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Originally Posted by cured
I'm kind of curious what Miguel's take on this situation is. Are spaniards really racially insensitive by some manner of ignorance to how its perceived or do they think it's really a small, almost schoolyard taunt meant to poke fun, or where in between does it lie?
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That's where my greatest curiosity lies too. They keep saying it wasn't meant to be racist or offensive, yet they haven't explained exactly what the supposed reasoning behind doing it was. That's why it's hard to understand how they don't recognize the offensiveness - the only real application of the "slanted eye" gesture is to taunt someone who's Asian. It's
designed to be offensive. But they supposedly had some other goal in mind when doing it?
