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Spanish Hoops Squad Takes Its Eyes Off the Ball (Check this picture out!)
TMZ ^ | 8/11/08 | Basketball Jones

Posted on 08/11/2008 1:32:37 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

The Spanish national basketball team, gold medal contenders at the Olympics in Beijing, was featured in a full page ad that shows the team pulling back at their eyes in a slanty-eyed gesture. According to the Guardian, the ad (which is for a freight company) ran in a Spanish newspaper.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: 2008olympics; 2racist; ads; china; notfunny; olympics; racistasshats; racists; spain
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To: BurbankKarl

This reminded me of a “I Love Lucy” episode where she disguised herself as an Oriental male.


21 posted on 08/11/2008 2:33:32 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Boycott the Bahamas!)
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To: BurbankKarl

Don’t worry too much. Our political correctness is our own problem, and other people outside the USA aren’t infected with the same disease. In China, they know they have small eyes, and they are perfectly proud to have them. In China they joke openly that white foreigners are fat and have big noses, while black foreigners have white teeth and big lips.

In their view, of course everyone looks different - and the point is?


22 posted on 08/11/2008 2:57:45 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Military family member
The Moors were kicked out of Spain years ago.

Maybe the guy that thought up this picture was a moor-on.

23 posted on 08/11/2008 2:58:40 PM PDT by ikka
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To: Military family member

Yes, but now that Charlton Heston is dead, the evil Ben Yusef could return with his muslim horde!


24 posted on 08/11/2008 3:17:04 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Military family member

“The Moors were kicked out of Spain years ago.”

It was the “Moops”.


25 posted on 08/12/2008 3:54:14 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: TexGuy

That’s a great album!


26 posted on 08/12/2008 3:55:43 PM PDT by dfwgator ( This tag blank until football season.)
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