Skellig Gra
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Yeah I remember that one.
Spanish tennis team
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Serbian Volleyball Team Strikes Racist Pose After Victory
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No, and that's a fucking idiotic generalization and you should know it.
I'd like to see this team try to squirm their way out of this with a stupid apology.
They just make it too easy.
Also, I feel like reference to Asian peoples' eyes is like the n-word. If you're not Asian, just don't.
This also goes for people who like to call sleepy/baked eyes "chinky"
Agree, I live in Serbia and while it may be racist elsewhere here it isn't done as a bad thing, it just represents Asia or Asian people, something like that and they're happy to be going to Japan. Unless you browse internet forums and shit like that no one here will know this is considered racist.
I don't really see what's wrong with that comparison. Rural america is more conservative and conservatives are more intolerant. (It's the definition of the word "conservative")
I mean have a look at a map of attitudes to gay marriage:
That indicates to me that the further east you go, the more in intolerant in general it gets in Europe. Of course, there are exceptions just like in rural states in America there are more tolerant cities.
jts
...hate me...
Not all over europe but yeah, plenty European cultures are clueless about the offensiveness of this gesture. Latin cultures especially, I think.
Skellig Gra
Member
Just like the Spanish teams who did this got in so much trouble right? Their stars aren't nationally and internationally celebrated sports stars.
DerangedHermit
Member
That's true. Leaving Poland, Hungary, etc. out of the racist group is just not cool.
Wait wot?
How did you gather that from their post? I think he's saying both are stupid/racist.
Violence Jack
Member
Can they be kicked out of the Championships for this? They should either way.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
If you tell them it's racist, would they stop?
If the answer is no, then well they're not being very respectful are they?
Skellig Gra
Member
The Far East and Europe might as well be 2 different planets.
Merriweather
Member
A family member married into a Serbian family and they're not particularly culturally aware, so this doesn't surprise me.
C
Contica
Unconfirmed Member
So far the only reasonable person in this thread seems to be the asian woman.
It doesn't matter if you don't think it's racist. It is.. So now you just learn not to do it and apologize, then maybe think about other things you might do that may be perceived negatively (referring to the volleyball team).
The world doesn't always just excuse extreme ignorance. And why should it?
ReplacementPelican
Member
... Did Hebei China Fortune actually release that as their image? I guess they wouldn't have understood the context? Was there much of an outrage in China or was it Westerners who 'got' what he was doing?
Hebei China Fortuneafter signing a contract in China some days ago, He since then apologies ...
psychowave
Member
Tasteless as fuck.
There are racists everywhere, but it's true that Europe seems to be quite a bit less sensitive to racism than the US, unfortunately.
There are racists everywhere, but it's true that Europe seems to be quite a bit less sensitive to racism than the US, unfortunately.
What's racist about dying your hair?
Nah, he's mocking people who think this is racist.
cant tell if srs
GoldenEye 007
Member
:jnc
Madventure
Member
I mean anything can fit any narrative if you google it enough
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
There's a lot of that shit in Europe. Back in the 90s on tv, you would see comedians do that kind of gesture all the time while imitating asian people. It's frowned upon these days but it hasn't completely disappeared.
And what is this narrative?
HeartlessNobody213
Member
Laughing at dude "agreeing" with Slayven.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Narrative?
This is a statement from Hebei :
Hebei apologised for our neglect in our work, adding they would be more careful in the future.
Since joining us at the beginning of 2016, Lavezzi has been getting along very well with the team and been loved by fans too, the clubs statement said.
He has expressed his love for China many times too. Now we have communicated with him and have clarified he had no bad intentions and he deeply apologised for any offense caused.
Hebei also denied they had officially released the photo.
most likely the west are the ones making a huge deal out of it. He's just having fun without trying to hurt or being racist. He's an idiot for sure, but I doubt it was racist at all
Gordon Shumway
Banned
Shit..shut it down, folks. Thanks, new guy.
Yeah that got a smile out of me
No, there was plenty of outrage in China.
my bad then!
Gordon Shumway
Banned
Whoops..
IchigoSharingan
Member
No, their parents should.
In case this is a serious post I'll note that Slayven's post is based on a silly post in the Russian Parade thread.
Seductivpancakes
Member
Ah i was waiting for the "it's just fun gais" defense.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
hook, line, and sinker
When you're dying your hair purely because the stereotype is that all Swedish people are blonde then that's verging on racist (or at least I always thought it was). I mean just look at the vile hatred towards Polish people in the UK. Is there another term for this sort of thing that I've missed?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
I'd like to think that a few of them who didn't go with it, weren't just caught out of the pose, but were consciously boycotted it.
*edit* as a possible proof that I'm not just talking out of my butt, see this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1368316
If someone (and especially an Asian person) tells them it's racist, vast majority of people I know there would stop. I haven't seen very many genuinely hateful racist people there. Ignorance and unawareness of these issues is very high though.
*edit* as a possible proof that I'm not just talking out of my butt, see this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1368316
I believe English players of black origin warned families traveling to Poland/Ukraine for the Euros, but yeah I do feel thier views are fairly severe in East Europe compared to the west.
I don't really see what's wrong with that comparison. Rural america is more conservative and conservatives are more intolerant. (It's the definition of the word "conservative")
I mean have a look at a map of attitudes to gay marriage:
That indicates to me that the further east you go, the more in intolerant in general it gets in Europe. Of course, there are exceptions just like in rural states in America there are more tolerant cities.
The only one that surprised (and disappointed) me was Switzerland. What's your deal Switzerland?
Spanish tennis team
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Ricky rubio is there!
I love that people think racism is confined to the US
Herr Schwarz
Banned
lol ahh, well then. ILL TAKE NUMBER 11 and a bit of 6 on the side
lmao what are you implying?
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