Oh My: Spain Shows Us How They Feel About The Chinese

Ah, Spain. The fatherland. Home of nurses who must wear mini-skirts and kings who tell you to shut the fuck up. (We like that last one, actually. But the rest of this shit must go.) They've gone and created a news splash this week with a photo of their Olympic basketball team striking their best Chinese pose. Yes, they are pulling their eyes back to appear all slanty. The best part though? This isn't just a private moment between jocks. THIS is an advertisement that someone paid for and ran in a public newspaper. Machochip has the scoop:

This image is from a full page ad that ran in the sports daily Marca of Spain’s Men’s basketball team slanting their eyes to show the world that, right before the Olympics, respect and all that other crap is out the door. They’re going for gold, baby—feelings are for Bronze medalists!

Gawker also reports that amongst the players is LA Laker Pau Gasol. Which means Americans are mean, too. Oh, shit. We give up. All's fair in love and sports apparently. Roll the Mickey Rooney. Spain Makes Sure They Medal High In The Racist 400 [Machochip] Spanish Olympic Team: "Ching Chong Chinaman! Ha Ha!" [Gawker]