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Racist gesture at Korean World Cup fan costs Mexican engineering guild chief his post
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Racist gesture at Korean World Cup fan costs Mexican engineering guild chief his post The man apologised and said he had resigned after a viral video showed him pulling at the corners of his eyes during a match in Guadalajara Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes came under fire after he was seen pulling at the corners of his eyes – a gesture derogatory towards people of Asian descent – in a video posted by South Korean influencer Yoon Su-jin. She posted the clip with the caption: “POV: When you...
Racist gesture at Korean World Cup fan costs Mexican engineering guild chief his post
The man apologised and said he had resigned after a viral video showed him pulling at the corners of his eyes during a match in Guadalajara
Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes came under fire after he was seen pulling at the corners of his eyes – a gesture derogatory towards people of Asian descent – in a video posted by South Korean influencer Yoon Su-jin.
She posted the clip with the caption: “POV: When you experienced racism at the World Cup”.
“I came all the way to Mexico for the World Cup, but … am I being too sensitive?” she wrote in Korean.
The video drew swift condemnation and outrage online. Some commenters who identified as Mexican wrote under Yoon’s post: “That guy doesn’t represent us as Mexicans”, “As a fellow Mexican, I am ashamed” and “I apologise on his behalf”.
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