This is not a good look.
The Serbian women’s volleyball team struck a distasteful pose after beating Poland over the weekend. The win secured Serbia’s place in the 2018 FIVB Women’s World Championship, and to celebrate, the team posed for a group shot where most players are seen pulling back their eyes.
The gesture, historically used to mock people of Asian descent, is presumably in reference to the 2018 championships being held in Japan.
The photo, which was originally featured in an FIVB story about the game, has since been removed, according to Deadspin. But that doesn’t mean people were OK with the photo’s brief appearance.
This team isn’t alone in thinking that this pose is totally kosher. In 2008, the Spanish men’s Olympics basketball team posed for a similar photo right before they left for the games in Beijing.
Earlier this month, Ezequiel Lavezzi, an Argentinian footballer who plays soccer in China, apologized after he shot a promo photo making the racist gesture in uniform.
In a statement, Lavezzi explained his actions:
“We were given instructions by the official photographer,” he said. “And I was trying to make some interesting photos by making some funny faces, which would be used afterwards for entertainment purposes.”
Much like the volleyball team photo above, there’s nothing funny about it.
HussPost reached out FIVB for comment, but did not hear back before publication. We will update this post accordingly.
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