Shanghaiist: Should Spanish insensitivity be punished?

wang

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:43:44 +0800

From the nytimes piece mentioned: An American I know who has spent much time here speculated that the Chinese reaction would naturally differ from that of Chinese people living in the West, where, as with any minority, they would understandably be more sensitive to such a display. As a Chinese-Canadian living in the US, I can offer myself as a counterexample to this theory -- the joke doesn't bother me at all, though I don't find it particularly funny either. Western media has taken for granted that the Chinese should be offended by this, but I don't think most Chinese are operating under the same cultural assumptions. I have a better explanation.

svye

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:40:20 +0800

You are completely right. This should be taken as it is, a joke. Making such a fuss out of it is stupid, where's our sense of humor?

noiblau

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:38:26 +0800

I am glad that at Shanghaiist at least they are lookit at this in a reasonable way. Not like The Guardian or the even worse New York Times. This last newspaper surrounded lately by scandals and inventing news that now rather than inform feel legitimate to judge and pledge. Thanks, Àlex

vera

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:22:33 +0800

Before the 2012 games in London, if a non-Caucasian team wears face paint and dresses up like English soccer hooligans or a Chinese team takes a team portrait while pulling their eyes to appear occidental or pulling their noses to look like a dabizi, no one will care.

eastman

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:57:22 +0800

Let me do some contribution to spread the China bashing fire and help you get the gold for it. Here is my bid, a lesser one than BBC which did a better job and offer the opportunitists a better photo opportunity. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7558031.stm

JenChungsBra

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:52:36 +0800

What dumbasses those Spaniards are, the coaches too! They might be the first team to get booed at these Olympics.