The Obsession Archivesears of Australian viewers of the Winter Olympics pricked up on Thursday night, when a commentator said Chinese athletes "all look the same."
The comment was made by former freestyle skier and five-time Olympian Jacqui Cooper, following a jump by Chinese aerial skier Yan Ting during a qualifying run.
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Of course, viewers picked up the comment, which went live to air.
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Look, we don't need to explain why these choice of words are really bad to use, especially to describe those of Asian ethnicity.
Cooper's employer, Channel Seven, explained in a tweet that "at no time was the commentary racist, intended to be racist of offensive," but rather inferred the Chinese are "trained in the same way."
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As did Cooper, who made it clear that she "was talking about the jump."
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Yeah, but please don't use those words, thanks.
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