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Originally Posted by BrianD
I don't mean to defend anyone, but at what point does something like this become ridiculously ignorant? If the people doing the "victimizing" don't view their actions as racist and the people being "victimized" don't view it as racist, does that make the uninvolved third-party who is screaming racism the one that is racist?
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First, I'm sure many Chinese were offended, even if the official state stance was to the contrary.
It's ignorant because they apparently didn't realize the picture would get out and cause a minor rukkus. I have no idea who's right, wrong, or racist. But if I was there when that picture was taken, I would have thought, "these people are morons, just wait until the press gets a hold of this". And there's no practical consequences, if they don't care that a lot of people will THINK they're racists, and they don't care that their nation will face scrutiny that will highlight the racial issues there.