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Russian MP's Obama with banana picture sparks racism debate
Irina Rodnina tweeted doctored photo of US leader with fruit – in country where black athletes are taunted with them regularly
Irina Rodnina, who posted the doctored image on Twitter. Photograph: Mihail Mokrushin/RIA Novosti
The doctored photograph of the US president looking at a banana that was posted on Twitter. Photograph: Propagandes.info | Propagandes.info
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Very unfortunate. The least that Ms. Rodnina can do, is offer an unconditional apology. That picture was malafide, and in very poor taste.
Irina Rodnina tweeted doctored photo of US leader with fruit – in country where black athletes are taunted with them regularly
Irina Rodnina, who posted the doctored image on Twitter. Photograph: Mihail Mokrushin/RIA Novosti
The doctored photograph of the US president looking at a banana that was posted on Twitter. Photograph: Propagandes.info | Propagandes.info
Irina Rodnina, an MP from Vladimir Putin's United Russia party and a triple Olympic champion figure-skater, posted the picture on her personal Twitter account.
Source: Russian MP's Obama with banana picture sparks racism debate | World news | theguardian.comRodnina insisted that there was nothing wrong with the photograph, and said she had been sent it by friends in America. "Freedom of speech is freedom of speech, and you should answer for your own hang-ups," she wrote.
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Very unfortunate. The least that Ms. Rodnina can do, is offer an unconditional apology. That picture was malafide, and in very poor taste.