ISLAMATRON wrote:
It is racist because Kobay looks nothing like this "Monkey Magic" character, nor does LH look anything like Barack Obama... but some people tend to think that people of other races "all look the same"
there is absolutely no resemblence between Kobay & "Monkey Magic", except for the fact that they are of east asian descent
and anyway every thread comparing driver's results this year has been shut down but comparing them to cartoon characters seems to be Technical enough
If I had posted any old picture of a random other person of east asian descent then yes, you MIGHT have a point (albeit a questionable one). The fact in this case is that
I think that Kobayashi DOES look a bit like Monkey Magic, especially in the pictures I chose, where both were pulling funny faces.
As it happens, Lewis Hamilton is a dead-ringer for my nephew, but nobody on here is likely to know who he is, so posting a picture of him would not have been appropriate, but that too would not have been racist.
In fact, your accusation of racism could be construed as racist itself. Would you have cried racism if I had posted a picture of a well known white person who looks like an F1 Driver? I don't think so.
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