German EU commissioner calls Chinese/Asians 'slit-eyes'.
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German EU commissioner calls Chinese/Asians 'slit-eyes'.
German EU commissioner accused of racism after remarks about Chinese
Posted 31 Oct 2016 13:12
BERLIN: Germany's EU commissioner has tried to play down remarks about Chinese and gay marriage that critics described as clearly racist and discriminatory.
In a speech to businessmen held in Hamburg last week, Guenther Oettinger, the senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party, used the derogatory term Schlitzaugen - slit eyes - to describe people from China and other Asian descent.
"That was a somewhat sloppy remark that was in no way meant to be disrespectful to China," Oettinger told the newspaper Die Welt, without apologising for it. Instead, the EU commissioner defended himself against accusations of racism...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asi ... 47876.html
Posted 31 Oct 2016 13:12
BERLIN: Germany's EU commissioner has tried to play down remarks about Chinese and gay marriage that critics described as clearly racist and discriminatory.
In a speech to businessmen held in Hamburg last week, Guenther Oettinger, the senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party, used the derogatory term Schlitzaugen - slit eyes - to describe people from China and other Asian descent.
"That was a somewhat sloppy remark that was in no way meant to be disrespectful to China," Oettinger told the newspaper Die Welt, without apologising for it. Instead, the EU commissioner defended himself against accusations of racism...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asi ... 47876.html
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