Spanish Basketball Team Photo:Spanish Basketball Team Racist Pic
By Jamie on Aug 13, 2008 in Celebrity Gossip & Celebrity News | | | |
Spanish Basketball Team Photo:Spanish Basketball Team Racist Pic
Spanish Basketball Team Photo-Spanish basketball team photo has created a big controversy.The Spanish basketball team photo is being considered racist because the players can be seen making slit-eyed gestures to look more Chinese.Nonetheless a star member of Spain’s Beijing Olympic basketball team,Toronto Raptors guard Jose Calderon, defended the controversial advertisement by saying:
“What happened was that during a photo session where the Spanish national team was unveiled, one of our sponsors asked as to pose with a ‘wink’ to our participation in Beijing and we made an oriental expression with our eyes.” “It seemed to us to be something appropriate and that it would always be interpreted as an affectionate gesture. However some European media did not see it as such.” “I want to express that we have great respect for the Orient and its people, some of my best friends in Toronto are of Chinese origin.”
That is the cheapest sorry I have ever heard.
