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Spanish Olympians dig themselves even further into racist hole


Please guys, you’re just embarrassing yourselves

More Spanish slit-eye gesturing

A few days ago, Spain’s Basketball team highlighted their nation’s ‘poor record for racial sensitivity’ by posing with slit-eye gestures for an advert in a Spanish newspaper. Yesterday, Jose Calderon told us the photo was ‘appropriate’ and the rest of the world is ‘absolutely confused’, and now The Telegraph have discovered the photo above on the Spanish Tennis Federation’s website.

The snap, running with the caption “we are prepared for China” on the Spanish website, includes female tennis players Llagostera Vives, Medina Garrigue and Suarez-Navarro - all of whom are competing in Beijing. It was taken ahead of a Federation Cup match against China in April.

Have you seen any other pictures like this? Are you an insensitive Spaniard not scared of being exposed online? Send us your snaps here, folks.

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Posted: August 15th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey