I'm sure many of you have seen this already: the Spanish national basketball team, posing for a photograph for an advertisement. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, they are indeed pulling back the skin around their eyes to look "Chinesey." WTF. Pau Gasol, of the Lakers, is in this photo as well. Having spent time in the U.S., and especially in LA where there is such a large Asian population, you would think that he of all people would know better. The article (click on link above) claims that no one in the organization, or the company paying for the advert, thought this was offensive. Really? I mean, I kind of want to believe it...but you have to be really stupid not to think that this would not provoke some sort of reaction...
Shudder, I guess it calls up childhood memories of the chant: "Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these..."
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