Do you think we should punish the Spanish Basketball Team and How?

Question

Everyone is angry at the Spanish team and I think we should do something about it. I mean, this is such an insult to the Chinese people and the Spanish are laughing it off. I am not racist, but I think the Spanish team is and we should teach them some of their own medicine like teaching them that they are spics and poor, stupid day laborers. How about them apples? Racists cant stand their own medicine--give it to them to teach them a lesson.

Answer 1

The chinese should put them to death. I mean how arrogant do u have to be to go to their country and insult them.

Answer 2

you're right their should be disciplinary action. the gesture wasn't meant to be malicious. they thought they were being funny. as for "we", i dont know if me or you will do anything.

Answer 3

Why is the Spanish team "racist"? A commonly held definition of racism is: the belief that the primary determinant of human traits is race and that, by extension, one race is superior to another.

The racial connotation of the term "slant-eyed" is an Americanism - coming from the Vietnam Conflict and referring mostly to the Northern Vietnamese. Since it is an Americanism, it has no interpretation outside of the United States. It is true that many Asian-Americans and their descendants consider the term (or corresponding gesture) to be offensive, but that doesn't necessarily carry outside of the US.

Americans (in particular) often forget that cultural references they are familiar with have little to no meaning outside our culture. The gesture by the Spanish team was not meant to be offensive, and for the most part is not found to be offensive by most of the Chinese population. Those that are have generally garnered their enculturation at least partly from the US itself.

In other words, if it were an American gesturing in this way, it should be considered offensive - and perhaps racist. Outside of this, it likely has an altogether different interpretation.

Just because a gesture or phrase is offensive in one culture does not make it offensive in another. I have lived or had extended visits to every continent on this planet - to a total of 31 countries. Your view of the world is very limited if you believe what you are asking others to believe.

Answer 4

Yes I know what you mean. To pick on and critize someone for their appearances and making one automatically superior because of a certain groups' trait should totaly be punished. The use of comedy engendering slander from one group against another should definately be thought a lesson the hard way,eh?

Answer 5

There's not really much we can do. I wish the team was penalized by the Olympics committee for their foolish action (honestly not ONE person spoke up and said "um maybe we shouldn't do this, it can come off the wrong way"?) but it looks like that's not going to happen now. Haha it would be funny if the Chinese basketball team counteracted and did a stereotypical Spanish photo, but that would be stooping down to their level. At least Chinese fans are booing their asses whenever they're on the courts. And the good ol' USA basketball team will soon be kicking their butts in the court, something I'm sure they won't take very well since Spain (like most of the world) seems to hate the USA. I am shocked by how fazed ALL of Spain seems to be by this. I'm Spanish, but have been living in the USA for a long time now, and I recently talked to some Spanish relatives and when the subject of the controversial photo came up their reaction was "all Americans are so uptight and need a sense of humor...it's Americans that are the true racist...the photo is nothing but a joke and has been blown out of proportion because all of you guys are jealous." And that seems to be the view of the general public over there, they honestly do not understand why that picture is offensive!

Answer 6

What a typical ignorant American....  By Spanish they mean the original Spanish that come from a European country named Spain therefore they are White...  Your stupid *** has them confused with Mexicans....  Only in America would this happen to have such ignorant people like you

Answer 7

It's funny hearing Americans Talk about Racism! LOL. Amerkkka is the most racist place on earth.  

Answer 8

hey

i mean u cnt punish them b/c i dont think they did it on purpose.... to them it was a joke or they didnt take it has a negative thing...

but it was how rude was that.... i mean i was sooo shocked when i saw it i was like i cnt believe sum1 wld do sumthin like dat n think it wld b taken lightly or dat no1 wld say sumthin...

in reality dey shld n need to apologize to china n every otha asian  

Answer 9

It is rather insulting, considering I am Chinese.

Though I think that we shouldn't punish them or take revenge-

just beat them really bad at basketball.

Haha

Answer 10

Sure why don't we take them out to the town square and stone them.

Answer 11

The spanish players on that team and the soccer team have 0 class they are racist whiny floppers.i lost all respect for every member of that team after i saw that.The chinese fans should gave them h**l everytime thay touched the balll.I think the chinese players shoulda mocked them by whining to the officials and falling down every play