Declaraciones racistas de Miss Bolivia desatan polémica

[chaski]

El sitio oficial del Miss Universo 2004 publica una entrevista a Gabriela Oviedo Serrate.
“Cual es uno de los conceptos erróneos más grande de tu país?", le preguntaron.
La “Miss Bolivia” contestó:
“Um... unfortunately, people that don't know Bolivia very much think that we are all just indian people from the west side of the country, it's La Paz all the image that we reflect, is that poor people and very short people and indian people ... I'm from the other side of the country, the east side and it's not cold, it's very hot and we are tall and we are white people and we know English so all that misconception that Bolivia is only and "Andinan" Country, it's wrong, Bolivia has a lot to offer and that's my job as an ambassador of my country to let people know much diversity we have"
http://www.bolivia.com/noticias/autonoticias/DetalleNoticia20579.asp
:rolleyes:

[pololo]

El sitio oficial del Miss Universo 2004 publica una entrevista a Gabriela Oviedo Serrate.
“Cual es uno de los conceptos erróneos más grande de tu país?", le preguntaron.
La “Miss Bolivia” contestó:
“Um... unfortunately, people that don't know Bolivia very much think that we are all just indian people from the west side of the country, it's La Paz all the image that we reflect, is that poor people and very short people and indian people ... I'm from the other side of the country, the east side and it's not cold, it's very hot and we are tall and we are white people and we know English so all that misconception that Bolivia is only and "Andinan" Country, it's wrong, Bolivia has a lot to offer and that's my job as an ambassador of my country to let people know much diversity we have"
http://www.bolivia.com/noticias/autonoticias/DetalleNoticia20579.asp
:rolleyes:

Que ********.

[lond2345]

no veo nada malo con lo que dijo.

[Levante]

Asisti a la Universidad con un Boliviano de Santa Cruz..... y tambien este tenia los mismos conceptos. Entonces, no me sorprende.

[Levante]

no veo nada malo con lo que dijo.

Yo si......... pero no por el supuesto racismo.............. ella demuestra que tiene un complejo de inferioridad por vivir en Bolivia y ser Boliviana y vivir con los "indios esos de La Paz."

[lond2345]

Yo si......... pero no por el supuesto racismo.............. ella demuestra que tiene un complejo de inferioridad por vivir en Bolivia y ser Boliviana y vivir con los "indios esos de La Paz."

la gente se offende por qualquier cosa! como si todos fueran mujeres lloronas!

no es como si la miss bolivia dijo "quiero matar a todos estos indios sucios malditos," eso si es ser racista!
No mas dijo que Bolivia no es tan mal como se da a conocer por la mal imagen que da La Paz i su gente.

[AMEPUNKANIST]

Cuando fue la ultima vez que una "MISS" tuviera una cerebro que funcionara.

Me recuerdo de una Miss, nose de donde era pero le preguntaron,
De que tipo de musica escuchas,y ella respondio, la del cd.:D

Tambien una vez le preguntaron a J-LO, que pienso de chicago despues de que tuviera un concierto alli, y ella respondio, Chicago es un estado maravilloso.

[Che Matador]

yo digo lo mismo, muchas vezes cuando muestran imagenes de Bolivia en las noticias o por la television , lo unico que muestran es la gente indigena que vivie ahi. Pero no todos somos haci. Muchas veses yo me enojo porque, todos piensan que los Bolivianos somos indios, y eso no es el caso.

Es como decir que todos los Colombianos son de decendencia africana, pero yo se que eso no es el caso.

Ella simplemente trata de explicar que no toda persona boliviana tiene sangre de indigena.

[DanRod78]

Damn, I feel sorry for Bolivia (I really mean it)

Un problema que tenemos en Latinoamerica es que pensamos que racismo es solamente ser un KKK o ser un Nazi y eso no es verdad. Racismo tambien es tratar a las personas de una mala manera por el simple hecho de ser de otra raza o discriminar a una persona por el hecho de ser de otra raza. Como pasa aqui en EEUU, cuando los gringos vez que tu eres latino ya piensan que tu no eres tan inteligente como si tu fueras un blanco.

"Unfortunately, people that don't know Bolivia very much think that we are all just indian people from the west side of the country, it's La Paz all the image that we reflect, is that poor people and very short people and indian people"

En esta parte ella esta diciendo que los indios son inferiores y transmiten una imagen negativa del pais. Dice varias cosas negativas, estereotipos de las personas indias.

I'm from the other side of the country, the east side and it's not cold, it's very hot and we are tall and we are white people and we know English so all that misconception that Bolivia is only and "Andinan" Country, it's wrong, Bolivia has a lot to offer...

Despues dice que en Bolivia tambien hay personas blancas, que saben ingles (queriendo decir que son educadas y no son ignorantes como los indios) y que si las personas del mundo supieran que no todos son "indios" sino que tambien hay "blancos" ellos verian a Bolivia como un pais civilizado (por llamarlo de esa manera)

Lo mismo se podria decir de Sudafrica, que por estar en Africa la gente piensa que solamente hay negros, pobreza y enfermedades, pero si la gente supiera que tambien hay blancos tendrian una mejor imagen de Sudafrica.

Esa es la misma mentalidad racista que hizo que en Venezuela y me imagino que tambien en muchos paises latinoamericanos promovieran la inmigracion de europeos pero a la vez hacian todo lo posible para que no hubiera inmigracion africana "Para mejorar la raza".

Señores, eso se llama racismo

[MIGkiller]

El sitio oficial del Miss Universo 2004 publica una entrevista a Gabriela Oviedo Serrate.
“Cual es uno de los conceptos erróneos más grande de tu país?", le preguntaron.
La “Miss Bolivia” contestó:
“Um... unfortunately, people that don't know Bolivia very much think that we are all just indian people from the west side of the country, it's La Paz all the image that we reflect, is that poor people and very short people and indian people ... I'm from the other side of the country, the east side and it's not cold, it's very hot and we are tall and we are white people and we know English so all that misconception that Bolivia is only and "Andinan" Country, it's wrong, Bolivia has a lot to offer and that's my job as an ambassador of my country to let people know much diversity we have"
http://www.bolivia.com/noticias/autonoticias/DetalleNoticia20579.asp
:rolleyes:

What's wrong with diversity?

[efernandez9]

no veo nada malo con lo que dijo.
cada pais tiene su lado blanco y negro, unas veces en la mitad hay indios

nada raro!

[Juan Luis Guerra]

Yo si......... pero no por el supuesto racismo.............. ella demuestra que tiene un complejo de inferioridad por vivir en Bolivia y ser Boliviana y vivir con los "indios esos de La Paz."

Estoy de acuerdo con Levante. La chica, solo demuestra que su nivel de educacion es muy bajo. Es una mala educaca. Nunca debio de decir esas cosas porque estas reflejan o nos dan a entender que ser indio bajito y de color, representa lo malo de Bolivia. Ella solo quiere dar la cara "europea" de lo que es Bolivia y eso esta bien mal.

[Femfa]

I'm little surprised to be defending a beauty queen, but if she is saying that what is unfortunate is the one-dimensional impression of Bolivia and its people, that's not necessarily racist. She never says the "Andino" people give the country a bad reputation - she just points out that they are not the only Bolivians. She also gives the impression, by her slightly exasperated tone, that people have probably doubted or expressed surprise that she considers herself Bolivian. I get that whenever I travel - no one thinks I'm American. Yeah, well, not all American girls look like Britney or Hillary Duff. Get over it.

[Juan Luis Guerra]

La actual Miss Universo, la dominicana de Santo Domingo Amelia Vega si ha demostrado que tiene clase. Siempre se cuida de lo que dice y nunca te deja dudas sobre su humilde origen. Nunca hace diferencia entre dominicanos blancos, negros, pobres o ricos. Miss Bolivia, por favor aprende de Miss Universo, ya que a ella le sobra lo que a ti te hace falta.

[Bill Schmidt]

Maybe she made a mistake in her English. I doubt it, though, because the words she uses indicate some long-term exposure in an english-speaking country, ex: "...people that..." is incorrect, but used colloquially. It should be "people who..." and someone learning English in a class would probably have been taught the difference.

Um, I was just trying to come up with what she might have meant to say, but it's very hard to re-work when she keeps saying "we are tall, we are white, we are smart..."

So I was thinking maybe she was trying to show diversity, but I am leaning toward believing she is in agreement with the underlying assumption that "Indian" and "short" mean "of lower value," than the "good" people she wants the world to know about.

[efernandez9]

she just tried to take all ignorants to a country tour, and made some remarks that not all you are ready to understand.

I know of a town in honduras full of tall people, blond and blue eyed..... gringos no!
the same for a small town outside Medellin colombia, Marinilla has more blue eyed and blondish looking people than Miami.....or NY....

Miss BOlivia is taking about the old cliches that call for all bolivians being short and indian descendants.... NOT true! Not not a racist comment at all

[DanRod78]

Miss Bolivia 2005
http://www.worldvillages.net/photography/Bolivia/BoFestivales059.jpg

[Femfa]

Se parece un poco que algunos aqui piensan que decir y declarar que ser Boliviano aunque no ser la imagen tipica de india y bajita es decir que ser india y bajita es malo.

Es como decir, "yo no soy blanco" es decir que blanco es malo. No es asi.

[DanRod78]

Definition of "racism"

Dictionary.com:
- The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
- Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

Me parece que eso fue lo que ella hizo, y lo peor es que esta representandolos en una competencia mundial.

Esta es la manera que yo lo hubiera dicho:
“Just like in most countries in the World there's a stereotype that all people in that country look the same. People around the World might think that everybody in Bolivia is descendent of "indians" and I think that we have that stereotype because most people in the capital city are "indians" (actually, Bolivia is 60% indian, 25% mestizo and 15% white), but the truth is that Bolivia is a very diverse country. In the region were I'm from there's a lot of "white" people. Bolivia has a lot to offer and that's my job as an ambassador of my country to let people know much diversity we have"

[Saltenya94]

First of all Beauty contestants shouldn't be listented to for thier thoughts after all its not an inteligence contest its a beauty contest. Its like asking a bimbo what the meaning of life is.

Second, when asked whats a big misconception in your country?
She could have easily said, "many of us are tall, not poor and live in warm areas like Santa Cruz." conecting "indian" with being "poor" is waliking into a public relations disaster. I'm sure a lot of Bolivia's easterners are probrably very pissed. Something tells me this chick was a daddys girl, who probrably lived in Bolivia's equivalent of Beverly Hills, and didn't have to lift a finger her whole life. Girls like this are good for only a few things. Their brains and their "lack of respect" for thier fellow (country-men and country-women) isn't one of them.

"Its true people adored Elvis, but they could care less what his opinon was."