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[Saya]

Deadspin

The Serbian women’s volleyball team secured a place in the 2018 FIVB Women’s World Championship in Japan after defeating Poland in a qualifier over the weekend. After the victory, they posed for the photo above, which originally appeared above the FIVB’s story about the game but was later removed.

It certainly looks like the players are doing the racist slant-eyed gesture, presumably in reference to the fact that the 2018 world championship will be played in Japan. They apparently didn’t learn anything from the 2008 Spanish basketball team.

 

[FZZ]

why?

like legit why????

Because you're facing Japan?

WHYYYY

 

[Impeccable]

... wow.

 

[SpaceWolf]

...no fucking way.

 

[Slayven]

Japan should educate them

 

[Euphor!a]

why?

like legit why????

Because you're facing Japan?

WHYYYY

They weren't facing Japan.

 

[RBH]

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Is the person in the top right intentionally not doing it "right?"

 

[ColdPizza]

smh...idiots

 

[HazySaiyan]

Holy fuck...

 

[Akuun]

Are you fucking kidding me?

I mean, normally I'd like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but what the fuck else does this look like?

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Comedy geniuses.

 

[Saya]

why?

like legit why????

Because you're facing Japan?

WHYYYY

It's because they qualified for the World Championship which is held in Japan...

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Dumb fucks

 

[Kill Your Masters]

why?

Racism in Eastern Europe is quite prevalent.

 

[DerangedHermit]

Eagerly waiting Ray Wonder's post telling us how this isn't racist.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Sighhhhhhhhhh..

When I read "racist pose" I thought, "well the only pose that I would call racist is the 'slanty-eye' gesture, but surely we've moved pas-...."

So dumb.

 

[Kite]

Spanish tennis team

Nothing new.

 

[FZZ]

Is the person in the top right intentionally not doing it "right?"

3 of them aren't doing it at all

This picture is just sad

 

[sfedai0]

Deja Vu? Didnt this exact thing happen a while back? Ignorant fuckks.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Guys.

It's really not hard to avoid doing stupid shit like this.

For realzies.

 

[n00bsauce87]

Was thinking on all the possible racist gestures one can do as a team and no other props, 2008 Spain came to mind.

Shocked, but not shocked.

 

[GK86]

I wonder who was the bright one that came up with that idea. Fucking idiots.

 

[Saya]

Deja Vu? Didnt this exact thing happen a while back? Ignorant fuckks.

The Spanish basketball team did it a few years ago as well. Before the Beijing Olympics I think?

 

[le.phat]

Eastern Europe is the euro equivalent of rural America.

 

[sixteen-bit]

gross

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Let's just say those magical European countries that Americans all want to move to may or may not apply to Asians.

I get this shit done to me a lot in U.K. As well.

 

[Simplet]

This reminds me of the time my big sister dyed her hair blond because she was so happy about going to sweden.

Spoiler

What a racist idiot!

 

[Breads]

Yeesh.

Haven't seen that shit since the 90s.

 

[Volimar]

"It can't be that ba....Jesus Christ."

What idiots.

 

[shawnbuddy]

I like to think that she was like "Hey, this is racist, dawg," and just did a different random gesture.

 

[Aranath]

I'm a teacher in Spain and I see that shit all the time from my students, both young kids and teenagers. And they have no clue that it's offensive.

 

[Indelible]

Just disgusting that they thought this was okay.

 

[vypek]

Really fucking shitty...

Japan should educate them

Eagerly waiting Ray Wonder's post telling us how this isn't racist.

heh

 

[Afro]

Not the brightest bulbs.

 

[Woetyler]

Oh boy.

 

[Enzom21]

This reminds me of the time my big sister dyed her hair blond because she was so happy about going to sweden.

Spoiler

What a racist idiot!

How is that remotely similar to this story?
Do you not think people making their eyes slanted is racist?

 

[mjc]

 

[Hilbert]

Eastern Europe is the euro equivalent of rural America.

Just following Spain's example...

 

[azyless]

Reminds me of

 

[Stinkles]

I wonder who was the bright one that came up with that idea. Fucking idiots.

A guy named Zwarte Piet.

 

[jts]

Just some weeks ago when this player signed for a chinese club. And this is in the context of a club photoshoot, from which this photo got clearly approved, somehow. Crazy.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

This reminds me of the time my big sister dyed her hair blond because she was so happy about going to sweden.

What a racist idiot!

What?

 

[Slayven]

As an Asian woman, I think it is nice to see other countries celebrate us. I don't think they had any hate in their heart

 

[SpaceWolf]

This reminds me of the time my big sister dyed her hair blond because she was so happy about going to sweden.

Spoiler

What a racist idiot!

Uhhhhh....

 

[Loudninja]

Whew lots of racism news already today :/

 

[RBH]

This reminds me of the time my big sister dyed her hair blond because she was so happy about going to sweden.

Spoiler

What a racist idiot!

 

[Gordon Shumway]

They're just trying to learn more about their culture..

🤔

LOL

 

[Garrett Hawke]

As an Asian woman, I think it is nice to see other countries celebrate us. I don't think they had any hate in their heart

🤔

 

[Azzurri]

Is this a European thing?