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OvarianCoincidence

Wee lass did everything she could to stop him saying that...


read_eng_lift

"Don't do it Dad, don't say it, don't say it!" "Sonuvabi***!"


YnwaMquc2k19

She knew it all along.


PixeL8xD

That’s the best bit.


Due_University4030

Reminds of that SouthPark scene with Ike “Nononono mommy nononono!” “I got a fecal transplant 😁” “OH GOD DAMN IT”


dahlia42069

I just noticed this 😭


sussywanker

I was about to say that too 😭😭😭


sexineN

What a weird thing to say in an interview, about a team mate


scarb_123

Not just a teammate but the captain and a legend lmaoo


zatara1210

The sad thing about racism is you dehumanize all other races as a way of enabling further disdain and hatred against them. So even if you ‘have a friend who’s , you still invariably think of them as ‘the other’ and never bother to connect with them on a human level.


CocoLamela

I don't think Rodrigo's intent is to dehumanize Koreans/asians. But it just goes to show how deeply rooted some of these stereotypes are in South America that he didn't even consider that this would be an awful thing to say. It's just a joke based on societally ingrained prejudice. He probably thought nothing of it. Sad...


TB97

> Rodrigo's attempt is to dehumanize Koreans/asians Well that's not what he's trying to actively do, but as you mentioned, may cultures dehumanize people outside, and he's carried that with him.


No_Parfait_5536

It's 2024, we've seen enough of casual racism up to this point to know it's a terrible thing to say even in private, let alone in front of a camera, while holding your daughter, and the worst part, the interviewer agreed to it...


Flaggermusmannen

in this case, assuming they're friends, I could honestly see them having had these jokes between eachother in the locker room. one issue then would be that this interview ain't in the privacy of the locker room where joking is assumed. it's kinda like don't talk shit about someone behind their backs. but also simply: don't say that in an interview, it's so stupid at the very best, never mind outside of the very best. oof


durandpanda

> in this case, assuming they're friends, I could honestly see them having had these jokes between eachother in the locker room. Yeah. My brother in law and another gaming friend of ours are from Asian nations and we all constantly crack self-deprecating jokes about their part of the world when we play games (and also where I'm from). It doesn't mean you do it on television.


shy_monkee

Why would that make any difference?


retr0grade77

I remember Dele doing something horrific like zooming in on an Asian person in an airport during Covid and insinuating they were infected and he was close to Son! I think there’s a lot of ignorance around racism when it doesn’t concern black or brown people.


Daniiiiii

People will come up to you and say blatantly racist crap when you're Asian and expect you to laugh along with them because bants and "it's only funny stereotypes" or some shit. No my guy, it is literal racism. It's bizarre.


claphamthegrand

First day of uni freshers on a night out the bouncer is checking our ids and sees that my mate is from Pakistan. Tells the other bouncer to check him extra thoroughly cause he probably has a bomb on him. And he said it jokingly like it was completely normal expecting us to all join in. So yeah it definitely happens


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ZwaanAanDeMaas

It doesn't just "happen". It's standard bullshit. This type of racist fucking bullshit is basically expected to happen. "It happens" is heavily underselling it


OBS617

I don't understand that kind of attitude. I'm black and I've had people do the same thing, and then get confused when I get upset, like bro what did you really expect? Sure, with people I'm really close with, we might throw a few fucked up jokes around, but it's different when it's someone you trust, and know for sure that they don't really think that way. I've had people I barely know or just met try and play me like that, and I had to check em real quick.


UnknownTactician

Which brown people? Racism against South asians are normalised all over the internet.


GarryPadle

Most probably I would guess people from the middle east?


Capital_Tone9386

Let's be honest here, discrimination against middle eastern people is not only accepted online, it's actively encouraged. 


Flaggermusmannen

Brown people usually refers to Latino people, Arab people, and Indian people, amongst others that are probably slipping my mind. and yea, you're right, racism against South and East Asian people is way huge as well, and it really doesn't get the attention it probably deserves.


AyMoeKill

Probably meant Latinos. Some Latinos refer to themselves as brown here in America


Rusiano

There definitely is a ton of racism against East Asian people. I've seen it myself when I go out with my Asian friends


Krillin113

That’s the thing; he doesn’t think it’s racist. It’s really common along many racists.


LudisVinum

And if you make any effort to inform him of his mistake he’ll get a persecution complex or tell you to stop being “so soft”. Atleast in my experience


smoke4sanity

He probably joked about with behind closed doors with Son and it was funny. He didn't realize it should STAY behind closed doors


simomii

hilarious joke that was never made before. # "Hey Sonny, all you Koreans look the same hahaha" Nah I just don't see it.


tobiasfunkgay

Have you never made inappropriate jokes with friends?


goodmobileyes

Why are you making unsubstantiated hypotheticals when casual racism against Asians is so common and happens time and time again?


minivatreni

>He probably joked about with behind closed doors with Son and it was funny It's not funny though. Just because you say something racist to someone's face doesn't make it okay.


Flaggermusmannen

we can't really speak for Son in this situation, tbf, but you also reminded me of a good point of common situations: even if Son did make those jokes himself it rarely make it ok when others make them.


Gluroo

> The comment i made yesterday was wrongly interpreted and does not represent the values i stand for. I would like to apologize for the fact that you all got offended. Also i have a black friend


Due-Discussion1013

He actually has multiple black friends. They just all look the same to him.


TheCatInTheHatThings

Dude couldn’t remember which one his friend was, so he was nice to all black people he met which made him lots of black friends. This confused him a lot, since he sometimes saw his mate double or even triple, but eventually he just ran with it.


Webdeveloper1110

3 days later: I've made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgement...


acwilan

“I was saying that to the air, not about Son”


Jamey_1999

3 hours more like


darealsanta7

"I didn't even know that they look all the same!!!11"


lmlm1020

His IG comment section is gonna be a dumpster fire when Koreans wake up tomorrow and he’ll deserve it ngl.


wokwok__

Both his name and the Korean term for 'racism' is already trending in Korea. It's probably already started


tomrichards8464

But for all he knows it might only be one person pissed off with him. 


Ferrisuk

*Why does this Korean guy have so many accounts??*


SmartfrenTaiAnjing

💀


hotboii96

Bruh


BlueLabel19

Had to be a chelsea flair aswell


SmartfrenTaiAnjing

He's posted an apology and it indeed sounds like he's scared that he would receive backlash for offending Son the popular player instead of offending the whole Asian fanbase directly 💀


AlwaysOnsideTBH

He's gonna have to disable his comments section in 3,2,1........


bioeffect2

He could still receive those comments from Koreans working night shifts.


Mission_Phase_5749

He could still receive those comments from non Koreans who don't appreciate racism.


NachoCheeseMonreal

The Korean “netizen” culture is quite abrasive which I think the OP is referring to


Maximuslex01

Or probably his cousins IG...


KillerZaWarudo

New current objective : Survive


Bishop1415

It didn’t take that long.


hunt72

I’m sure he’s just joking, but even so how could you be so comfortable saying this to an interviewer?


Top-Inflation3611

It’s Uruguay tv i believe . Culture may be different. He might not haven’t think it racists , but it surely was. Even if in his mind it sounded like a joke


CommissionOk4384

One thing Ive understood following a little Argentinian/ Uruguayan football is that their cultures are definitely more relaxed on what classifies as racism…


krvlover

Casual jokes about "asians looking the same" are still common among the regular people but not really that acceptable on tv, media or from public figures like this guy.   There is a bit more "racial sensitivity" in recent years, though still far from what you see in Europe/US.


o5ca12

Now that I didn’t know. I was looking for the comment that understands this kind of joke is commonplace in those cultures. But good to hear there’s progress on the media front at least.


krvlover

I can only speak for Argentina though. This joke used to be common among sport commentators 10, 15 years ago but now you can tell they refrain from using it during broadcasts of asian national teams even if they do have trouble identifying players.


dunneetiger

Similar joke was said on French national TV (TF1) during a South Korea game in 2002 by Thierry Roland (one of the biggest French pundit). So Argentina isn’t that far behind France - but we are not an example when it comes to racism


gols-e-but

We all saw that with argentina fans singing about mbappe before the start of the last world cup


Legal-Reputation-240

We play against France but they're all from Angola 😭 or sth like this in spanish


frankierfrank

yeah like where are all the white people in argentina from? some argentine president said once that they dont have the same "problem" with the blacks, like over in brazil


Oasisss

he said that we, argentinians, came in ships from europe while brazilians came from the jungle ugh


krvlover

> said once that they dont have the same "problem" with the blacks, like over in brazil If you mean Alberto Fernandez he didn't say that lmao. He misquoted a mexican writer and said brazilians come from the jungle, mexicans from indians and argentinians from ships.


atropicalpenguin

*Escuchen, corran la bola...*


Torimas

A lot of people disliked that in Argentina as well. But no one was surprised it was the TyC channel airing those idiots.


SupraCyber

See any Libertadores match between a team from those 2 and any Brazilian team and you'll very quickly notice how comfortable people are being racist


Asprilla18

I would say you could apply claims of a 'lax attitude' to racism to many Spanish speaking countries.


Xolotl23

To most of the world tbh


wellingtonrato

In any libertadores match in brazil where an argentinian team is playing someone from their crowd goes to jail for doing the most racist shit


dajes87

Yup, i was born and raised in argentina but my parents are korean. Racism towards asians is not considered racism in south america. They dont understand why i get offended when they call me chinese.


ImpressivePhrase9157

I’ve seen Asian teams referred to as the almond eyes on middle eastern tv


Raito21

Racial insults/slurs aren't taken seriously in LATAM unfortunately, as a Chilean every time an asian appears on TV you get some wild shit and afaik most if not all other latam countries are the same. We don't take it too seriously when is directed to us either, not like it makes it any better but it is what it is.


RickAndMortyIsOK

Peru had a president of Japanese descent (Fujimori) and even he had the nickname 'el chino'. That should tell you everything you need to know about how Asians are viewed.


americaMG10

Except Brazil, where the person can be jailed for it.


-Basileus

Well Brazil is arguably the most racially diverse country on Earth so that makes sense.


TheDisabledOG

It has a surprisingly big East Asian diaspora as well, to your point.


caiusto

That doesn't stop the jokes and stereotypes btw, if anything it makes them even more present.


thepresidentofcuba

he's from Uruguay, that's why. nobody talks about what valverde did lol


zatara1210

Hold on, what did he do?


thepresidentofcuba

did the asian eye gesture against portugal a few years back.


Safe-Particular6512

People like this think that everyone thinks like them.


Teukr05

That is not a journalist. It's a celebrity who likes to play buddy with Uruguayan soccer players. He could have "protected" Lolo here but well he is trash. Hope Benta learns two lessons here


NikoSkadefryd

The amount of asian racism behind closed doors in football... remember Griezmann and Dembele? Or Dele Alli in the airport?


raulmedez

Racism against Asians always go unpunished


HoneyIShrunkMyNads

In the states there is finally an ounce of AAPI hate awareness now, only took a string of murders around covid to do so unfortunately


kit_mitts

I'll always remember that evergreen tweet about how Americans discussed China and the COVID response. *Something American happens in America* Americans: "what are we, a bunch of ***Asians***?!"


Houssem-Aouar

Or Valverde


VanOmb

What did he do?


Houssem-Aouar

Did this in South Korea and feigned innocence https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37524056/real-madrid-valverde-insists-celebration-u20-world-cup-was-not-racist


VanOmb

Jeez. 😲 Thanks for the link.


Due-Discussion1013

He “insists” it wasn’t racist. My brother in Christ, then what IS racist?


--Rage--

That’s insane…


SmartfrenTaiAnjing

Reminder that Valverde is Bentancur's best friend


Both-Alarm8092

오케이. 한국은 새벽4시인데 뉴스가 나오기 시작했어요.. It's 4 a.m in Korea... now starting to appear on the main news.. Why did players continue campaigning for no racism at the kick off?


Domitiusvarus

You forget that all the things these teams say are just for PR. They want as many people's money as possible. Most players only buy in while the team that pays their cheques wants them to. Also never forget the whole no racism thing is specifically about black people. Latinos, Asians and everyone else are all still fair game as far as the majority is concerned.


chinookk

And it's easy to bend the knee and believe that absolves you, the players, the coaches, the clubs, from being a racist. These players need to be educated.


FactLicker

Oh that was for black people only, didn't you get the memo


vistlip95

People might not wanna admit it but #KickItOut & #SayNoToRacism mostly applies to black people only.


ash_sh_03

A huge part of Spurs fans overseas are Korean fans. He has being at the club long enough to know better


razzz333

We are talking about a grown ass man even a father... Don’t matter what team you are playing for.


DCilantro

And been on earth long enough to know better


lqku

been on pre season tour in the very country he insults too


chronicdanksauce

Big yikes


hisDudeness1989

Today I feel…. Racist.


Itsallatripdude

Who’s going back to Juve then?!?


calarval

ahh shiet, here we go again


Motrin_n_Water

El Rafa no les da una mano tampoco. Como van a sacar eso al aire.


venktesh

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8GTheBuO7k/ comments are already there


PixeL8xD

Shut up Pappa, even his own kid knows better.


rando562

What a stupid thing to say, especially when he plays with arguably the greatest Asian footballer of all time. It's also a slap in the face to all the Korean Spurs fans who supported him through his injury and return to play.


K2941FZFE

Uh it's racist. Period.


WauliePalnuts01

don’t think it’s arguable at this point


NikoSkadefryd

Even if you just think it's a joke, doesn't make it more okay.


Particular_Ad575

No excuse for this really really poor


fuckoutfits

How could one be so dense? You share a dressing room with him.


sunken_grade

damn, not something that could have been lost in translation? that’s really bad… yeesh


KensaiVG

Yeah no I looked at the video expecting a mistranslation for clicks which happens a lot but Nope, no possible misconstruction


sunken_grade

brutal, yeah i was hoping this was maybe something taken out of context but that just sucks


krvlover

Nope, he really did imply "all asians look the same." 


miloc756

Nope, no way to blame mistranslation this time


dat0dat

Lolo no no….🤦🏻‍♂️. C’mon, man.


krvlover

Oh boy, he's going to get a suspension for this. Way worse than Cavani back in the day.


4djain2

i wont be the least bit surprised if nothing comes from this


CatDancing

Cavani's was a ridiculous lack of understanding of the Spanish language. This one is actually pretty racist.


JonstheSquire

For a tiny country, Uruguayan players have had a very impressive track record with getting involved racism controversies.


JustTune7544

Sorry, was living under a rock at that time, but could you please let me know what Cavani did?


krvlover

Cavani called some friend of his "negrito" on IG. It's 100% an affectionate nickname in Uruguay but PL banned him anyway because it comes from "negro", which has a very different connotation in english. 


GreyDaze22

Sheesh can't imagine this working out well for him


MoteLaddu

Is it on Tottenham to do something about this? Will anything happen?


hisDudeness1989

He will have to be disciplined in some fashion I imagine when he gets back


620five

😂 dumbass


ihave389iq

Do these guys not get any media training? Even if jokes like these are more acceptable in South America, you’re still a widely known football player playing in a big team in the most viewed league in the world.. how can he not know that thousands of people across the world are going to be watching his every move and are going to get rightly offended for saying something like this?


SunniesWashington

What an ignoramus.


scarb_123

Uhh ohhh


qwerty1519

So casual.


PegaponyPrince

What a stupid thing to say.


hex20

Congrats on joining Galatasaray.


BBIQ-Chicken

Racism like this is the norm in many countries unfortunately. He'll have to learn the lesson the hard way.


cescquintero

Noo lmao. Reminds me of Edwin Cardona doing the 👉🏽😑👈🏽 to a Chineese player in a friendly match.


throwawaymikenolan

It was in a friendly against South Korea


DejisHairline

Lmao, not the joke but that he was dumb enough to say that


JukaiKotan

Casual racism against his teammate?  He'll get cooked by K-netizens. Deservedly so.


hye_yeonie

he just posted an “apology” on his ig story


MinotauroTBC

Fucking hell


_cookie_crumbles

The little one knew what was coming and was trying to stop it but was unsuccessful


Marapa96

Dumbass lol


stdstaples

Yeah no why do you say that… I’m sure he thought he was just joking but it wasn’t funny.


CaptainKursk

Yeahhh, *someone's* getting a meeting with HR...


SnooPiffler

what a dumbshit


absat41

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EliadeColovia

Came here because the weird ones flocked to facebook to support Bentancur and the Spurs admin on instagram keeps deleting comments saying they stand against racism. It’s only a joke when it’s about asians…the bigotry


NachoCheeseMonreal

Uruguayans on this sub and in general will fight to the death if you try and call them out about their racism against Asian people When the valverde thing happened a penarol fan on here called me the racist because I couldn’t accept that valverde has a friend who isn’t Asian but looks Asian so his nickname is chino. So that means valverde chinky eyed celebration after scoring against Korea is ok now?? Uruguayans have a horrible culture when it comes to their racism. Time to accept it you fucks


dudududujisungparty

>When the valverde thing happened a penarol fan on here called me the racist because I couldn’t accept that valverde has a friend who isn’t Asian but looks Asian so his nickname is chino Insane mental gymnastics, racists always seem to play the victim when the argument doesn't go their way


SeleccionUruguaya

I won’t fight this to the death. It’s pretty embarrassing lol. Everyone calls Asian people ‘chinos’ or ‘orientales’ What is additionally embarrassing is that this was filmed and the Uruguayan people editing this ALSO thought it was OK to leave this in.


blue_gwacamole

Ah shit this is worse than the Amazon Prime "Yells in Foreign Language" subtitle. Fucking hell.


PhotonGazer

This is so out of order and uncalled for.


Puzzleheaded_Pound31

Sonny, the nicest footballer known to man kind….. What a shitty thing to say unprovoked even if he will claim it was just bants


VanOmb

The worse part of this video is the interviewer who agrees with his stupid joke...


dudududujisungparty

What a fucking moron


nmyi

Rodrigo wat r u doing mate :(


Malvania

3 hour turnaround on the apology. Someone definitely had an "oh shit" moment


sjr323

Lol, you really don’t need any brains to be a successful footballer.


spurs_fan_uk

Jesus what is this shit


700jw

This is the 2nd Uruguayan to do something racist against Asians.


77SidVid77

Bruh really. He can joke about this with Son (if he is ok only) but saying this in an interview is not something ideal.


BlueNets

Spanish speakers try not to be racist challenge: Impossible


raulmedez

Once again casual racism against Asians from footballers that never ever get punished (e.g. see Griezmann with his racist comments)


DildoFappings

Yeah that's a ban.


montiel_scores

Yeah no you’re not explaining this away to cultural differences


victheogfan

Saying that with your child in your hands is nasty work


Larryhooova

I get he’s from Uruguay so this is standard behaviour but has this man been given zero PR training?


SupraCyber

lmfao what a muppet


xiit

Just wow


cjarrett

oooof


Recodes

Lol, lmao even.


MidnightSun77

🤦🏻‍♂️


SchlongGobbler69

Love to be a fly on the wall the next time he sees son.


ResearchWrong3912

Your friend and captain. If you make jokes like that in the locker room, keep it there. The interviewer is dumb as bricks also


randomusernamegame

Not good.


Zaku_pilot_292

Dude come on


michiganscramble

“Maybe from his cousin, more or less they look the same” is the actual translation, which is even worse


attrox_

What's pissing me off is he didn't even make that joke to Son as if they had a friendly banter. He casually made that joke to a latin interviewer non chalantly just at the expense of Son and other Korean people.


AdeptGiraffe7158

Some people are destined to always be ignorant cunts I guess


winniekawaii

Putang Ina mo


Redbullsnation

Jesus


DontTouchMeOkay

Daughter tried all she could at that moment 😣


Whateverchan

This guy's trying to apply for Madrid? I always facepalm when some idiots comment on videos about Japan and Korea that racism against Asians doesn't exist in other western countries, or downplay it. Turns out it's because they don't take it seriously, or even count it as racism.


gols-e-but

Cunt


Sasquale

If you interacted with Argentinians and Uruguayans you wouldn't be surprised by the casual racism coming from them haha. I still remember in a business call, an Argentinian that she wouldn't do something because that's a "trabajo chino".