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Originally Posted by Reckoner
this photo does not express malicious intent. They didn't do anything outwardly racist, it is just people extrapolating.
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Now, this seems to be the crux of your argument, but you haven't backed it up at all that I can see. You repeatedly say that
you do not see any malicious intent, and that is the key word there. Just because it isn't offensive in your eyes, does NOT make it inoffensive to others.
Please don't simply defend with what the players have to say for themselves after being crucified by the global media. Faking ignorance is clearly not going to cut it. Especially since we have one person from Spain and another from Portugal personally testifying that the Spanish are not the most racially tolerant people at the moment. Racial integration isn't something that comes within a few decades. I suspect that Spain, like many European countries, are relatively new to mass immigration. As a US citizen, you should know that integration isn't complete in a country that has been strongly multi-racial since it's inception. Even now, many cities like SF are divided into ethnic neighborhoods.