In a statement through his agent writes the 34-year-old Barcelonaikonen, which nowadays houses in japanese Vissel Kobe, that he had no intention ”to offend anyone by showing the picture” and that ”he really wants to apologize to those who have been provoked by the image”.
Like the elf handing out christmas gifts on christmas eve so the parts of the three wise men out christmas presents on epiphany according to the Spanish tradition. In a picture on social media from Iniesta and his family, trettondagsfirande had two of the costumed presentutdelarna so-called ”blackface”.
”Blackface” is from the beginning an american form of teatersminkning to the stereotypical portraying dark-skinned people, and can today be perceived as racist.