News flash to dustin sherman: Asian people are no longer referred to as "orientals", it's the 21st century. The continent is named Asia, not Orient, which encompass numerous countries.

To Vicente, universally, humor only works when it is mutual and in the case of this ad, it is neither humorous nor respectful. The ad is very offensive and anyone who defends these Spanish athletes and ad producer is just as racist and ignorant. The gesture might be common in your country, but to the rest of the world, it suggests that your culture lacks worldly sensitivity and respect of other people's heritage in the 21st century.

When people from one race ridicule people of another race by emphasizing their physical characteristic, it's called racism and it is not funny whether it is in America and hopefully, the enlightened Europeans. I don't think Spaniards will appreciate it very much if people from other countries ridicule their unique physical characteristics.