Serbian volleyball player apologizes to Thai team for alleged racist gesture

[snoop1130]

Members of the Thai and Serbian volleyball teams. Facebook: Odbojkaški savez Srbije (The Serbian Volleyball Association)

 

A Serbian volleyball player has apologised to the Thai team for making an alleged racist gesture during a game in the Nations League, hosted by Italy yesterday (Tuesday).

 

The player, Sanja Djurdjevic, pulled the corners of her eyes back, to narrow them into an ‘oriental’ shape, a gesture not appreciated by native Asians. Sanja has posted on Instagram, saying she is aware of her mistake and that she apologised after the game to the Thai team, who lost to the Serbians 3-0.

 

“I only wanted to address my teammates with the message ‘now we will start playing defence like them.’ I didn’t mean to disrespect anyone. Of course it was unfortunate and not so smart gesture from my side,” she wrote.

 

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[JonnyF]

The Thais must have been truly outraged by this. As we all know, they never make jokes at the expense of other races.????

 

I bet Anutin wasnt pleased by all this. Dirty farangs mocking the master race. The horror.

 

The Serb should become a member of the Thai government with excuses like that though... shockingly bad.

 

 

[Misterwhisper]

As a Caucasian, I am deeply offended by the racism that I am subjected to almost every day here in Thailand. But I'll get over it. 

Edited June 2, 2021 by Misterwhisper

[RotBenz8888]

24 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

I didn’t mean to disrespect anyone. Of course it was unfortunate and not so smart gesture from my side,”

Wouldn't have come from Anutin, after his "brilliant" comments about foreigners.. 

 

 

[tifino]

they need to lighten up... all they needed to do was laugh and point at her saying she looks like jocelyn wildenstein 

[Justgrazing]

37 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

 

The player, Sanja Djurdjevic, pulled the corners of her eyes back, to narrow them into an ‘oriental’ shape, a gesture not appreciated by native Asians.

 

I'd have said my eye liner's running and I'm just wiping it to the sides ..

[JonnyF]

1 hour ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Wouldn't have come from Anutin, after his "brilliant" comments about foreigners.. 

 

 

The blonde isn’t even wearing a mask!!
 

Did Anutin miss this or are his racist outbursts reserved for domestic consumption?  
 

Or maybe he just doesn’t want to draw comparisons between vaccination rates in Europe compared to Thailand? Especially after a 3-0 drubbing in the volleyball ????.

[mtls2005]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“I only wanted to address my teammates with the message ‘now we will start playing defence like them.’ I didn’t mean to disrespect anyone. Of course it was unfortunate and not so smart gesture from my side,” she wrote.

 

Calling BS on this "apology".

 

Would have been better if she acknowledged her action, admitted what she did was ignorant, and made a real apology.

 

Surely there's a Serbian word for "defense"?

 

 

[Misterwhisper]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

pulled the corners of her eyes back, to narrow them into an ‘oriental’ shape

Thank goodness she didn't accompany that gesture by a "wiggle walk" or a "flip-flop shuffle". That would've been REALLY bad!

[TooPoopedToPop]

Tempest in a teapot.

   So many people nowadays seem to be looking for any excuse to be offended.

[Scott]

Trolling meme removed.   This is a discussion forum.

 

[JonnyF]

11 hours ago, josthomz said:

Saying we can mock Asians for their eyes because Anutin calls farangs dirty and that they don't wear masks, only proves you are dumber than a rock. And most likely your parents were too, hence why you've grown up to be this way....

 

Sadly, there's many like this in TVF. Can't teach stupid. 

 

 

Nobody has said that.
 

You’re creating a strawman in order to virtue signal. Re read the posts and try harder to understand what they actually say this time. Good lad...

[Captain Monday]

11 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Calling BS on this "apology".

 

Would have been better if she acknowledged her action, admitted what she did was ignorant, and made a real apology.

 

Surely there's a Serbian word for "defense"?

 

 

It is BS she is a racist, though one can hardly imagine a girl over age 9 making such a childish taunt. A continuing issue in the sports world to be taken seriously. She should be disqualified from Olympic competition at a minimum.

Edited June 2, 2021 by Captain Monday

[Poet]

Here is what you all want to see:





Really not as bad as you might imagine from the reporting. The gesture was made to a teammate, just a fleeting joke and not a provocation to the other team. They have a robust sense of humor in the Balkans that has not yet been beaten down by cancel culture.

Cracking lass.

 

Edited June 2, 2021 by Poet

[jacko45k]

Just now, Poet said:

Here is what you all want to see:



Really not as bad as you might imagine from the reporting. The gesture was made to a teammate, just a fleeting joke and not a provocation to the other team. They have a robust sense of humor in the Balkans that has not yet been beaten down by cancel culture.

Cracking lass.

These people are still living in the 1940s, plenty of examples of such in football (soccer), within the players and spectators.

[Excel]

12 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Calling BS on this "apology".

 

Would have been better if she acknowledged her action, admitted what she did was ignorant, and made a real apology.

 

Surely there's a Serbian word for "defense"?

 

 

It's called Kosovo.

[Poet]

12 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

These people are still living in the 1940s, plenty of examples of such in football (soccer), within the players and spectators.

They simply have a different culture from yours.

In many ways, the current focus in the US on color is a backward step. An American from the 90s would be surprised at how unapologetically racist the supposedly "anti-racist" movement is in 2021.
 

They would also wonder where all the good-natured humor had gone. Part of what previously marked the true acceptance of diversity was the ability of people of different ethnicities to poke fun at each other.

By the way, in the 1940s "these people" waged a courageous resistance against real, actual racists.

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by Poet

[Poet]

Look at how fleeting this gesture was. The game had ended, the Serbs had won, they were in high spirits, she made the gesture as part of a jokey conversation with a teammate, unaware that it would be caught on camera.

I have forwarded this video to the 20 second mark so that you can see the gesture in real time, under a second, and slowed down too:
 

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by Poet

[Captain Monday]

 

So It is a thing with these Serbianas they have been doing it for years. Any women of color on this team? They are insensitive to overt white supremacist gestures and taunts, all a joke to them I guess. 

I won't be visiting Serbia any time soon.

 

https://nextshark.com/serbian-volleyball-team-poses-racist-slant-eyes-celebrate-going-japan/

[Poet]

2 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

I won't be visiting Serbia any time soon.

Yes. You should definitely remain somewhere safe, where teenage girls making funny faces cannot hurt you.

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, Poet said:

Yes. You should definitely remain somewhere safe, where teenage girls making funny faces cannot hurt you.

They need spanking!

[Excel]

Perhaps the Serbian girls took offence when the ignorant Thais called them "Farangs". Karma

[theoldgit]

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[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“I only wanted to address my teammates with the message ‘now we will start playing defence like them.’ I didn’t mean to disrespect anyone.

How is that message conveyed by pulling your eyes into a slit?

[Poet]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

How is that message conveyed by pulling your eyes into a slit?

The joke was that they could mount as good a defense as the Thai team by simply slanting their eyes. It is a bit surreal, but funny in a deliciously inappropriate way. She was angling to get a shocked laugh from her teammate, and she succeeded in that.

[Excel]

1 hour ago, Captain Monday said:

 

So It is a thing with these Serbianas they have been doing it for years. Any women of color on this team? They are insensitive to overt white supremacist gestures and taunts, all a joke to them I guess. 

I won't be visiting Serbia any time soon.

 

https://nextshark.com/serbian-volleyball-team-poses-racist-slant-eyes-celebrate-going-japan/

Well the Serbs must be very upset about you not wanting to visit them soon ????????????????

[Caldera]

I'm a bit surprised how many forum members condone the gesture. I'm pretty sure if a Thai had done something equally low-key racist to a farang on the BTS, there would be outrage.

 

Members of sports teams that take part in international tournaments should really know better!

[holy cow cm]

6 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

 

So It is a thing with these Serbianas they have been doing it for years. Any women of color on this team? They are insensitive to overt white supremacist gestures and taunts, all a joke to them I guess. 

I won't be visiting Serbia any time soon.

 

https://nextshark.com/serbian-volleyball-team-poses-racist-slant-eyes-celebrate-going-japan/

This is circulating around Thai social media as they are really ticked off at them. Son just showed me this picture. Japan in 2017, so nothing new for the racists. 

[pacovl46]

How the hell does pulling your eyes into a slant mean now we will play defense like them??? 

[Captain Monday]

Her excuse was nonsense.  Shall we also tolerate the typical hooliganistic  slurs when they face Brazil

or the Dominicans in Tokyo?