Woman who lit the Olympic flame sent a racist tweet about Barack Obama last year

yahoo.com ^ | February 8, 2014 | Ben Rohrbach

[grundle]

Two of Russia's most famous Olympians, three-time gold medalists Irina Rodnina and Vladislav Tretiak, were the country's final torchbearers. Both have unique ties to U.S. President Barack Obama — one more offensive than the other.

An Olympic figure skating gold medalist in 1972, '76 and '80, Rodnina came under fire for what many perceived as racism in September, when she posted a photo on Twitter of the commander in chief and first lady Michelle Obama with a digitally manipulated image of a hand holding a banana superimposed over the couple.

[Paine in the Neck]

I know everything is racist these days but I'd like to hear Ben Rohrbach explain precisely how he thinks the photo in question is racist. Are not the racist thoughts evoked by gazing at the photo within Ben Rohrbach's head? Would that not make Ben Rohrbach the originator of such racist cogitations?

Why do you have such thoughts, Ben Rohrbach? Are you, perhaps, the racist here?

[Psalm 144]

You are close but not quite right. It is 'Rodina'(Родина) for 'Motherland'.

[jsanders2001]

>Compare Bush to chimp = not racist
Compare Obama to chimp = racist

Why?

because one of them looks more like one thn the other?

[Berlin_Freeper]

If they don’t want the banana, I’ll take it.

[tcrlaf]

OK....
Does anyone really think anyone in Russia gives a damn that it’s “racist”????

[Chode]

[bboop]

What’s racist about a real picture of O&M? They should smile more and frown less.

[Chode]

racist/not racist...

[Rome2000]

That’s your standard Russian humor right there.

Those people don’t mess around when it comes to comedy

[tomkat]

If they want that banana, they can split that banana !

[skeeter]

If must frustrate the media when they realize that the rest of the world does not share our delicate sensitivities when it comes to the subject of skin color.

[Psalm 144]

Remember all the chimp photoshops of Bush? Were those all racist? If not, why is THIS one but not THOSE? Rhetorical question. We all know the hypocrisies which define those cultures.

[bicyclerepair]

She’s good at photoshop too, made those two look just like clueless orangutans.

[Salamander]

*spits all over screen*

LOL

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

[rlmorel]

"We like bananas! Are we racist?"

[Catmom]

Would the picture still be racist if the hand were holding a huge joint?

[Altura Ct.]

Oh noessss. Not a racist tweet!

Quick, run around in circles.

[publius911]

Compare Bush to chimp = not racist
Compare Obama to chimp = racist
Why?

Asking 'why' something is asserted a 'racist' is itself racist.

You can't grasp simple freakin' rules?

[mrsmel]

LOL.