ESPN.com recently raised some eyebrows when it ran the following headline about the US men's basketball team in China: "Chink in the Armor?" Their reactionthe headline was quickly rewrittenwas quite different from that of the Spanish national basketball team when it was caught in an ad doing something else involving eyebrows. But, it turns out, the word "chink," as related to armor, is OK outside the US.
While some outlets have noted that the phrase could appear inappropriate, one lesson from these One World One Dream Olympics is that political correctness is largely an American phenomenon.
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