I don't understand why it's racist to point out that Chinese people have slanted, squinty eyes. I mean, it's true. Mexicans are brown and have thick mustaches, black people have nappy hair, white people are evil, and Chinese people have squinty eyes.
It's fact people.
(This is not a serious post so don't call me a hate monger and bash me)
And you let the Burger king smoke weed when he should be thinking about the children FACT.
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It's certainly kind of thoughtless, if nothing else. I'm not sure how it's racist, but then again I'm evil.
you wont understand because you are not Chinese . and i am a Chinese . it is annoying when people keep imitating you . 'cause that makes me feel like i am a joke . you can try to imagine the way i am feeling . i think the spanish people should learn to show their class .
dude your signature rules
The Chinese should paint their bodies black, wear nappy afros, find some ugly Spanish es at the Olympic village, and take pictures of them gang raping them. Then they can just say they are honoring the history of Spain when Moroccan men traveled up to Spain and raped Spanish women in centuries past.
I agree-- while it's not on a level with actual racist hatred, it is tacky and it just perpetuates the lazy uninspired idea that all races can be summed up with one stereotypical thought or gesture. It is annoying to hear people make the same dumb joke for the trillionth time-- it's usually just a gut reaction from someone who knows almost nothing about a culture or race and decides it's imperative anyway to make some sort of a statement, which in the case of Asians is almost always pulling the eyes and saying something like ching chong...
On a slightly related topic: I got a good laugh from a Yao Ming interview that I read last year in which he pointed out that one of Kenyon Martin's Chinese character tattoos is a symbol meaning "indecisive."
You gotta learn to take it with a grain of salt man. I'm Mexican, and it's not like I've ever ever about tacos, hopping the border, etc etc. At this point in my life I just shrug it off.
well , we can't do that . that will raise up some political problems . plus , i didn't use to make joke of other people , but i dont know if the others Chinese will do that . and guess what ,the Chinese government has covered up this event , they can't afford the negative things happend during the Olympics . if the Spain really made the apology , then let's move on .
yeah , i am learning that . and i am not a cried person at all . just hope we can pay respects to each other .
Because finding an entire race's appearance to be funny is so thoughtful.
I wasn't serious.
Jokes happen in everyday life, even prejudice and racist jokes. While I don't think it's racist, this is under different cir stances. These are Olympic athletes representing their country poking fun of the citizens of the host country for the Olympics. It was stupid and distasteful. No, not racist, but moronic nonetheless. You don't mind jokes about tacos or hopping the border, but you might not like it if it was someone who had celebrity status or had an international stage where those prejudiced remarks lead way and extend to a much bigger audience. It was just not a very tactful thing to do.
Why? Now you have to be a registered comedian to make jokes?
I don't see them doing it with any bad intentions. And at the end of the day, you're going to have the people that think it's distasteful, or the people that will have a good laugh. Nobody died here, nobody got hurt. I don't see what's the big deal about it.
I didn't say it was a big deal. I said it was stupid and distasteful. I already said it wasn't racist. It was just done in poor taste. How is that making a big deal out of it? The Chinese themselves said it wasn't a big deal and moved on. I'm just talking about it because I have an opinion. It's not a big deal. That doesn't mean it wasn't moronic and distasteful.
So of you need to check the definition of racist...This was done to offend a certain 'race' of people....Asians.....yea it's racist
And this does nothing to disspell the sterotype that Spainards are arrogant
Sorry, I wasn't necessarily meaning it was you that made a big deal out of it, but in general it was made a big deal out of it.
i think the Spaniards were just trying to send a message. what that message was i have no clue. life is filled with.......what ifs........
That's where you have it wrong. It was not DELIBERATELY made TO OFFEND anybody. It was made to make some people laugh. That some people took offense is a different thing.
Racism is often socially differentiated from prejudice and insulting or distasteful jokes in that racism are hateful acts, more specifically with respect to acts of violence. A group of black kids beating up a latino kid for being latino is a racist act. Burning crosses on a lawn is racism. Vandalizing a home or car with racial epithets is racism.
In this particular instance, the y eye thing the Spaniards did is a stupid, distasteful joke, in my opinion. But, it doesn't come close to being a racist act. Prejudice, maybe. Ignorant humor, sure. Racist, not really.
I still fail to see the difference between callin' an Asian a and actually imitating them by in' their eyes on a photo. If the games were in Zimbabwe and the Spanish team took a photo in black face...
It would be the same thing. It was a racially charged insult, tasteless and ignorant it was racist. Stop being scared of the word, no one's callin you out on anything
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