Spanish Team has Sense of Humor

The Spanish Olympic Men's basketball team recently took a photo for a Spanish courier ad:

It should be noted that the team is sponsored by a Chinese shoe company. Apparently there isn't a huge uproar just yet, but I for one am expecting a good amount to ensue. The Spanish team, and the courier that ran the ad have not shown the slightest remorse instead have tried to explain themselves. I fail to believe they did this in homage to the nation of China. They look like they're having a little too much fun. Fun that can only be had at someone else's expense.

Here's something I don't understand from the Chinese perspective. Why not just entirely overlook this? It sounds irrational at first but hear me out. Is anyone in China or anyone else going to argue that the Chinese have small, slanted eyes. No. The small possibility that China wages World War III over this photo (currently the Vegas odds are at 55,000:1) is even more of an insult to the Chinese. By making a big deal out of this picture, the Chinese are in fact telling the World that having slanty eyes is in fact an object of ridicule. The Chinese people should just say "Yeah I got small eyes, what of it?" It's stereotypes like these that drive me out of my skull because they are NOT stereotypes, they are truths.

You don't see the black olympians causing a scene when the Swedish team took a team photo with cucumber's in their pants.

I mean, they say imitation is the greatest form of flattery, so why not accept the compliment China?

I personally hope to see some sort of backlash because it would be a new chapter in poor international relations. Correct me if I'm wrong but when is the last time you saw an Hispanic and an Asian do battle over anything (besides the Asian guy's wallet.... sorry, I take that back, it was a layup)?

The only proper revenge I would suggest is for the Chinese team to all grow mustaches for a few days and then photograph themselves.

Wow, this blog was much more racially insensitive than a photo could ever be, and it wasn''t even a thousand words. I guess that saying is total bullshit.

-Carm