Lo más nuevo, es una polémica por esta fotografía de la selección española de basketball:
Si la ve alguien de paises latinos, me podrían decir, que tiene de racista?... nadie ha hecho ese gesto tratando de simular a un oriental?, lo han hecho de verdad, para ser racistas?!....
Bueno, pues un idiota reportero del LA Times llamado Bill Plaschke que dice en su columna cosas como que los españoles la han doble cajeteado con eso y que se guarden sus cosas para "su diminituo pais" y cito...
BEIJING -- Pau Gasol didn’t say he was sorry for the racial slight. He said he was sorry if anyone was offended by the racial slight.
That’s not good enough.As someone who makes millions of dollars in Los Angeles, in a country and city with a strong Asian-American influence, he needs to do better.
Gasol needs to apologize — period — for joining his Spanish Olympic teammates in using their fingers to make their eyes slanted in a photo promoting the Beijing Games. The entire team should apologize, of course. But with Gasol being a Laker, and me being an Angeleno, I’m pointing a direct finger at him. Gasol needs to apologize to Asians everywhere, particularly those who have supported him in the United States, most notably those who welcomed him so graciously this spring in Los Angeles.
No, the photo was not cool. No, there is no possible explanation that would make it cool.
The photo had been running in a Spain publication since last week, but only recently drew the attention of the mainstream media.In the photo, players used their fingers to supposedly make them "look more Chinese."It was the centerpiece for a publicity campaign. The team is actually sponsored by Chinese clothing brand Li-Ning. It was supposed to be seen only in Spain.
"It was something like supposed to be funny or something but never offensive in any way," Gasol told the Associated Press. "I’m sorry if anybody thought or took it the wrong way and thought that it was offensive."
Funny? Maybe in Spain, but not in the United States. And, again, last we looked, he received his paycheck in the United States.
Other players said they were only responding to a photographer’s request. Yeah, like pro athletes will ever do the bidding of a photographer?“We felt it was something appropriate, and that it would be interpreted as an affectionate gesture,” said Jose Manuel Calderon, a Toronto Raptor, on his ElMundo.es blog.
Appropriate? Affectionate?
When told that people were found the gesture offensive, Gasol said that was "absurd."To me, it’s absurd that he still doesn’t get it.
Remember, the Spanish sports scene is littered with recent racial incidents, including the abuse of a black race car driver and “monkey chants” against black soccer player.
Let the Spanish act racist in the privacy of their own little country.
The Laker who works for one of the most forward-thinking companies in one of the most global cities in the world — a guy who plays in our diverse backyard — should know better.
Pau Gasol needs to apologize again, and this time he needs to mean it.
Es realmente increible la seguidilla de tonterias que este estupido gringo dice.
Lo bueno, es que como yo, mucha gente ha estado realmente contrariada por este tipo de comentarios que realmente vienen a dar el traste y derramar la gota del vaso de la paciencia con los gringos y su metidera de nariz en todos lados. Si quieres leer los comentarios que se han hecho a esta nota, da click aqui.
Y aunque la IOC (International Olympic Committee) diga que esto ya quedo zanjado y no hay nada que perseguir, la verdad es que parece ser una buena oportunidad para la prensa española (y porque no, del mundo) para preguntarles sobre incidentes que ellos mismos han protagonizado en el pasado como la foto a continuación:
Esta foto causo también controversia en su momento, ya que fué tomada como ofensiva por los Japoneses y nadie dijo nada, solamente se quedo como otra "proeza" del fracasado dream(nightmare) Team.
En fin, creo que esto va para largo... pero ya no gringos?, dejen de meterse en donde no les llaman.
Saludos,
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