No, I in fact don't watch any sports. AoE is literally the first and only competetive scene that I ever followed.Do you watch any sports? Seriously.
Racial abuse it's a universally known problem in sports, especially European soccer, and imitating a monkey it's one of the most known gestures to that. It happens A LOT with black brazilian players, which are ONLY some of the most famous people in the world.
It's literally racism 101.
Again, I'm not saying they were being intentionally racist, but Gabi's reaction it's almost automatic. There is no way to interpret that in any other way if you don't know that "inside joke", which, by the way, is irresponsible to make in that context.
They put themselves in a bad situation. Period. Of course they can explain themselves and things could be clarified as a misunderstanding, but to say Gabi is imagining things is insane.
I did specifically write in my comment that I can understand that she has been hurt by the clip. I did not say she is imagining things. All I said is that I am not convinced it was meant in any racist way, and that I think she should have talked to Spring first instead of making this post. If he confirms that it was meant in a racist way, or his answer is far from convincing she could still make this post and call him out for it.
I understand that this is a sensitive topic, I just believe that both sides here get a bit too riled up and should wait for a response from Spring before making any conclusions.