and that "Guptins" or darker ones are inferiors, less intelligent and suspecitble to corruption. This insult, Guptin, which they bestow to Greece, derives from their national mythology of Greece, where they portray the Greeks as African barbarians who migrated from Ethiopia and mixed with everyone.
This is merely an example of Social Identity Theory, in which the collective populace feels an inherent inferiority complex to a population of another country, and so seeks ways to present them as inferiors. This is done on the basis of race and racialism, a beacon of the primitive political culture that surrounds Skopians.
When Greeks do the same, all they have to do is call them slavs, something which to anyone with basic knowledge of Slavic language, culture and names is overwhelmingly obvious. On the other hand, these could be a retaliation to how we refer to them as Skopians, though the term itself isnt racist. The only racist term used interchangeably is gypsy, but this term is generally used across all the Balkans.
Anyway whoever is against such discrimination against Blacks or anyone dark skinned, should report any Skopian posting the term Guptins.
Regards.
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i'm so sick when i see RL stuff gets mixed in a game what is supposed to be fun...
i also hate when i see people generalize, have prejudice and make conclusions about someone they don't even know.
yes dear sir you're correct - there are people in my state that say such things about greeks. but that is just partly true because there are people who dont live in the past but try to make a better future. the sad thing is that the second are a minority...
the same can be said for you too - you also say bad things about us, you try opstruct every progress we make, you declare yourselves democrats but have a party in the parliament that openly declares itself racist and fasist..
so enough said about RL, it's enough that our politicians ruin our RL. i hope that some day we can prevail our differences, till than enjoy the game.
thus spoke eIvanushka
maybe the most reasonable and true comment i've seen in this stupid game. the fact that it comes from the ''opposite'' side makes me very happy and gives me hope that maybe some day we will just have fun here.
btw. check the comments of the two smart ass compatriots below. thats why what you say is very difficult to be achieved.... you have my full support in what u say
says the guy that provokes in every one of our articles
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Sthn Mana sou.
Crazy turks
ciganshtaana
It takes one to know one.
lol are you sure that in fyrom are too much of "whites"????
about the guptin theory ask openote, he is master in that.
i dont blame anyone (till the age of post puberty) for following all those things that were taught in school (not in family). they just do as instructed.
i blame all the ppl of every nation (not just FYROM) that while they live in the real world and see that what they learned in school is bullshit they dont do anything to change their view of things.that is a result of total brainwash ,or lack of intelligence (i doubt that), or just they dont bother to change and admit that they learned it wrong.anyway, what is going on in a game must not interfere with RL issues, but hey, this is erep. erep is feed by such RL issues ,otherwise Plato would be broke and bankrupt
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95% of the gypsies in our country arent educated at all or very less.They themself refuse to sent their children to school,thus they cant find proper job and dont watch after their health and cleaness.We dont think that they are infirior but we know that they arent clean and can spread diseases,thats why we stay away from them and dont interact with them.
Anyway whoever is against such discrimination against macedonians, should report any greekoman posting the term firomnian/skopian/greekoman.
Regards
Trendo, your countrys entire identity depends on discrimination against actual Macedonians