Spain Puts Wrong Slant on Olympics
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So much for One World, One Dream or whatever. The picture above shows members of the Spanish Olympic basketball team making what The Guardian calls a "slit-eye" gesture. I thought it was slant-eye, but po-tay-toh, po-tah-toh, it's still freaking racist.
This picture apparently appeared in a full page ad in a Spanish newspaper and no one batted a racist, faux-slanted eye. Nice job, Spain. This is sure to help your chances in landing the Games in 2016.
Oh, and memo to members of the Spanish Olympic team in China right now: Let's just say I wouldn't drink any more Coke until I was back home if I were you.
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Oh, you were writing potatoe....Sorry, for some reason I saw it as 'Pootie'
His response: "I was giving my secretary a friendly greeting. It was just harmless fun. It is absurd for anyone to make a big thing of it. How could women possibly take offense at this? I'll have you know that I am friends with many women!"
Dear stupid Spaniards, don' t you think it's about time you learned that it is offensive when the people you direct your words and actions think it's offensive. The one dishing it out has no say in whether people should be offended or not.
Join us. We have already moved into the 21st century. Hope you can catch up.
They persevered for Gold in vain.
Poised with confidence, unrestrained,
Their eyes betrayed the heart they feign.
“Friendly and harmless, simple and plain.
You read into it; it’s all in your brain.â€
Such words of comfort they hope have regained
The misplaced trust ever more to attain.
Good humor they claimed they wish to retain,
But it all came under fire and rain.
In centuries passed, their glory has waned,
In clueless oblivion they choose to remain.
Shell-struck people of Asian terrain
Witness again the white man’s refrain.
Branded “sub-humanâ€, they once were detained
In the confines of their master’s domain.
So goes the story of the team from Spain:
They persevere for support in vain.
Poised with resolve, but now restrained,
Their shame foreshadows all that they feign.
I am your slant-eye, but this I maintain:
My blood is as red as that in your vein.
My insides are torn, my emotions drained,
To hear you proclaim there’s no one in pain.
…by Slant-eyed Asian…