Mexican guild chief apologizes for racist 'slant-eye' gesture at World Cup

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• ·Chief of engineering guild faces dismissal Left: An apology video posted to Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes' Instagram.
• ·(Screen capture from Bernal's Instagram) Right: Bernal is pictured making a slant eye gesture during South Korea's World Cup match against the Czech Republic in Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday.
• ·(Screen capture from Instagram @inocat_t) Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes, the president of a Mexican engineering guild, issued a public apology over the weekend for his controversial slant-eye gesture during a World Cup match days earlier.
• ·“Over the past few days, a video has circulated online and generated a wide range of reactions,” read Bernal’s post, written in both English and Spanish, on his social media account.
• ·“For that reason, I believe it is important to offer a public apology.” Bernal drew backlash after a Korean YouTuber posted a video on Instagram in which he could be seen in a seat behind her making a slant-eye gesture from the bleachers during Thursday night’s World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara, Mexico.