Mexican group responds to racist slant-eye gesture controversy

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• ·Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes, president of the College of Geomatics and Topographic Surveying Engineers of the State of Jalisco, is pictured making a slant eye gesture during South Korea's World Cup match against the Czech Republic at Estadio Akron in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday.
• ·(Screen capture from Instagram @inocat_t) A viral video showing the president of a Mexican engineering guild making a slant-eye gesture during a World Cup match has sparked controversy, prompting the guild to say it will review the matter internally.
• ·In a video posted on Instagram by Korean YouTuber Inocat on Friday, a man wearing a Mexico jersey is seen making the gesture from the bleachers during Friday’s match between South Korea and the Czech Republic at Estadio Akron in Guadalajara, Mexico.
• ·In the video, titled “Am I too sensitive?” the YouTuber appears visibly shaken.
• ·The slant-eye gesture is widely regarded as a racist gesture mocking Asians, as it refers to the shape of some Asian people’s eyes.