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I can definitely tell the difference when I hear most of them; but I'd not be able to identify most of them specifically. Then again, I'm not racist and am fascinated by a lot of Asian culture so I am exposed to a wide range of languages from that part of the world. π€·π»ββοΈ
This reminds me of some racists that shot up a Sikh temple to own the Muslims.
https://theweek.com/articles/473339/sikh-temple-shooting-mistaken-antimuslim-terrorism
How ridiculous! Next thing that dude is going to tell me, Asia is not a country!
Thai language originated in China, and was displaced by the Han people.
yeah and every racist definitely knows that
Definitely. I'm very confident they would even be able to point out that area on a world map.
I'll be honest, I doubt racists can differentiate between Spanish and any Asian Language
Isn't that one of the main jokes in the Borat movies? When the characters are yelling at each other in Kazakh it's all a mixture of Hebrew, Bulgarian, polish, Armenian, Romanian, and a ton of other phrases and sayings?
Your comment reminded me of this gem of a candidate. Some of y'all gotta remember--the 2010 candidate for Nevada's Senate seat who thought a reasonable alternative to Obamacare was bartering chickens and the like.
Oh god I remember this....
Did he just not know that healthcare bills cost in the thousands and the only thing people have that would equal that in value would be their house or car? Or was he being facetious and just coming up with excuses? I can't tell the difference between "stupid" and "evil" anymore.
She (the candidate was a woman) was noted for being pretty batshit, kinda in the Sarah Palin camp. So she could say stupid with a straight face. There was no real plan to replace Obamacare, and everyone mocked her for the bartering thing.
Just like everyone mocked her when she told a bunch of Latino kids (confronting her for being racist) that they 'looked kinda Asian.'
She also said she's been called Asian. Is she actually Asian or was that just another racist comment? I'm guessing the latter...
I hadn't heard her say that π€¦ββοΈ I have no idea what kind of heritage she has, to me she looks white.
That poor reporter's last name is Condom in Spanish
Wait the northern border??
This one is really making the c/whitepeopletwitter community title seems extra ridiculous.
Having watched that one clip of amphibia where Polly claims to have learned fluent Thai by watching rom coms, Thai sounds VERY different from Mandarin.
That being said, I think even this guy is being a bit naΓ―ve, the racists aren't mad you're speaking an Asian language, they aren't busting out a phrase book to check and make sure those tones are Punjabi and not Tibetan or whatever. They're mad you're speaking any language they can't understand at all. Why?
Because every last one of these redcaps has an incurable complex surrounding being incensed by the idea of having a fast one pulled on them or their property or their beliefs. They're dead against emergency exemptions for abortion bans and even treating women who miscarry more sympathetically than "with complete and absolute contempt" because they're living in a nightmarish hellscape where literally every woman is already plotting to use those claims to sneak an "unneeded" abortion past them.
They don't see speaking a different language as you just talking, they see it as you talking shit about them because the world revolves around them and why else would you "go out of your way" to avoid them being able to ~~eeves drop~~ overhear if you're saying something untoward? I could be speaking french with my teacher over a culture lesson and these people would only skip the racism to instead accuse me of spying on them and talking shit in front of their faces to rub in that they can't understand what I'm saying.
I have gotten dirty looks for talking to my dog in gaelic(she understood commands in both english and gaelic). The US really isn't friendly to any other languages at all. I'm also in a blue state.
It's gotta be WAY worse for POC. Like... scary worse...especially for folks stuck in red states. There are some cultural aspects of the US that really need updating. Like the rampant xenophobia.
My dad actually got greenbook tips because he was traveling in the 80s through rural texas and his supervisors realized he "looked visibly Irish"
That's crazy! You mean like the greenbook that was written for traveling Black Americans during the Jim Crow era so they could avoid places like sundown towns and businesses that refused services to POC? Sorry if that's not what you meant, it's the only greenbook I'm familiar with... unless greenbook is a general term for avoiding places filled with racism?
Either way I had no idea that prejudice towards the Irish was still prevalent up into the 80's. Thats...really something else.
I do actually mean that.
Rural Texans, there's a reason they picked those guys to be the crop that gave us leatherface.