That's the headline of a New York Times story about the controversy surrounding a now much-talked-about photo of the men's Olympic basketball team from Spain (See: "Spain's Olympic Basketball Team: Racist? Or just stupid?" for details). Oddly, the story... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Thu, Aug 14 2008
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