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As an Asian-American, I am totally outraged at the stupidity of the Spanish people. This is not a gesture of being funny or friendly to the Chinese people. It's an insult! I wrote to both the IOC and BOCOG and attached the Spanish team website expressing the disturbing images that the spanish team seem to think is OK.
That's my story.......
Real Federación Española de Tenis >> Galería de Fotos (http://www.rfet.es/galeria/001.php?j=1&id=32&subid=32&offset=800&ide=22 - broken link)
Real Federación Española de Tenis >> Galería de Fotos (http://www.rfet.es/galeria/verFoto.php?id=579 - broken link)
This may just me being naïve but I don't think they are doing it to be racist, I think they are just totally out of touch with what is acceptable and unacceptable. Why would a country want to show themselves up to be racist on the world stage in front of possibly the largest audience you will ever get? I think it is good-natured but they just drastically misread how people would take/view it.
Let's stick to just one thread on this topic, shall we?
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