Have you seen the picture yet of the Spanish Olympic roundball team. Really, there’s no competition. Pure racist gold. Maybe if some country did a team photo with all its members in fake Fu Manchu facial hair. That would be gold medal worthy. But the Spanish Olympic basketball didn’t need implements, they improvised in their photo, as team members used two fingers to slant their eyes.
Don’t they know that leaves no hand free to give the guy next to you bunny-ears? What kidders, these Spanish guys. Or what great racists.
OK, maybe the team missed out on their Siesta time, and weren’t thinking straight. Wasn’t anyone involved (especially the ad agency types who used the picture in a Spanish newspaper) thinking that perhaps the Chinese would take offense?
Meanwhile, we sensitive Asian Americans certainly have taken offense. The Organization of Chinese Americans are incensed. As it should be. Asian, Asian American, the slur impacts us all.