Shots From The Darkside

I’ve never understood overt racism. I live in the south, so I know people are idiots. But I’ve never understood the idiot that opens his mouth and lets everyone know he has no social consciousness. Enter the Spain Basketball Team:

I’m not sure why no one - not the company shooting the pictures, not the 16 assholes on the floor, not the country of Spain itself - thought that mocking the Chinese was good idea. In Europe, I heard a lot of ‘you Americans are too sensitive’ whenever someone said something inappropriate… like nigger or darkie or spade.

It’s a matter of respect. I’d like to think that no one has racist feelings. I’m not talking ‘racial’ feelings. We’re culturally different and it’s ok to mock some of those things. I like watermellon and chicken. My white fraternity brother can dance, but he cooks with no seasoning.  These are points of difference which make for good times. But mocking the epicanthic fold is a bit childish. Ain’t nothing funny about that.

In case anyone was wondering - shit like this pushes us backwards, not forwards. It pushes us further apart.