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August 21, 2008
August 15, 2008
Spain or how we think that we know everything
Recently there has been a lot of "babbling" around the infamous picture of the National Basketball Spanish team mocking the Chinese. As Spaniard, I know that there was no bad intention behind this picture. However, it surprises me how insensitive we are to any other culture.
As someone that is living and working on a highly international place, I'm fully aware of the challenges that cross-cultural interactions have. As soon as I saw the picture, I was shocked. How can we do something like that? For a moment I even forgot that 4 years ago, I could perfectly be doing the same thing. Mocking the eyes of Asian people is considered extremely rude. It's something that shouldn't we done under any circumstances.
I can understand the mistake. What I can not understand is how the Spanish press keeps talking about the issue as a "British campaign to discredit Spain". We screwed it, let's recognize it and move on. Do not blame others for our own faults.
As someone that is living and working on a highly international place, I'm fully aware of the challenges that cross-cultural interactions have. As soon as I saw the picture, I was shocked. How can we do something like that? For a moment I even forgot that 4 years ago, I could perfectly be doing the same thing. Mocking the eyes of Asian people is considered extremely rude. It's something that shouldn't we done under any circumstances.
I can understand the mistake. What I can not understand is how the Spanish press keeps talking about the issue as a "British campaign to discredit Spain". We screwed it, let's recognize it and move on. Do not blame others for our own faults.
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