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cultural and economic development of societies of black people. Twitter threads indexed on Reddit at r/OrbitSSA. produced by @tZero19e

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

tweets about how embarrassing it is to be black/African and how Africa or "the black community" is never going to make it go around then and again and the atmosphere usually is one of deep pessimism because lots of people seem to believe it. but how true is it?

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@ColinUdoh what does the African football executive landscape look like? how likely is it that someone else becomes president in 2029 and reverses Motsepe's 4-year thing?

can Motsepe be outright defeated or does he move up to FIFA/laterally to South African national politics?

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@agyeitah @garyalsmith it's insane how they enjoy leaping to these horrific conclusions https://t.co/x5u3N6C1OU

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

Black African fans believing that black African national teams are exiting the WC due to a supposed inferiority complex shows where the inferiority complex is — with the fans who believe this. they have an inferiority complex themselves and believe in ascribing it to these teams

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@Fon_Miko it will happen before your very eyes

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@digital_khenny @TheYomiKazeem it's not a matter of choice. it is clear which objectively best captures everything about the kick

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@TheYomiKazeem @digital_khenny they have no reasons. they simply want to hate on the new thing to seem like cool old heads

"back in the day" nonsense

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@Cerebrone WRONG https://t.co/7WtqKpMybX

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

first, the quality of each team and circumstances around their exit are completely different. as i write this, South Africa (to Canada), Ivory Coast (to Norway), the DRC (to England) and Senegal (to Belgium) have all been eliminated in the past 72 hours

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

https://t.co/n5uT3WuEmB

[molinari @tZero19e]

the guy who lost Ivory Coast the game was the one who allowed Patrick Berg to run past him to receive the ball, forcing the Ivorian CB to run wide to close the space, allowing Haaland to be free in the middle

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

people are making such a big deal of Kessie's obviously not-true statement as evidence of an "inferiority complex". maybe he didn't want to single out Ibrahim Sangare who was responsible for the collapse of the defensive structure in that play?

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

Black African fans believing that black African national teams are exiting the WC due to a supposed inferiority complex shows where the inferiority complex is — with the fans who believe this. they have an inferiority complex themselves and believe in ascribing it to these teams

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@Cerebrone Sangare was clearly at fault for the breakdown in defensive structure leading to the goal. maybe he didn't want to single him out and said something so clearly not true? https://t.co/n5uT3WuEmB

[molinari @tZero19e]

the guy who lost Ivory Coast the game was the one who allowed Patrick Berg to run past him to receive the ball, forcing the Ivorian CB to run wide to close the space, allowing Haaland to be free in the middle

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@OoTheNigerian i assure you that the "inferiority complex" thing going around is nonsense https://t.co/7WtqKpMybX

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

first, the quality of each team and circumstances around their exit are completely different. as i write this, South Africa (to Canada), Ivory Coast (to Norway), the DRC (to England) and Senegal (to Belgium) have all been eliminated in the past 72 hours

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

@Cosimo_diMedici @Cerebrone each team lost for a different reason that isn't at all an "inferiority complex" https://t.co/x5u3N6C1OU

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

Black African fans believing that black African national teams are exiting the WC due to a supposed inferiority complex shows where the inferiority complex is — with the fans who believe this. they have an inferiority complex themselves and believe in ascribing it to these teams

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

https://t.co/5kE8WmDhzI

[molinari @tZero19e]

first of all, choosing to play 35-year-old far-from-his-peak Kalidou in both games vs Mbappe and Haaland proved predictably disastrous. Kalidou was at the scene of the crime for 5 of the 6 goals they conceded

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

Black African fans believing that black African national teams are exiting the WC due to a supposed inferiority complex shows where the inferiority complex is — with the fans who believe this. they have an inferiority complex themselves and believe in ascribing it to these teams

[Orbit @OrbitAssoc]

Senegal went from being 2-0 up in the 85th minute to 2-2 three minutes later, before eventually losing 3-2 in extra time because of well-understood problems with their manager. it wasn't an inferiority complex or anything like that. it was plain managerial incompetence