Cultural Gaffes At The Olympics — A List You Don't Want To Make
A series of culturally insensitive remarks and gestures made during the Winter games have been met with anger, protest and, in one case, some amusement.
by Elise Hu
Feb 14, 2018
2 minutes
Where cultures collide, misunderstandings and foolhardy assumptions happen. Just about one week in, these Winter Olympics already have showcased some choice cultural gaffes. Here's hoping this post doesn't require multiple updates.
To this day, Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of Korea between the Japanese and Koreans. So when NBC commentator Joshua Cooper Ramo decided to riff on this history
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