The Olympic Spanish basketball team members aren’t the ones guilty of it!
The women’s tennis team from Spain ALSO posed with their eyes at a slant prior to heading to China AND they posted the picture on their official website.
One more team from the same country with another picture deemed racist.
Helllllooooo??????
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Linda. C wrote:
“Okay everybody, when I count to 3, instead of saying cheese, slant your eyes! 1, 2 , 3 SLANT!”
08.16.2008 | 8:55 pm | Link
gabee wrote:
Racist?? why? Chinesse people says is funny and not racist, why other countrys can´t understand??
08.17.2008 | 12:34 pm | Link
holly wrote:
Kinda rude….
08.17.2008 | 12:37 pm | Link
Genny wrote:
I think it is a little mean, possibly even a little racist. They might not have meant for it to be looked at as racist but they should have kept in mind that people are different, think differently, and evetually will look at this picture from different angles. It just like calling a Mexican a “beaner,” a Salvadorian a “cerote,” a person of the Black community the “N” word. While most will take it as a joke and will go along with it, there will be others who will definitely be unhappy. So maybe their intentions were not to make fun of the people of China, but in an event as big as the Olympics, its just the wrong time to do jokes like this.
Congrats Michael Phelps, 8 gold medals in a row!
08.17.2008 | 4:06 pm | Link
Lindsay wrote:
This is cute!!! We promise we wont get mad, when they pose with a burro, nopal, or zarape…like us mezicans.
08.18.2008 | 11:19 am | Link
MIJA#1 wrote:
PPL R JUST SO UPTIGHT NOW. PPL NEED TO LAUGH MORE & STOP WORRYING ABOUT STUPID THINGS. THEY WERE HAPPY & EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO THE OLYMPICS & THEY JUST TOOK AN “OLYMPIC” PIC. THAT’S ALL! DON’T TRY TO FIND CRAP WHERE IT DOESN’T NEED TO B FOUND. THERE ARE FAR WORSE THINGS PPL DO THAT GET DISMISSED. IT IS 100% IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY SO SO U JUST HAVE TO MAKE URSELF HAPPY & THESE PPL WERE JUST THAT **HAPPY**.
EVERYONE PLEASE JUST MOVE ON!!!
08.18.2008 | 3:12 pm | Link
DWOOD wrote:
Racist? Yeah. Insensitive? Yeah. Did they mean anything bad? Maybe not. Did I find it cute? No!
08.20.2008 | 2:03 pm | Link
J Glenn wrote:
Mija, people in China did not find it “funny” and it’s not up to you to decide whether they should “get over it” not; that’s saying that their opinion doesn’t matter. To insult a culture & then say it’s “their problem” not only reveals insensitivity, it’s a kind of bullying. The spanish team(s) may not have “intended” to hurt, but their intentions aren’t the point; taking responsibility for their actions is. As Olympic athletes they are fully aware that they represent their country and should have known better. Respect costs nothing but is priceless.
08.20.2008 | 4:06 pm | Link