And in the end, how on earth can you just think of applying your US-point-of-view to everyone else over the world??? This is an advertising picture shot by request of a Spanish Sponsor… Oh God! You are not alone in this world, in fact you are only three hundred million people out of six trousand million! Oh, and most Spanish ARE NOT racists and feel shame at bullfighting, we have far better ways to have fun.

Señores, en mi país, si las olimpiadas fueran en África y se hiciera un anuncio de la selección ataviada con vestimentas africanas, nunca sería tomado como una falta de respeto hacia los africanos, sino como un homenaje.

Yo, de pequeño, me he estirado muchas veces los ojos para jugar a los chinos… y el presidente de vuestro país (y el mío) se ha vestido con trajes típicos de la nación en la que se realizaba la cumbre de turno.

El muestrario de estereotipos con el que muchos pretenden sentar verdades aquí demuestra dónde está el nivel cultural USA.

Y si nadie entiende lo que escribo, salgan por una vez en la vida de sus camisas y aprendan algo distinto de lo que han aprendio cuando nacieron.

But because they’re just making fun of asians, nobody is making a big deal out of it. Why is it that blacks seem to brush off racism against other races and make something out of nothing when it concerns their own (Lebron James & Giselle magazine cover)?

They always do this racist shit. They did it to Samuel Eto’o when he was playing for their marquee team and one of the best players in their league.

They did it to Lewis Hamilton because he served Fernando Alonso.

They did it to the whole England Football team.

Some dudes out there even tried to run me and my boy over out there because they saw us leavin’ the clubs with some Spanish chicks. (We both still broke the chicks backs though. LOL)

I’m not saying Spanish people as a whole are racist or that the majority are, but Spain always seem to have some racist shit popping off.

Although I agree with you about the fact that the baguette and beret picture wouldn’t be seen as offensive, I think you’re wrong about the rest: I don’t like to bring this up, but the Nazis did classify races within the whites. They considered that the Slavs (people from Russia, Yougoslavia…) were inferior to Aryans. Yes those are differents races and yes there can be racism between people that apparently look alike.

Race has to do w/ skin color. If the Japanese athletes got together and took a picture like the Spaniards did…well, that would be one ridiculous picture, but it wouldn’t be considered racist, not in the least.

I was going to bring up Shaq’s coments on Yao…no one made a big fuss about it…how do you say double-standard in chinese? and in spanish?

I really think that the race issue is big in America, but please don’t try to bring your american mindset onto something that has nothing to do with it. As ackward as this picture is, do you realize that the perception of the what to do and what not to do may be different elsewhere? However, I do understand that Asian people may find this offensive and that the spanish were careless to say the least with that picture.

And finally, for all the guys hating on Spain, this blog is not a place to rant about your patriotism…had Spain not been fighting for gold in this olympics, I don’t think you would have made all those coments about this picture. Instead, go to Spain, see how people live and treat people there (bad and good), make up your mind and come back tell us! Talking about stereotypes is the worst thing…and it doesn’t help to change the way people think.

BTW, I’m not Spanish

You’ll never get away with this racism issue if you already fall for this kind of thing…