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Originally Posted by luciferase75
If they put on white powder, made their lips pinkish and started dancing very badly, what white person wouldn't laugh? A KKK member maybe. It's just funny, if you step back and acknowledge the silliness.
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Sure, it would be funny to us, but its an apples to oranges comparison given that the Chinese culture is far less free spirited than our own.
Would you walk into a business meeting with a Chinese corporate executive with your fingers pulling at your eyes? Would you sit down in a Chinese restaurant and make slanty eyes when you order?
No. Well, maybe if you were a huge prick.
There's a time and a place for everything, and even assholes like myself will acknowledge this. The prestige and location of the Olympics makes it neither the time nor the place for even "light hearted" racism.
As far as the Spanish players in the ad being "confused" about the controversy, that's a cover your ass position to take if I've ever seen one. A 4th grader could have come up with a better excuse.