If the mayoress Ada Colau is re-elected, Barcelona could well be the first city in Spain to dedicate a street, passage, garden or square - the places are already more coveted - to the footballer Vinícius, the last victim of racism in our country .
In this case, as an exception, a street in Barcelona can be dedicated to Vinícius during his lifetime, a golden opportunity to restore emotional bridges with Brazil and show that racism has no place in society, especially in Barcelona , prodigal to update the nomenclature with a high moral dimension.
The only thing I would ask of the Barcelona City Council, should the proposal succeed, is that it has the detail to review its official notifications in this regard and repair a grammatical error that condemned generations of Spaniards to suspension. Writing "el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona a aprobado, con fecha x, dar la nueva denominación..." (see the municipal website) damages the sight, hurts the sensibility and makes one think that communications in Spanish are of no importance and no one reviews them .
In the last 18 official notifications, in the Spanish version, our City Council has communicated – with this misspelling – the new denomination in the nomenclature, and I say 18 and not 50 because after reviewing the last 18 I've had enough of belly.
From the goalkeeper Cristina Fernández Pereira – shot by a red woman – to the soldier Juli Busquets Bragulat – retaliated by a democrat –, this preposition "a aprobado" instead of the auxiliary verb "ha aprobado" dishonors them all. We already know that these things happen and they are not the mayor's fault, but someone should give an explanation, even if it is to allege that where there is social justice, castilian grammar should be removed, so fascist.
What personalities are left waiting for the street, garden or passage? As a resident of Carrer Taxdirt in Barcelona, I offer them a way out. The name is removed – it was a military victory in the Rif region!– and it is dedicated to Vinícius whom, the ironies of history and the 21st century equate with all those immigrants who are called to return to their country and they have no choice but to become Swedish.
