Different Spanish Team -- Same Racism

91. MK, your comment is absolutely disgusting and more offending than this picture. They are Spaniards not Mexicans. It shows how stupid you are. Spics is a name used against Mexicans. Spaniards are White. Everything in your comment is about Mexicans, you moron.

Also, the majority of comments on here are more offending than the picture. Stop calling them Mexicans, when they're Spaniards. Did you all fail Geography class? You are a bunch of morons and blowing this out of proportion. You're just giving them the attention they want, if you ignore them than they'll stop. And you're all talking about a backwards country. Spain isn't backwards at all. You bunch of hypocrites were the ones calling China a backwards country a few days ago before this photo came out. Everything is backwards to Americans, when in reality they are the ones that are backwards.

Posted at 2:14PM on Aug 16th 2008 by Jane

92. Pamela Yeh, you're an uneducated moron. Everything you're typing is about American not Spain.

Posted at 2:16PM on Aug 16th 2008 by Jane

93. Geez, this argument of which country is more racist is never going to end. I guess every conflict between different groups of people is going to be interpreted as racism now. All over a picture of people making faces. Ridiculous. Digging history and politics to blame each other of racism. Get over it already.
I remeber growing up and some blacks insisting on being called African American. Big deal. Most of them don't care.

Posted at 2:40PM on Aug 16th 2008 by LeLa

94. They're not only insulting people of Chinese descent and origin--but they're also offending many in Indo-China, trhe Orient and Southeast Asia; because they too share much of the Chinese physical characteristic's.

Posted at 3:05PM on Aug 16th 2008 by spain: stuck on stupid

95. how irressponsible and disprectful i'd say whether it's joke or not. i'm sure if the sth similar were done onto them it would certainly make bigger headlines but since it's china everyone is like aww it's nth its just cute....how dumb but anyways ppl should learn to respect each other cultures given that ur in their country for god sakes!

Posted at 3:47PM on Aug 16th 2008 by jennyksr

96. oh no! not again! another ignorant and moronic move by the Spanish team. USA just kicked Spain's asses in basketball. I'd like to see them make those chinese eyes now! ha! So stupid!

Posted at 4:24PM on Aug 16th 2008 by chelsea

97. Jane, Granted, the USA is not a saint in history. But everything mentioned is true. You can't argue the facts. If this were a thread about American racism then sure, there is PLENTY about American history that is shameful. However, it is NOT about America. It s about Spain. This is a big deal. It's not like Asians, African-American or Latinos for that matter can hide their distinctive racial characteristics. If a person is white they can be Irish, German, Dutch, Spanish, Jewish, Catholic , Agnostic or anything else for that matter. No one is going to know because there is no distinctive feature that segregate whites from other people. But, if a person has different skin color, eye shape, hair texture, one can't hide it. It's right out in the open. To mock or make a caricature based on someone's racial features is racist, insensitive and ignorant. Political correctness is so far off the mark. I'll bet any amount of money that if the Spanish team had made a joke about blacks EVERYONE would be outraged. At the very least, it's so bad mannered and ungracious of the Spaniards mock their hosts. It's like someone coming into YOUR house and start mocking you!

Posted at 8:21PM on Aug 16th 2008 by Twinkle

98. To all non-Asians reading this. Would you personally be offended if you saw a picture of the Chinese basketball team doing "round eye"? I wouldn't! In fact I would think it was funny because they would look silly standing there, grown ass men, pulling there eyes up to mimic the appearance of Whites.

Now, if you thought about this imagery and concluded that you would NOT be offended then why in the world would you assume the Chinese are more thinned skinned than you??? The Chinese people are big boys, they don't need you playing mommy and trying to protect them from the meanies of the world. They don't need you to get outraged on their behalf.

And if you wouldn’t be offended but still feel the need to condemn the picture, then you are the real racist, not the Spanish basketball team. You see, your view is one that Whites are superior to Asians and thus can deflect mocking gestures much easier. The belief that your race is superior to another. Now that is what the word “racist” means, not taking a picture doing “Chinese” eyes. I’m sick of hearing that word improperly used… you sound like a bunch of buffoons. Oh and if you are White and would be offended by Chinese doing “round eye” then you are way too sensitive and ill-equipped mentally to deal with the reality of life on this planet. I suggest you end it now if you’re unable to roll with the punches.

Posted at 9:02PM on Aug 16th 2008 by Michael

99. The fact that even after the original photo sparked up all of this controversy, and the team has merely given an empty apology, citing that it was not intentionally meant to offend anyone, just shows how truly ignorant they are. If you can honestly believe that it’s okay to make an overtly disrespectful gesture, directly against the people of the host country that you’re in, and not expect an uproar, then you’re truly an ignoramus. Perhaps they should pose with dunce caps instead, for the next photo op.

Posted at 1:57PM on Aug 17th 2008 by Cheryl

100. Can they really be that f**king idiotic?!

Posted at 3:11PM on Aug 17th 2008 by dev

101. It's nice to see how barbaric Spain is...Imagine how they would feel if the shoe was on the other foot. As an Asian-American, I am truly offended.

Posted at 5:52PM on Aug 18th 2008 by They SUCK

102. I am asian and this does not bother me at all. Anyone who says that this is racist should go get a hobby...or girlfriend.

Posted at 6:28PM on Aug 18th 2008 by I am asian!

103. Please forgive them. I live in another spanish speaking country and ive seem similar stuff here.
The day the games began i was watching a morning show and since they were 'celebrating' the first day of the games, the female presentor was dressed in a chinese costume and had her make up done so that she would appear chinese with eyeliner and even had a talk on the air about how they did it and how she looked 'so chinese;
the male anchor had eyeliner too and he was so freaking ridiculous, he was talking spanish but with a chinese accent. and even did the 'spanish team photo' thing from time to time.

Posted at 1:20AM on Aug 18th 2008 by Ava

104. If this were the German, American, or British teams they would have already been tossed out of the Olympics.

Posted at 9:33PM on Aug 18th 2008 by What?

105. I did that once and my eyes stayed like that for 3 weeks.

Posted at 7:25PM on Aug 18th 2008 by SuperStarSteve