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That\u2019s just ~a little bit~ racist<\/a>: after Hong Kong\u2019s Cheung Ka-long\u2019s gold medal victory over Italy\u2019s Filippo Macchi in individual men\u2019s fencing, the Italian Fencing Federation files a complaint with the IOC, accusing the refereeing to be biased because the refs were from Taiwan and South Korea, and had geographical favoritism<\/span><\/p>\n Man, not a whole lot to unpack here, but some pretty flagrant racism in the middle of the Olympics going on over here.\u00a0 Italians crying foul and accusing refs of cooking up some home field advantage is wildly<\/em> ignorant and racist considering the fencer is from Hong Kong, one ref is from Taiwan and the other ref being Korean.<\/span><\/p>\n Sure, there is a degree of Asians supporting Asians from time to time, but usually when it\u2019s something where there are very few Asians present in some sort of contest, like Jeremy Lin in the NBA getting a lot of love and admiration from most Asians regardless of race.\u00a0 Not the fucking Olympics, where not only are there a whole bunch of Asians present and participating in all sorts of events, they\u2019re all representing their own cultures in neat little conveniently categorized by country.<\/span><\/p>\n Like, Taiwan couldn\u2019t give two shits about Hong Kong.\u00a0 They already exist with tons of beef from the mainland themselves, so they actually have something in common with HK, but a Taiwanese referee isn\u2019t going to put their career on the line and secretly pull for a Hong Konger.\u00a0 And Koreans couldn\u2019t give even lesser of a fuck about Hong Kong.\u00a0 As the kids so eloquently say these days, the fuck on out of here, Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n While we\u2019re making sweeping generalizations, let\u2019s go ahead and proclaim that there are few countries that whine and act like sore losers than Italy does.\u00a0 Lose to a Chinaman in fencing?\u00a0 Obviously racist and biased refereeing.\u00a0 Angela Carini takes a punch and throws in the towel?\u00a0 Clearly her opponent was a dude (read: she wasn\u2019t), and drag her entire name and reputation into the mud before being proven wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s even worse in futbol, where Italians have demonstrated a laundry list of bad behavior and reactions in the name of defeat, like fans throwing fireworks onto the field, pelting opposing players with dangerous projectiles.\u00a0 In 2002, the Korean player who headed in the game-winning goal that sent Italy packing in the World Cup who happened to play for an Italian club, was cut almost immediately afterward.<\/span><\/p>\n But this recent episode isn\u2019t just sore losing, it\u2019s just straight up racist.\u00a0 Ignorant, reckless and completely idiotic racism, that I had to stop and actually process just how dumb it was after hearing about it, because I almost couldn\u2019t believe that there were people in positions capable of having direct lines with the IOC, being so juvenile and flagrant with their accusations.<\/span><\/p>\n Haven\u2019t Koreans already had enough bullshit already during this Olympics?\u00a0 Getting announced as the wrong country first was pretty bad, but now getting dragged into this pitiful Italy tirade is pretty bad too.<\/span><\/p>\n Props to Pizza Hut HK though, for sticking it to Italian culture by offering up free pineapple on pizza for the next 24 hrs.\u00a0 I really wish Domino\u2019s in Korea would do the same thing in solidarity and retaliation for Italy\u2019s bullshit.\u00a0 Kind of makes me want to go out and get some pizza with pineapple on it myself, but I think I\u2019ll have to keep that want in my back pocket for the next time pizza is a possibility.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That\u2019s just ~a little bit~ racist: after Hong Kong\u2019s Cheung Ka-long\u2019s gold medal victory over Italy\u2019s Filippo Macchi in individual men\u2019s fencing, the Italian Fencing Federation files a complaint with the IOC, accusing the refereeing to be biased because the refs were from Taiwan and South Korea, and had geographical favoritism Man, not a whole … Continue reading Suck it, 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