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 My Brush With Inane Racism 
#10246617 - 04/27/09 11:12 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I was at the store picking up some shorts today, what with spring coming and all. In front of me in line was an asian dude (I think he was korean) and in front of him was an oldish (~65+) white woman.
When the woman was checking out, she asked the cashier what some of the symbols on the tag meant (instructions on how to wash the thing). The cashier didn't know, so the woman looked around for someone else to ask and spotted the asian dude in front of me. She turns back to the cashier, points at the guy, and says "That man's Chinese maybe he knows!" and proceded to go ask the guy (who had no idea).
Now asking a random stranger would be one thing. But clearly she was thinking: Chinese people are the folks who runs laundromats, this dude's Chinese, he must have laundromat experience.
That's like asking a black dude about how to tell quality cotton. And considering how few Chinese people these days fulfill the laundromat-operator stereotype, I'd call that display of racism flat-out inane.
I'm not even quite sure what to think of it.
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 Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Aircooled]
#10246681 - 04/27/09 11:23 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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People that over use the words racism and racist should be shot in the back of the head along with people that blindly trust the government like most retarded faggot high school and college kids that consider themselves democrat or republican.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: indian hemp]
#10246720 - 04/27/09 11:29 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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For a moment there I thought the symbols were in Chinese, and I had to figure out why it was racist  .
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she probably thought he could read the symbols
yeah...
i have been invited to an asian fraternity party before.
i got there and i was told i was at the wrong house.
after i even told the people that i had been invited i was still told i was at the wrong house.
fuck asians.
I got the person who invited me to get me in... i drank a beer threw a cigarette on the lawn and left.
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Entropymancer said:
I was at the store picking up some shorts today, what with spring coming and all. In front of me in line was an asian dude (I think he was korean) and in front of him was an oldish (~65+) white woman.
When the woman was checking out, she asked the cashier what some of the symbols on the tag meant (instructions on how to wash the thing). The cashier didn't know, so the woman looked around for someone else to ask and spotted the asian dude in front of me. She turns back to the cashier, points at the guy, and says "That man's Chinese maybe he knows!" and proceded to go ask the guy (who had no idea).
Now asking a random stranger would be one thing. But clearly she was thinking: Chinese people are the folks who runs laundromats, this dude's Chinese, he must have laundromat experience.
That's like asking a black dude about how to tell quality cotton. And considering how few Chinese people these days fulfill the laundromat-operator stereotype, I'd call that display of racism flat-out inane.
I'm not even quite sure what to think of it.
If you were in KFC and there was a mid-20s white guy and a thirty year old black man who would you get a recommendation from?
The lady was just trying to improve her chances of being helpful to the old woman.
Pong: Probably had nothing to do with them being Asian and everything to do with them being a fraternity. I have turned many people down for bullshit reasons and been turned down many times for bullshit reasons. Some times frats don't want their parties getting too big, especially if they aren't a big frat.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: jewunit]
#10246785 - 04/27/09 11:40 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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OP, I assume the lady asked the asian man because the symbols on the tag were in Chinese... not because of the laundry-mat thing. I would have never thought of that until you brought it up.
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I don't see how she was being racist: she probably just didn't know much about Asia in general. She saw Asian symbols and an Asian person, and she went for it. I think you're projecting the whole laundromat thing.
It definitely would have been racist if she'd called his native tongue 'gobbledeegook.' 
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Cameron]
#10246811 - 04/27/09 11:43 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I just picked up 15 clothing items off my floor, and not one had anything but English or Spanish on it.
All but one had the cleaning symbols.
I'm thinking Entropymancer is right on why the cashier asked the Chinese guy.
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On this other board, this Puerto Rican guy was talking shit about Mexicans. I told him "Shut up, Mexican."
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: jewunit]
#10246911 - 04/28/09 12:02 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yeah, they weren't in chinese or anything, it was just the normal symbols (the triangles and x's and squares and shit).
And it was the old woman who asked the asian dude. The way she exclaimed "Oh he's Chinese!" made it pretty clear that the old woman expected that all chinese people understand laundry symbols. I don't see how it could have been anything but an outdated stereotype in action.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Silversoul]
#10246914 - 04/28/09 12:04 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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On this other board, this Puerto Rican guy was talking shit about Mexicans. I told him "Shut up, Mexican."
See, that's just plain funny.
This situation confuses me because I'm unsure how to evaluate the lulz-value 
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: indian hemp]
#10247021 - 04/28/09 12:33 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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People that over use the words racism and racist should be shot in the back of the head along with people that blindly trust the government like most retarded faggot high school and college kids that consider themselves democrat or republican.
So usage of these terms outside of your semantic perspective of them should be punished by death or massive brain damage(unless we're talking about a non-lethal weapon here. Did you mean ejaculation when you said shooting? That would make a bit of a difference  .)? Just checking.
I'd say the act of the older woman was indeed racist by my perspective of racism. A parallel could be drawn to one who considers thelema "the scientology of yesteryear" when speaking of discriminatory remarks stemming from ignorant perspectives, eh entropy.   Just a contemplation on whether the drop that fell upon my head was once part of that which I cast under the bridge, if you could pardon my peculiar mood tonight(just a playful jab).
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Silversoul]
#10247053 - 04/28/09 12:41 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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On this other board, this Puerto Rican guy was talking shit about Mexicans. I told him "Shut up, Mexican."
I'm Mexican. Fuck Puerto Ricans! 
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Poid]
#10247084 - 04/28/09 12:50 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'd be pretty pissed if someone assumed I could speak spanish or native american.
If they asked though I'd tell them "no" and not be upset at all. I just don't like it when someone assumes I can do anything except maybe lift something heavy because of my physical appearance.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Poid]
#10247093 - 04/28/09 12:53 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Poid said:
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Silversoul said:
On this other board, this Puerto Rican guy was talking shit about Mexicans. I told him "Shut up, Mexican."
I'm Mexican. Fuck Puerto Ricans!
At least Puerto Ricans are allowed in this country. Take your ass back over the border.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Synesthetic]
#10247097 - 04/28/09 12:54 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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When I work hard around white people, they always compliment me on my "work ethic"!
Stereotypes, FTW!
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Poid]
#10247106 - 04/28/09 12:57 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Poid said:
When I work hard around white people, they always compliment me on my "work ethic"!
Stereotypes, FTW!
I've never been so lucky to work with a stereotypical Mexican. Every Mexican I've ever worked with did everything wrong and tried to pull the "no speka engrish" bullshit when you tell them to fix it. Yet once they are on break they can speak English pretty damn well.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#10247154 - 04/28/09 01:11 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I wouldn't call myself a stereotypical Mexican at all; most stereotypical Mexicans don't like white people, so maybe that's why he pulled such a dick move on you! 
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Poid]
#10247158 - 04/28/09 01:12 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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In my opinion of the words, I think there is a huge difference between racism and prejudice. Every one of us pre-judges people, or maintains a few stereotypes.
It is racist once you hate all of one people for those stereotypes.
The lady is old fashioned and prejudice, but maybe not racist. If she were a racist, she wouldn't want to get the facts about the garment from anyone but a white person.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Poid]
#10247196 - 04/28/09 01:22 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I wouldn't call myself a stereotypical Mexican at all; most stereotypical Mexicans don't like white people, so maybe that's why he pulled such a dick move on you!
Yea, the guy I was talking about seemed to have a problem with everyone (white or black) except the other Mexicans.
I've had the same thing happen though with many races. I've worked with two brothers that were black. One was a hard worker and the other just sat in the back of the building talking on the phone and leaving to go smoke pot constantly.
In the end race doesn't make a person. A person makes them self.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
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In the end race doesn't make a person. A person makes them self.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
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Poid said:
When I work hard around white people, they always compliment me on my "work ethic"!
Stereotypes, FTW!
I've never been so lucky to work with a stereotypical Mexican. Every Mexican I've ever worked with did everything wrong and tried to pull the "no speka engrish" bullshit when you tell them to fix it. Yet once they are on break they can speak English pretty damn well.
then you've worked with a typical mexican as opposed to the
stereotypical mexican, I've worked with a few that didnt try and
take a 2hr nap after lunch, that did their best to clarify
communication and stayed on the assigned task, most did what
they could to avoid work to the point they'd fuck things up in
hopes of being sent home
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Prisoner#1]
#10247779 - 04/28/09 06:09 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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did you put the ones(most of em) that tried to fuck up as an excuse to get sent home to hard labour?
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: filthee]
#10247783 - 04/28/09 06:11 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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no, they got to go home, a few got to come back the next day
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Prisoner#1]
#10247803 - 04/28/09 06:20 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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less pay/more hours?
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- the cashier really should have known what those symbols meant
- calling Koreans Chinese typically will elicit a negative response, sounds like the guy was pretty patient
- racism is difficult to experience, I never felt it until I traveled overseas
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: monkeyheaven]
#10247834 - 04/28/09 06:33 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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- racism is difficult to experience, I never felt it until I traveled overseas
Or spend some time in the hood.
As a white guy in a predominantly black neighborhood, I am discriminated against every day!
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: pong]
#10247842 - 04/28/09 06:37 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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she probably thought he could read the symbols
yeah...
i have been invited to an asian fraternity party before.
i got there and i was told i was at the wrong house.
after i even told the people that i had been invited i was still told i was at the wrong house.
fuck asians.
I got the person who invited me to get me in... i drank a beer threw a cigarette on the lawn and left.
Can you blame them for the way they are probably treated by white people?
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Poid]
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In the end race doesn't make a person. A person makes them self.
So true.
No not at all, race and culture are very much related and culture is definitely what makes a person who they are. people aren't racist because of the color of of someones skin it's the cultural differences
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i dont think that was too racist, i tihnk you're looking into it too much maybe..maybe she thought 'stereotypically asian dudes are clever so he'll know' =P i dont know..around where i live asians arent associated with laundry places though =/ so i duno good sir
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: pong]
#10247898 - 04/28/09 07:08 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Pong said:
i have been invited to a white fraternity party before.
i got there and i was told i was at the wrong house.
after i even told the people that i had been invited i was still told i was at the wrong house.
fuck white people.
I got the person who invited me to get me in... i drank a beer threw a cigarette on the lawn and left.
Welcome to racism. I agree, that sucks donkey dong.
Interesting is that if you had told it like this, several posters would probably have a go at you in some way or another.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Asante]
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that is a minor brush, try experiencing it directly and constantly. i am 1/2 Arabic + 1/2 French
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monkeyheaven said:
- racism is difficult to experience, I never felt it until I traveled overseas
Or spend some time in the hood.
As a white guy in a predominantly black neighborhood, I am discriminated against every day!
Yeah, I forgot about that, I used to spend a lot of time in rough neighborhoods, but it was mostly in night clubs with a pretty good mix of folks to whom race didn't matter. On the streets outside the clubs was totally different, though!
I was jumped once for being white in America. That was just so bizarre, I blew it off and still kept visiting the same block. I've gotten jumped here in Asia for being white too. In both cases, perhaps I should've been less kind to the attackers when they first confronted me.
Now that I live abroad, it's more the institutionalized racism that grates on me, but I have my coping strategy (drinking lots of beer).
What's your coping strategy?
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Mello Kitty]
#10247970 - 04/28/09 07:42 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Ego Death]
#10249122 - 04/28/09 12:13 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Seeing the asian man and assuming he was Korean isn't too much better than what the lady did. It was an assumption based on stereotype. There may be racial traits that are predominant in Koreans and noticeable by others, but not ALL Koreans have those traits.
Looking Korean isn't much different than looking like a laundromat attendant.
Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying you are racist or prejudiced, just that your assumption wasn't much different than hers.
Your experience in life has shown you that "Koreans usually look like this"
Her exprerience in life has shown her that "Laundromat workers usually look like this".
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Twiztidsage]
#10249135 - 04/28/09 12:16 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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These guys dealt with real racism:
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Ego Death]
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I bet your hot, pics plz
haha, I thought the same thing. Sounds like a good mix to me.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Kickle]
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A 65 year old woman who doesn't understand the 'washing' symbols, that's fucked!
I wonder if she can follow instructions to make me a goddamn sandwich!
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Twiztidsage]
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hahaha
yep
i wonder what the op would think of racist hatred filled asians carrying knives and swords and using them even?
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: pong]
#10260254 - 04/30/09 01:41 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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pong said:
she probably thought he could read the symbols
yeah...
i have been invited to an asian fraternity party before.
i got there and i was told i was at the wrong house.
after i even told the people that i had been invited i was still told i was at the wrong house.
fuck asians.
I got the person who invited me to get me in... i drank a beer threw a cigarette on the lawn and left.
Relevance?
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Twiztidsage]
#10260261 - 04/30/09 01:45 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Twiztidsage said:
In my opinion of the words, I think there is a huge difference between racism and prejudice. Every one of us pre-judges people, or maintains a few stereotypes.
It is racist once you hate all of one people for those stereotypes.
The lady is old fashioned and prejudice, but maybe not racist. If she were a racist, she wouldn't want to get the facts about the garment from anyone but a white person.
exactly.
I would also say its one of those "omg, how could you be such an idiot" moments if she just assumed an asian guy is chinese.
I've seen that a lot. I can understand asking someone if they are chinese if you have no idea what that looks like, but to presume they are is stupid. Not racist, but dumb.
That lady is an idiot, especially if she just presumed any asian would be chinese and that the chinese person could read chinese, but whatever. Not necessarily racist.
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Entropymancer said:
I was at the store picking up some shorts today, what with spring coming and all. In front of me in line was an asian dude (I think he was korean) and in front of him was an oldish (~65+) white woman.
When the woman was checking out, she asked the cashier what some of the symbols on the tag meant (instructions on how to wash the thing). The cashier didn't know, so the woman looked around for someone else to ask and spotted the asian dude in front of me. She turns back to the cashier, points at the guy, and says "That man's Chinese maybe he knows!" and proceded to go ask the guy (who had no idea).
Now asking a random stranger would be one thing. But clearly she was thinking: Chinese people are the folks who runs laundromats, this dude's Chinese, he must have laundromat experience.
That's like asking a black dude about how to tell quality cotton. And considering how few Chinese people these days fulfill the laundromat-operator stereotype, I'd call that display of racism flat-out inane.
I'm not even quite sure what to think of it.
thats fucking awefull, i hope the china man did karate and kicked her ass cos they all know karate.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: meatcakeman]
#10260450 - 04/30/09 03:10 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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meatcakeman said:
Quote:
pong said:
she probably thought he could read the symbols
yeah...
i have been invited to an asian fraternity party before.
i got there and i was told i was at the wrong house.
after i even told the people that i had been invited i was still told i was at the wrong house.
fuck asians.
I got the person who invited me to get me in... i drank a beer threw a cigarette on the lawn and left.
Relevance?
racism
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#10260452 - 04/30/09 03:13 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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I think you read into it to much, but I was not there so I will never know.
Was there anyway she thought the symbols were Chinese?
It could be a matter of ignorance as opposed to racism.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: pong]
#10260454 - 04/30/09 03:15 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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pong said:
Quote:
meatcakeman said:
Quote:
pong said:
she probably thought he could read the symbols
yeah...
i have been invited to an asian fraternity party before.
i got there and i was told i was at the wrong house.
after i even told the people that i had been invited i was still told i was at the wrong house.
fuck asians.
I got the person who invited me to get me in... i drank a beer threw a cigarette on the lawn and left.
Relevance?
racism
I don't see how that experience allows you to infer any general understanding of Asians.....
Asians don't want to party with you???
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: meatcakeman]
#10260461 - 04/30/09 03:18 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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lesbians make a mess
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: druqs]
#10260631 - 04/30/09 04:32 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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i wont get into detail because its saddens me ...
my mums was born in Saudi Arabia. she wears niqâb. i must say, it has gotten lots better in the past few years but for a while she experienced a lot of race hate ... my family had to witness 
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: Mello Kitty]
#10260658 - 04/30/09 04:44 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Your mom was born there? Fucking Terrorist haven
She still wears the head veil? Your mom lives where now, America?
I'm not gonna lie here but Ive made brutally racial comments to a few of those woman who got on my nerves.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: hpi]
#10260664 - 04/30/09 04:46 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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lol what the fuck are you talking about?
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: hpi]
#10260895 - 04/30/09 06:24 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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seriously, I like how a poster says she's upset because of prejudices and racist actions and you call her mother's homeland a terrorist haven
Don't be a dick
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: johnm214]
#10263858 - 04/30/09 05:01 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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johnm214 said:
seriously, I like how a poster says she's upset because of prejudices and racist actions and you call her mother's homeland a terrorist haven
Don't be a dick
No shit. What a fucking scumbag.
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Re: My Brush With Inane Racism [Re: pong]
#10265221 - 04/30/09 08:08 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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pong said:
she probably thought he could read the symbols
Yeah... thats what I got from it.
I was thinking she probably thought "maybe he knows how to read these symbols", not "he's Asian so he must be a dry cleaner".
I think your assumption says more about your racial beliefs than her asking the Asian dude if he could read Chinese.
That would be like if I was in China and someone asking me if I could read French.
It wouldn't offend me, but I'd laugh if other Asian people there got offended that someone dared ask if I could read French just because I was white.
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