"The snail no longer sticks out its horn, it no longer climbs the mountain. The snail no longer brings wine and a Moroccan crushed it", sings a young man, inside a car while with other friends. "We are young Catalans with a reputation for being traffickers", he intones in another video. He is Naim Smaili, a young son of Moroccans who has accumulated millions of views on TikTok by covering Catalan children's songs and placing, with humor, anti-racist messages.

Mariano Rajoy not only downplayed his racist comment about the French team, backed by the PP, but now he is resisting apologizing. Amid the euphoria over Spain's progress to the World Cup final, the former Spanish president has published a new article in El Debate in which he discusses the controversy surrounding him. A chronicle with little footballing content and a lot of politics, in which he directly attacks the Spanish government: "They don't apologize for anything," he even says.

No, it is not a minor issue. A former Spanish president like Mr. Mariano Rajoy cannot make a racist comment in good faith and then hide his head in the sand: "It's a minor issue," he let slip.. Absolutely not. A racist comment is not a minimizable issue. The very act of trying to ignore it shows a lack of sensitivity to the issue. In reality, Rajoy has given vent – consciously or unconsciously – to a banal racism that is still very present in Spanish society today. You only have to go to football stadiums to hear the insults many players receive.

The racist comment by Mariano Rajoy about the French team football is still ongoing, but the PP has opted to ignore the criticism and play it down. After France protested the words of the former Spanish president, who said the French team is a team with a lot of "level" but "without Frenchmen", Pedro Sánchez's government has come out in force this Monday to use the controversy against the Popular Party. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has directly demanded that Alberto Núñez Feijóo disavow Rajoy and has asked the media outlet that published his football chronicle, The Debate, who withdraws the article, the sixth by the popular in this World Cup.

Today, dear readers, we will review the figure of the syllogism, proposed by Aristotle. Let's take as an example the statement by the no less well-known M. Rajoy, which acts as the major premise when he writes that the French team is playing in the World Cup without French players. If having players of immigrant origin or diverse ethnicities means that a team is not made up of citizens of that country, and (minor premise) the Spanish team has players of immigrant origin, such as Lamine Yamal or Nico Williams, the conclusion can only be that Spain is also playing in the World Cup without Spaniards.

I don't like the prospective electoral results suggested by opinion polls. More specifically, I dislike all results: not just those awarded to far-right parties. I mean that from a sovereignist point of view, which is mine, I believe they are not the results that would best suit the country. Neither the results of those who will supposedly be prime ministers again, nor those of whom strong rises are predicted, nor those who hold on, nor those of whom strong declines are foreseen.

Are neighborhoods safe? Looking at crime data, one can conclude that they are. Or, at least, sufficiently so. However, there is an increase in the perception of insecurity and a feeling of fear when going out at night or walking down certain streets, especially among young women and the elderly. Marta Murrià, head of the urban coexistence and security area at the Institut Metròpoli, states that between 15% and 20% of residents in the Barcelona metropolitan area feel insecure, but, even so, more than 60% of the population does not change their behavior or routes, even if certain places or times may trigger alerts.“The feeling is not only related to the number of crimes or being a victim; there are other factors that explain it,” continues the expert, who gives the example of residents in the neighborhoods along the Besòs strip, who express the most insecurity, despite not always being areas with a high crime rate. Murrià was responding to the debate on security and coexistence in neighborhoods raised by Confavc (Confederation of Neighborhood Associations of Catalonia), during one of the conferences it periodically organizes to gauge the "malaise" of the neighborhoods. “Things are starting to happen in the neighborhood,” summarized one of the attendees to warn that far-right discourses are taking root, fueled by difficulties in paying for housing and an economic and social crisis that ultimately generates coexistence problems. Some of these factors were pointed out by sociologist Murrià, and that Anna Almécija, a criminologist, also related to poor urban planning.Almécija is a member of the Catalan Association for the Prevention of Insecurity through Environmental Design, which analyzes whether the design of spaces facilitates crime. The expert points out that it is more than proven that there are elements that favor "natural surveillance" of the neighborhood. These

History is an endless succession of changes and, therefore, of crises. Each one seems like the end of the world. Or of what we understand as civilization. Then, life goes on. In another way.

Elon Musk is the first person with a fortune of one trillion (with a t) dollars, equivalent to all the wealth generated by a prosperous country like Switzerland in a year or, as Oxfam states,, as all that 3.8 billion people have, 46% of the world's poorest population. The stock market launch of SpaceX, a company owned by the magnate that will benefit from the privatization of the aerospace business, is born with a record valuation.

Success can be paralyzing. At least it was for Kathryn Stockett (Jackson, 1969). The writer grew up in Mississippi, where she has set her only two novels. Of the first, The help (2009; Criadas y señoras in the Spanish edition by Maeva), she sold 15 million copies and it became an Oscar-winning film. Sixteen years later, she has published El club de les indomables (Columna), translated into Catalan by Núria Parés Sellarès. It has not been an easy process for her to write this story about a group of white women who do whatever it takes to survive during the Great Depression in Mississippi and titled The calamity club in English.

Amidst widespread shock in the United Kingdom over the death of young Henry Nowak, the House of Commons on Wednesday witnessed an unusual episode of unity against the far-right and against the politicization that Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has sought to make of the murder. Indeed, after a night of riots in Southampton, he went as far as to predict more violence if "a large number of white youngsters think the police are prejudiced against them." At the same time, both the government and police organizations and forces are questioning whether a review of law enforcement protocols is necessary.

Confronting hatred. With one year to go until the municipal elections and with polls increasingly confirming the polarization of society, the Table of Third Sector Entities is launching a campaign to combat discourses that attack minorities, from foreigners to Roma people, including the LGBTIQ+ community and retirees. The body warns that xenophobia and aporophobia have entered the most vulnerable neighborhoods at the hands of far-right figures offering false solutions for the increase in injustice and inequality.

Serious racist attack in Manresa. The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested a man and a woman for assaulting a group of Muslim women while insulting them with racist comments and against their religion. It happened this Sunday around eight in the evening on Baixada dels Drets, a central point in the capital of Bages.

The life of Alberto Edjogo-Owono Montalbán (Sabadell, 1984) has always revolved around a ball. He defended the jersey of clubs such as Sabadell, Sant Andreu, Granollers, or l'Olímpic de Xàtiva, in addition to passing through Espanyol's youth football. He was also an international for Equatorial Guinea, his father's native land. He is now a television commentator for DAZN, where he broadcasts the best matches of the First Division. Edjogo has just published Heridas en la piel (geoPlaneta), a book where he reflects on racism in the world of football.

“Before, I wanted to change the world. Now I am aware that I cannot. What I can do, at least, is help a small portion of this unsalvageable world”, explains Quinny Martínez Hernández (Colombia, 1979), poet, activist and director of FILMIG, the Itinerant Migrant Book Fair, which celebrates its third edition from April 13 to 18 in Barcelona in various venues, such as the Casinet d’Hostafrancs Civic Center – where the fairgrounds are located – or the Gabriel García Márquez and Sant Pau-Santa Creu libraries. All the activities of the event, which include from discussions to film screenings or a closing concert, are free. The team has never considered charging admission, because they follow the principles of the social and solidarity economy.

FIFA has opened a disciplinary proceeding against the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after the racist chants produced in the friendly match between Spain and Egypt last week at Espanyol's stadium. “FIFA has initiated today a disciplinary proceeding against the Spanish Football Federation for the incidents that occurred during the friendly match against Egypt,” can be read in a statement. This is a preliminary step by the body that controls world football to decide on the sanctions imposed on the RFEF.

Racism is widespread. It will take the form of explicit xenophobia or emerge in daily microaggressions, but no society escapes it. Of course, neither does Catalan society, which thinks and lives in Catalan.But the racism in the stands during the Spain-Egypt match is theirs. In Catalonia we know it well. It is the product of Spanish nationalism, of a language and a religion ("Speak in Spanish!

The popular Tarragona neighborhood of Bonavista experienced an attempted provocation by Vox this afternoon, which ended in pushing and insults. The far-right party had called for a protest under the sloganNo to Islamization, no to mass immigration", which only gathered about sixty people. The demonstration aimed to reach the site where the neighborhood's Islamic community wants to relocate the mosque. There, however, in addition to a police cordon, some 250 anti-fascists were waiting for them.

She says she was a quiet child, but now, at 24, no one can silence her. Chayma Rachdi Mennana, born in the La Mina neighborhood, is the daughter of a Moroccan couple and has made the defense of diversity and human rights a personal and collective struggle, to the point of working professionally in various organizations. Currently, she is a technician for the Prometeus project, which promotes equal opportunities for teenagers from vulnerable neighborhoods to pursue higher education. She herself was one of those students they supported and motivated until she reached the humanities.

Top Chef It's the new baking competition on La 1, from the creators of MasterChefOn Wednesday, they proposed a game to the contestants that was full of prejudice.The jury presented the participants with exquisitely crafted desserts. They were delicious little cakes made with black sesame and currants, with golden touches.They were made by a pastry chef of Chinese origin, who wonderfully fuses French and Far Eastern pastry techniques.The suspicious "but" in the middle of the sentence already grated and foreshadowed the absurdity. As if the French touch were what truly elevated the pastry. They proposed that the contestants prepare the same desserts and announced:You'll have the help of the creator! Let's welcome the pastry chef who created these tarts!"But, to everyone's surprise, three Chinese women appeared on set, not one. Even more dismaying was discovering the reason:"We want to test your intuition. If you guess which of these three women is the creator of these Asian-fusion tarts, you'll have her help for one minute at a time of your choosing."They had to guess the correct Chinese character."The camera showed the three women, side by side. Numbers 1, 2, and 3 were pinned to their shirts, and they were given a clue: beyond the pastry chef, another was a violinist, and the third an extra. The last two were only there to mislead and create confusion in the "guess the correct Chinese woman" game. The test was reminiscent of the most racist games of The anthill.They asked the girls to show their hands. They eliminated the first one by having her play the violin, and ultimately, they were wrong in their choice. Up until then, they hadn't even bothered to announce the pastry chef's name or her professional qualifications, as they had done the previous week with a chef. They gave no professional background whatsoever on Tian Lu.The program implicitly activated a mechanism identified by multiple studies on racism: the supposed interchangeability of racialized bodies. The test reinforced the Western racist prejudice that all Asians look alike. It subtly played on the premise that it's difficult to distinguish between three Chinese women, stimulating a kind of perceptual challenge. Turning this bias into a game is to normalize it to absolutely unacceptable levels. The test wasn't based on culinary skill but on the ability to identify different faces. Furthermore, the idea amplified the exoticization of the pastry chef and obscured her professional competence. Would they have taken three French chefs and made them show their hands and play the violin? Would they have hired a Frenchman who was a bit of a showman just to throw people off the scent? With a French pastry chef, would they have simply stated his first name without acknowledging his expertise? Making racialized people lose their individuality is a way of dehumanizing them and turning them into mere tools at the service of the program. It is very serious that a public television station tolerates this.