Americans' interest in soccer (association-rules football) comes in go with the tide peaking at the time of the World Cup. Every four years there is a surge of caring which recedes soon after Team USA's loss and elimination. This year the World Cup has caused an all time high in soccer-interest. Team USA's victory over Ghana led to an outpouring of sports patriotism... and geo-illeteracy.
First Delta decided to celebrate victory by tweeting an image which represents the United States with the Statue of Liberty and Ghana with a giraffe. A major problem with the image is that giraffes do not live in Ghana. All Africa is treated the same much like all Indians are thought of as the same in Siouxification. Oddly, the sin Delta committed is the same that Kwanzaa is by nature treating all Africa as the same.
Next is a photo making the rounds claiming to show how most are immigrants. The purpose of to the photo is to support immigration reform. The problem with this image is that it is a racist and probably full of lies (not just untruths) because none of the players are actually immigrants. It claims those with Hispanic-names are immigrants even though they were born in the United States and those born outside the United States are immigrants even though all of them were born citizens because of their parents.
Finally, Google cannot tell the difference between Ghana's flag and Cameroon's.
Geo-illiteracy is common and the World Cup is only making it more noticeable
First Delta decided to celebrate victory by tweeting an image which represents the United States with the Statue of Liberty and Ghana with a giraffe. A major problem with the image is that giraffes do not live in Ghana. All Africa is treated the same much like all Indians are thought of as the same in Siouxification. Oddly, the sin Delta committed is the same that Kwanzaa is by nature treating all Africa as the same.
Next is a photo making the rounds claiming to show how most are immigrants. The purpose of to the photo is to support immigration reform. The problem with this image is that it is a racist and probably full of lies (not just untruths) because none of the players are actually immigrants. It claims those with Hispanic-names are immigrants even though they were born in the United States and those born outside the United States are immigrants even though all of them were born citizens because of their parents.
Finally, Google cannot tell the difference between Ghana's flag and Cameroon's.
Geo-illiteracy is common and the World Cup is only making it more noticeable
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