Is This Offensive?
August 14th, 2008 - Chris Marshall
The photograph, which appeared in sports daily Marca, saw the smiling players standing on a court pulling down the skin at the sides of their eyes to make them appear slanted.
It caused international condemnation and followed a string of racially-charged incidents that have marred the reputation of Spanish sport.
Spain has a tarnished reputation of racism in sport - remember the football team coach Luis Aragones was caught on tape making a racist remark about French star Thierry Henry, and ewis Hamilton and Shaun Wright-Phillips have both been targeted by racist chants in Spain.
But they are not alone when it comes to the ’slanty eye’ - remember Prince Phillip many years ago?
Will this hard the Madrid 2016 bid, indeed should it?
About Almerimar
Almerimar is located in the region of Andalucia, Spain. The nearest airport is 30km away in Almeria. Other airports that are within 3 hours include Malaga, Murcia, Granada, and Alicanti. Other holiday resorts in the region include Mojacar , Aguadulce and Roquetas de Mar
Almerimar is a great place to live as an expat amongst the expats, or to work amongst the Spanish. There are all kinds of properties including villas, apartments and town houses for rent or sale. It is a very traditional part of Spain, with traditional Spanish foods so if you plan to travel to Spain either to look for jobs, for your company to trade with companies in Spain, or to learn Spanish and enjoy the Spanish weather then come and take a look.
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Almerimar is also one of the largest marinas in Spain with over 2,000 births and excellent boatyard facilities.
