Olympics: Spain basketball team pictured in controversial pose

[Peong]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/10/olympics2008.olympicsbasketball



Spain's Basketball Federation has published a good luck advert for their men's team, the world champions, in which they stand pulling at the sides of their eyes in a slit-eyed gesture.

There is no obvious intention to upset their Olympic hosts in Beijing, but the irresponsible picture is likely to cause controversy and could be interpreted so as to lead to accusations of racism.

Spanish sport has been mired in rows over racism in the last few years. In November 2004 black English footballers were subjected to relentless racial barracking from home supporters in a match in Spain. Before the World Cup there were calls for Luis Aragones, then Spain's football coach, to be sacked after he called Thierry Henry a "black shit". And last year Lewis Hamilton suffered racist abuse during testing for the Spanish grand prix near Barcelona.

[weary1969]

Spain at it again

[morvant]

black shit

henry yuh is meh dog but that was funny

[Dutty]

Now how dat is ah good luck gesture??....even factoring cultural differences, hada be some jackass who thought it woulda look humorous

[weary1969]

Nuff clowns in Espana dat y I eh supportin dey bit 4 d 2016 olympics doh reward d racist dem

[Bakes]

Not exactly 'nothing'... but certainly much unnecessary ado.

[rastafari]

Nuff clowns in Espana dat y I eh supportin dey bit 4 d 2016 olympics doh reward d racist dem

So Spain is a country with nuff clowns and they are racist.

Why do we continue to sing ole, ole, ole?

JAH BLESS RASTAFARI

[weary1969]

D ole is used mainly by S/Americans dem ieh from Spina

[Andre]

now their tennis team in on it.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Another-Spanish-team-discovered-making-eye-slant?urn=oly,100968

[Dutty]

wtf really wrong wit these people at all?

[Bakes]

wtf really wrong wit these people at all?

Probably de same ting wrong wid we when we say "ching chung maka hayo"...

[Deeks]

Bakes,
            Let meh add 2 more. "Ming-piling" and "Chickee-Chong"

[Dutty]

Probably de same ting wrong wid we when we say "ching chung maka hayo"...

People does still say dat?

admittedly I does say chikee-chong....but I eh know what else to call dem small balloon

[Bakes]

Probably de same ting wrong wid we when we say "ching chung maka hayo"...

People does still say dat?

admittedly I does say chikee-chong....but I eh know what else to call dem small balloon

something really wrong with them if the Tennis team gorn and do dat after all dis controversy buss doh... either dem dotish, or deliberately courting controversy.

[rastafari]

D ole is used mainly by S/Americans dem ieh from Spina

Weary i am living in europe and i could tell you that the spanish fans use the ole chant.


JAH BLESS RATSAFARI

[chinee boi]

wtf really wrong wit these people at all?

Probably de same ting wrong wid we when we say "ching chung maka hayo"...

  supposingly when i tell me moms dat, she does want to cuff meh but she never say what it mean    it suppose to be ah real bad word 

[Bakes]

wtf really wrong wit these people at all?

Probably de same ting wrong wid we when we say "ching chung maka hayo"...

  supposingly when i tell me moms dat, she does want to cuff meh but she never say what it mean    it suppose to be ah real bad word 

Boy we Trinis real ignorant when we ready... I could only imagine what yuh mother and people from she generation had tuh put up wid, lol.   Had ah family wid ah shop whey I grow up, de fella name was Ho Fook Loy... lucky fuh he everybody did know him as "On" 

[weary1969]

Rasta me neva say dey doh use it but is d payol and dem in SA dat I know it from

[Grande]

Probably de same ting wrong wid we when we say "ching chung maka hayo"...

People does still say dat?

admittedly I does say chikee-chong....but I eh know what else to call dem small balloon

look Eddie Murphy have ah light-hearted twist on de same issue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-F5IPl1WOU

 

[rastafari]

Rasta me neva say dey doh use it but is d payol and dem in SA dat I know it from

Yeah weary i understand. It's just kind of funny when we condemn people for their actions but we still adopt something from them, without realising where it's from.

JAH BLESS RASTAFARI

[weary1969]

Rasta nobody eh totally bad so all thou d Spanish racist I must not eat Spanish food. U take what u can and throw out d rest. So I doh back dem in sport, hope dey eh get 4 2014 olympics etc but dey come up wit ole ole good 4 dem

[rastafari]

Rasta nobody eh totally bad so all thou d Spanish racist I must not eat Spanish food. U take what u can and throw out d rest. So I doh back dem in sport, hope dey eh get 4 2014 olympics etc but dey come up wit ole ole good 4 dem

It's like how some people don't like indians but they love up the curry ent!

JAH BLESS RASTAFARI

[daryn]

Probably de same ting wrong wid we when we say "ching chung maka hayo"...

People does still say dat?

admittedly I does say chikee-chong....but I eh know what else to call dem small balloon

something really wrong with them if the Tennis team gorn and do dat after all dis controversy buss doh... either dem dotish, or deliberately courting controversy.

pic taken in february according to the article.

[Andre]

not to be outdone, the argentina wome's football team in on the action.



The photo was published - without provoking controversy - in the Argentine sports newspaper Ole on Aug 5, to accompany a preview of the team’s first match of the tournament against Canada. It was taken more than a week before adverts featuring the Spanish men’s and women’s basketball teams in similar poses sparked international criticism.

[TriniCana]

hmmm and I still looking for ah chinee midget