So the Spanish basketball team (and Marca’s publishers and editors) really thought everyone would think this is funny? That they would perceive it as an “affectionate gesture?”
That’s pathetic. Maybe the Spanish hope to make adolescent jackassery a future Olympic event? They’d be serious contenders.
Hat tip: Kimchi Mamas
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MigukNamja 08.14.08 at 9:48 am
Damn. That’s pretty f’ing insensitive. How would they like it if the Chinese team all put in “big nose” masks as a “show of affection” for Spain ?
If they wanted to show affection, they should have held up the Chinese flag or something.
Jonathan 08.14.08 at 10:57 pm
Stories like this only go to show that as much as people complain about racism in the U.S., it is still a much better place for the minorities than most countries around the world — especially compared to a cesspool of a country like Spain. BTW, I’m a Korean American living in Dallas, so I can speak with honest conviction on racism. True that racism does exist in the U.S., and that we as a nation have a long way to go to eliminate it, but we at least know how to fake sensitivity and feign shame when called out. It amazes me that these Spanish bigots can’t even understand their actions even when they’re spelled out for them.
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