Jason Kidd Thinks Team Spain Got Off Easy

And enough with people saying everyone should “get over it.” If the Chinese did a photoshoot for a Spanish company and they all drank tequila or took a nap, should we tell the Spanish to “get over it?”

And just to clarify: Tequila is a Mexican product, and Spain is in Europe (right under France, you know). A botijo and a nap would have been a more appropriate joke.

This is incredible. It is true that they shouldn’t have taken that pic, but it is ridiculous taking it as racist ofense.
First, the one of the Chinese authorities said certainly happy and in a funny way that none of Chinese would find that ofensive, but comic and funny. Spain has perfect realations with China plus is the second country in the world adopting chinese kids, so let’s get this right please. Don’t try to find problems where there are not.
This players is showing how poor culturally he is, same as those who defend him. For example, and taking it the same way, the Japanese could have felt deeply ofended when the American team did the military salute when they won the bronce medal. That was certainly an ofense so it remember the war against Japan during the WW2. And I am not making this up, that appeared on the Media (although I think is as useless as this Spanish pic argue) All of this is just crazy, and players like Kid should have be more classy than that. If the Chinse haven’t considered that pic ofensive… why the f@@@@ the Americans and the British are doing that? Dont they have any memories about their own stuff?? or it is just that they only wnat to remember what is not about them. Remember how did u treated the Chinese imigrants in America? Remember what did u do and what are u doing in your own country with foreign people? PLEASE LETS USE THE BRAIN FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAN OFENSE. Every country in the History has had episodes of racism, but it is not America the one at the botton of that list, so… please, Mr. Kid and those who think alike. Be more respectful and and try to read a book from time to time. It doesn’t hurt, I promise.

wow Jason … double standards!! welcome to a white mans world!!

congrats on now feeling the way a 50 yr old and younger white man feels!!

1) Spain does have history of racism in sports (e.g. The way Africans are treated in La Liga)so they don’t get any sort of leeway. 2) The ad was offensive in itself. It doesn’t matter if the Chinese authorities issue a statement saying that it is. 3) A lot of people in here are saying that Chinese do have slanted eyes therefore it’s okay. That is incredibly stupid. I mean, it’s not even an argument. What was the ad trying to accomplish then? Would it have been okay for the Spanish team to sport big fake red lips if the games were held in Lagos? Of course not, get your mind right people.

I hated that logic too, Z. Black people have black skin so I’m going to mock the hell out of them for it. What? It’s okay, they really DO have black skin.

And it’s amazing how to some folks that fact that Jason Kidd is an accused wife beater means that his thoughts on racism are invalid. I wonder if y’all apply that logic to everybody in your lives. Nobody who has done anything wrong can comment on other people’s wrongdoing or on double standards. It would be one thing if Kidd said the Spanish players were horrible people, but all he said was that David Stern and the media are treating the Spanish players differently than they would Team USA. And I think he’s right. Stern loves to bring NBA players into his office for a talk about their off-court activities. This is a proven fact. I don’t think Stern should have the power to regulate players off-court lives, but since he’s already been doing that, he needs to do it for everybody.

I agree with the things the 3 guys (Z, Jukai, and Allenp) above me have been saying. I can’t wait to put this behind us so I can get back to writing biased and unobjective thoughts about my beloved Hawks.)

Well said, Myung. Oh and Hawks fans need to get smaked with some sense, Mo Evans + Flip =/= Smoove. End of.

I’m a big Childress fan (homeboy brought a lot of hustle and smarts to the coury), but I’m thinking Murray, Randolph Morris, and Mo Evans can make up for some of the things he brought to the table.

Yes, Chill. Smoove is this other 6’8 guy. Not to be confused that other 6’8 guy either (Marvin). Nor the other guy that’s 6’8 (Joe).

What’s incredibly hypocritical is how Europeans forget their own blood soaked pasts and blood soaked political apathetic presents whenever the chance to insult America’s history comes up.

###Well, people. I think is time to let the things falling by their own weight. Dont push forward. As I said before every country has had at least an issue with racism, and certainly some of them are facing it now. But that is not the case of Spain with China. Since I am a spaniard I feel deeply hurted by those who say that we are racist, and even that some of them freely scream they hate Spain with no argument further the freedom of speach. Well, then someone else would feel free to call u ignorant. Some also have the idea that we treat the African players bad in LA LIGA (soccer league), That is just absurd and without any reason. I am sorry to hear this fellas, cause that only means how much people like to face the people with other people just watch it from the first row.
###We can find idiots everywhere, not only in USA, not only in Europe, etc (just add your country or your city). But is a must for educated and good people try to not to empower the thoughts of those who dont even know what are saying, like this Mr. Kidd in this case (by the way he was my favourite player and I made my sister buy his jersey this year), who sometimes fall into the lake of arrogance, and yet pleased with that, even try to swim a bit just in case someone has not been paying too much attention.
1. In Spain, taht is a common funy joke to refer to China that has nothing to do with ofense. It is like when somebody give an example about Spain fighting an imaginary bull or dancing flamenco. We just laught at that, the same way the Chinese laught at that, now unfortunated, idea. True that they could have done another thing, but the fact is that they did that witout any intention further than funy marketing, and that is the way the Chinese authorities had taken the issue. Some of then, asked by the Media, anwered with a smile and even a funy comment.
2. No one but British and American Journalist have given importance to it. Since not so long ago the British Media take any oportunity to talk about racism in Spain. But this an issue that comes from a deeper problem. They dont like at all the Spanish sport institutions. Actually they are clearly faced of. And this, plus the traditional apetite for yellow news, bring us this kind of issues in.
3. What are the people who are blaming Spain for that trying to get? We are a civiliced country with a deep sense of hospitality and proud History plus a better sense of humor as it looks like. And because of that we are capable of understanding how important are other countries with deep cultural traditions and believes. Sure that we have idiots here, but no more than anyone. And according to the current times, seeing that our country proposed the aliance of civilizations, that our language is spoken in more than twenty countries and that we are concerned about the mistakes our people did in the past (Spanish Empire) we understand what a cultural ofense is. However, just in case we have any other problem with it. The Spanish institution responsible for that matter already affered their sincere apoligies if that pic caused any bother.
ONLY THE MENTALLY POOR AND THE BORED EDUCATED IN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OTHER’S MISTAKES COULD FIND THAT CLOSE TO RACISM. And then, if you are in this list, I shall call u ignorant.

If that was an american WHITE team inflating their nose and making their lips big… hell would break lose with guys like al sharpton and jesse jackson screaming their lungs about racism… double standards indeed.

i have more to say…who do you think you are to tell the rest of the world what is right or what is wrong?talk about your country and let the others laugh at you…that’s the way china and spain are behaving this moment

his isn’t racist. people are too quick to play the card. in spain it has a different tone, which doesn’t come from hate or derision. learn about other cultures before you tell other cultures to learn themselves. hypocrites.

spain r all crackers omg hate spain

Pau Gasol plays in LA.. last time I checked there are not a lot of Asians living there.. what an idiot.

Jose Calderon plays in Toronto.. last time I checked not a lot of Asians living there either.. what an idiot.

Ok, does anyone hear speak Chinese? Or can read it? Go to baidu, look up the story, and see what the Chinese press thinks about it, which, by the way, LOVE to throw foreigners under any bus they can (just like the American press likes to badmouth China). If this was a big deal, Li-Ning would not have sponsored it, the government would not have allowed it, and the press would have just UNLOADED on Spain. Oh wait, that never happened, because for a lot of Chinese people it was not a big deal. Some did not like it, but then again those are probably the same fans that threatened to stop being fans of Yao Ming because he was rumored to have been dating a black woman… hyper-nationalism can be a !@#$%.

This goes back to a classic question of conciousness-raising: can somebody be oppressed if they don’t know they are being opressed? Personally I think J-Kidd is just starting stuff, but its whatever. And in all seriousness, if ANY top-flight NBA player took a photo like that, a ton of Chinese people would not care. Chinese fans love a mercurial rapist in Kobe, an arrogant whiner in Lebron, and an oft-injured guy who can never get over the hump in T-Mac. A slanted eyes picture? Who cares…

LAN says:
spain r all crackers omg hate spain

make a global survey…ask what is the most hated nation around the globe…the answer??usa…sure

take a look at the image of the usa basketball team receiving the bronze medal in the last world championship in japan (2006) well…wasn’t it offensive for the japanese veterans of WWII?was it or not humilliant for the japanese people?

you want to hide you have a really serious racial problem attacking others for such a thing like that pic…chinese are not ofended…even the chinese government is laughing at you now…well the whole non-anglosaxon world is doing that this moment

j-kidd shut up and play…you better think about yourselves,have a lot of things to improve in your homeland to even think about giving moral lessons to others

you americans allways judging the rest of the world following your stupid anglosaxon rules. The gesture in Spain IS NOT OFFENSIVE. Bombing free countries really offends the world. On the other side the thing with doping in usa sports is not if there is doping but when the technology will detect it.

I’m Asian, and I think I can speak on behalf of nearly the entire Asian population (with a few exceptions, including the boss of Ni Ling) that what you said, Bruno (“this is not a big deal even for them. is IS funny.”) couldn’t be more wrong. I’m trying to figure out where non-Asians get off speaking on our behalf, telling us what we should and shouldn’t be offended by.

It’s getting old with all these pilgrims that straddle the fence when it comes to being American. I understand being loyal to your heritage, but as an imigrant, patriotism should be a high priority in thier life. The world looks to America when the Sh!t hits the fan everytime or we help no questions asked.Native Americans have the inherit right to be cruical, but those that jump off a boat should have to prove themselves otherwise America risks itself.
As far as BASKETBALL just like LIFE, DOMINATE. That’s how the US rolls.
On the American tip LOVE IT or GIVE IT BACK!!!

oh Myung. ok. i should apologize than. but let me just understand.
whats the problem of having slanted eyes?!?!?!
and, as your people is known for that, as that beeing so caractheristic, whats the problem of someone playing in the Olympic games helded by China, play with that…
and not play in a bad intention, but showing where they are…
its not offensive when people call out that chinese is known by the replicas or the cheap work force, but it is offensive when they play with such caracterstic

i really don’t see the point here, and i really don’t see any kind of offensive behave by the spaniards, very different than the masks by the americans.

I cannot fully understand the plight of a woman in the work force or a black person who gets pulled over for no reason. As an Asian male, I cannot relate. For people on this site who are not Asian, to say what is and isn’t offensive to Asians is patronizing and desultory. Whether you grew up in the States (like I did) or elsewhere, when you see a non-Asian do that sort of action, it is rarely, if ever, seen in a positive light. To your point (and there may have been something lost in translation, Bruno), there is nothing wrong with having slanted eyes. This is how God made us, and we don’t see anything wrong with our eyes, thank you very much (well, I can’t speak for the thousands of Asian girls who’ve had cosmetic surgery done on their eyes, but that’s another topic for another site).