What's going on with #StopAsianHate?

[nobbie48]

We were looking at buying a used boat, private sale. My name is very Anglo. The seller said he was moving to where he could pronounce peoples last names. My wife's maiden name put the Harley alphabet soup designations to shame.

She only married me because she got tired of writing her own name.

Don't like foreign names? Try finding a doctor.

No boat sale and he never knew why.

For an Anglo, a lot of foreign names are difficult and sometimes nearly impossible to pronounce. If you want to gain a person's respect at least try. If they suggest a nick name that's fine but don't re-baptize them "Fred" or another name out of your hat.

 

[bakaboy]

Edit: on a similar personal note: Chinese hate Taiwanese and vice versa. I've experienced racism with a Chinese girl before and booted her out of my car when she told me "Taiwan isn't a country." Gtfo of my car then *****, and **** this date lol

Honest question.

Is that racism?

Bias....yes

Political though. Not race related.

 

[timtune]

Because advancement of the field as a whole is more important than an individual's profit.

This is a east vs west mentality btw, I just double downed on it because of my profession. Look up open-source software for a better explanation.

without profit their may be nothing to drive the advancement

when it comes to capitalism or communism i have to side with the capitalists. so far i've failed to see a communist state truly benifit it's people perhaps with the exception of the short lived Sandinista in Niccaragua. If the states had given them time they too may have failed their people.

 

[nobbie48]

Honest question.

Is that racism?

Bias....yes

Political though. Not race related.

Racism or culturism?

I like a good chicken curry. Oddly the recipe my wife uses came from a Scotsman.

However I don't like the heavy smell afterwards. Bacon isn't much different. Come to think of it, the smell of stale beer is a turn off as well.

However the smell of BBQ ribs must turn off a Muslin or vegan.

My last haircut was by a Latino lady and I commented that most Latinos I knew were very outgoing and had a lot of gusto. She agreed, "When we party, we party and people know it."

What about the rights of the sedate Anglo that wants to enjoy the quiet solitude of his / her property and a bunch of party animals move in next door?

Have people have deluded themselves about what they can control or have people deluded themselves about what they are entitled to project?

Are all Latinos exuberant or just the ones we notice?

As Canada / GTA gets more crowded we have to become more tolerant or more angry.

 

[油井緋色]

Honest question.

Is that racism?

Bias....yes

Political though. Not race related.

Good question. I guess we could describe racism as a branch/node from the roots. And the root name: "intolerant *******."

 

[Deleted member 50930]

there are now anti- Asian racism ads being played on the radio -_-"

some savy Asian people will milk this for all it is worth

edit - I heard it on 96.7 Chym FM

 

[ChrisCBR]

In their homeland some develop a superiority attitude because they have some assets and an apartment, unlike here where we don't have the hoards of unwashed. Most people here have something and attitudes have to change.

Some people think that because back home in their poverty stricken country they were the .1%, that they can continue to act the the same way towards people here. Ive witnessed incredible rudeness, snapping of fingers in restaurants., etc.

 

[ChrisCBR]

Colour isn't everything. A few years back I was talking to a guy and I mentioned being from Manitoba. He said he lived there for a while and couldn't wait to leave.

He and his wife lived in a small town. (Except for Winnipeg all of Manitoba is small town.) He felt everyone was snubbing them so he eventually cornered one of the snubbers and asked what the problem was. Answer: It's your wife. She's Polish.

There is a big fish in a small pond attitude in a lot of places. There are sections of the province that are as redneck as anywhere in the USA. IIRC he was in a predominantly Ukrainian area. Some of them are so smug about their heritage that they feel they are even above Ukrainians from Ukraine. My wife is first generation Canadian from Ukrainian parents (Not totally true but too long a story) and learned to speak Ukrainian from her parents who spoke true Ukrainian, not something that had been butchered over the generations.

It could go on forever. What part of Italy are you from?

Glasgow or Edinburgh?

I lived in Belfast for a decade. The racial divide in the US pales in comparison to what went on there between two groups of people who look pretty similar.

 

[ToSlow]

I lived in Belfast for a decade. The racial divide in the US pales in comparison to what went on there between two groups of people who look pretty similar.

You ever get asked if you kick with your right foot or your left?

 

[ChrisCBR]

You ever get asked if you kick with your right foot or your left?

By people that are in the know, yes.
If your getting asked that question over there, you better be careful lol

 

[nobbie48]

Watching PBS and now in the USA they're passing laws against hair discrimination. It's largely a black issue, being told to cut off dreadlocks, cornrows etc or seek employment elsewhere.

Anyone want to start up the Sikh / helmet thread again?