Spain has broken a world record this year in Beijing, by being far more racist than any country present. Or at least, being obviously so.
What were they thinking? It’s a question that crops up all too often when it comes to Spanish sports and racial sensitivity. And now the Spanish basketball team, the reigning world champions, have added another confounding chapter to a disgraceful timeline. In a full-page ad in Spain’s best selling newspaper, the sports daily Marca, the team posed smiling and stretching the skin on the side of their eyes to appear Chinese.
Wow. Check that last link see a photo of them.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: all Europeans are racist bastards.
This post goes well with your previous post.
See I knew I had a reason to hate Spain except for the fact that they kicked Greece’s ass in basketball.
Dude and what is the problem with the picture…?!
Yeah ok i get it but if we talk about racism in general I wouldn t count this one
Dude this is like easily the most racist thing ever.
Oh my god I can’t believe I just said that to a German.
you beat me to the punch, I was gonna blog about this. But yeah, so bad. My favorite sports show said that David Stern and the NBA should suspend the Spanish players and I totally agree.
Personally I think suspension would be a bit much. The Olympics are about coming together from around the world and competing to the best of your ability while respecting others.
These athletes have definitely fucked up that last part, but suspending them? It doesn’t make sense. They should be ridiculed by the international media for their inexcusable behavior, but they should not be forced by the Olympic committee to conform to a certain culture or set of beliefs. That’s not what the Olympics are about, even if they are taking place in China this year.
They’re obviously racist and the Olympics are one way we as a global community can discover that. I don’t believe in punishment, I believe in education.