Epic Racism

[tropicsgoddess]

Damn....that's just racist. The most racist thing I ever heard was a guy asking me to find out if the franchise owner was Indian because he didn't like the smell of curry and other incredibly racist things (along with saying how he "always had problems with hotels that were owned by Indians") before he makes a reservation.

[Mr Hero]

Damn....that's just racist. The most racist thing I ever heard was a guy asking me to find out if the franchise owner was Indian because he didn't like the smell of curry and other incredibly racist things (along with saying how he "always had problems with hotels that were owned by Indians") before he makes a reservation.

Holy crap! I must have had this guy stay at my hotel.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Just as a general response to "How this is word offensive."

A lot of words that are now "offensive" never started that way (though some did.) It turned into how people used the word, the inflection and intent behind it. For example, in New England we call sprinkles "jimmies" apparently, in other parts "jimmies" is a derogatory word for black people. I learned that later, and wondered the same thing.

Another example, a "faggot" is a bundle of sticks. Guess what a lot of Americans think "fag/faggot" means?

So while words - in their meaning - may be harmless, people's intent on using it as an insult or implying it is a negative thing turns the word into an offensive/derogatory word. Then society smartens up and realizes that they should stop calling people by this word because it now has a stigma attached to it, and so the word is dropped except by some of the older generations (who just have it ingrained), biggots, and racists.

[AccountingDrone]

Damn....that's just racist. The most racist thing I ever heard was a guy asking me to find out if the franchise owner was Indian because he didn't like the smell of curry and other incredibly racist things (along with saying how he "always had problems with hotels that were owned by Indians") before he makes a reservation.

? Our favorite motel to stop at on the way to my Mum's house [if we have to leave on a friday evening instead of saturday morning] is owned by either Indian or Pakistani folks, and we have *never* smelled a curry in the making there. [not that it would bother me, other than giving me the munchies, I loves me a good curry!]

And I can state factually that I have on a number of occasions stayed at a hotel at least staffed by Indians/Pakistanis and probably owned by the same and never smelled curry [except for the time there was a restaurant called Emperor of India off the lobby ]

[SkullBash]

It gets better, because what she classifies as "Chinese food" isn't really. It's super Americanized Chinese-inspired food!

If you want real Chinese food you either need to be lucky enough to live near a major city with a Chinatown, or go to China.

I was just going to say...she loves the food that's prepared for North American tastes. Oh, and those fortune cookies....

Sadly, I only get to New York every once in a while for the real thing.

Anyway, I really wish it was socially acceptable customer service for private businesses to simply kick people out and refuse service to people who start spouting that crap. Maybe, just maybe some of them will use the time to actually think about why their attitude got them shown the door.

There again, doing that may just feed a persecution complex and conspiracy theories and inadvertantly reinforce the way of thinking. People.

[PepperElf]

sounds like the real issue is that her panties got in a twist because they weren't speaking English.


And yeah, saying "I'm not a bigot" doesn't mean anything when the person in question is acting just like one.

it's like saying "I'm not hitting you!" while you're punching someone in the face.

Just as a general response to "How this is word offensive."

I'm laughing because it happened to me once in one of my gaming chatrooms. One of the guys was named "CrackerJack". I shortened his name cos it was easier to type, not knowing it would ever have any other connotation.

Chatmod: PepperElf, do not use racial slurs!
Me: Huh?

Yeah... I was a clueless elf back then. Tho the ChatMod backed down when he realized I really meant the guy's name. Still, sometimes I get surprised by what words suddenly change meaning.

[EricKei]

I was just going to say...she loves the food that's prepared for North American tastes. Oh, and those fortune cookies....

I wouldn't want word to get out that "American Chinese food" has almost nothing to do with actual Chinese cuisine >_> I happen to like our wonderful bastardization of their grub (read: Mandarin Chicken with brown gravy), and I'd like to be able to keep getting it . Heck, to the best of my knowedge, both the word "Mandarin" and fortune cookies are Ammurican and/or English inventions.

[PepperElf]

I wouldn't want word to get out that "American Chinese food" has almost nothing to do with actual Chinese cuisine >_> I happen to like our wonderful bastardization of their grub (read: Mandarin Chicken with brown gravy), and I'd like to be able to keep getting it . Heck, to the best of my knowedge, both the word "Mandarin" and fortune cookies are Ammurican and/or English inventions.

LOL!

yeah I'm pretty sure General Tso didn't cook glazed chicken.

Tho whenever I go out for Chinese or Japanese food, I somewhat gauge how authentic they are by whether or not they sell "pot stickers" or "gyoza". (or, even worse, I order gyoza and get a look back)

[hinakiba777]

SC: Look, I'm not a bigot. *Ummm, yes you are! * I love the Chinese...food. And some of them have been in this country as long as some of us *woah, don't lump me in with you!* have...building railroads.

Wow, just Wow. I mean WOW

I still cannot beleive people can say this kind of stuff. I mean, HOW can someone say something like that. I mean that's just.... WOW.

I have actually experienced the conspiritorial whisper when someone is about to say something horribly racist. "The problem is that all those pakis come in, and they buy up businesses and then they just import people from their own country to work at all the jobs. The smell too."

And all I can do is sit there.

I just don't get how people can be so Xenophobic and Racist.

[manybellsdown]

As I understand the Asian/Oriental thing, "Oriental" is generally used to refer to objects originating in that geographical area. Thus "Oriental Rug" is acceptable.

[SkullBash]

I wouldn't want word to get out that "American Chinese food" has almost nothing to do with actual Chinese cuisine >_> I happen to like our wonderful bastardization of their grub (read: Mandarin Chicken with brown gravy), and I'd like to be able to keep getting it . Heck, to the best of my knowedge, both the word "Mandarin" and fortune cookies are Ammurican and/or English inventions.

I'm with you - I love me some delicious, bastardized cuisine. Though not Chinese, I used to work at an amazing Japanese restaurant (owned by a Japanese couple, with a secret menu, etc). If I could afford it I would have dinner there every night from the secret menu until I died right there at the sushi bar. However, since then, I STILL sometimes crave a disgusting cheap-ass chicken 'teriyaki' from some fast food joint. Mmmmm, perservatives and additives.

Also, I always have to laugh when I see orange chicken at a "Japanese" place at a food court or something. We have a culture here where most people can't be bothered to distinguish between Asian PEOPLE let alone cuisine, and I just want to shout "YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" That is, after I order an eggroll to go with my sushi... /joke

Then again, sushi is also as Americanized as it gets nowadays, too. And according to wikipedia, fortune cookies had their origin in Japan - though I'd agree that they are about as American as the KFC double down now. Go figure.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

If they took away my completely American Peking Ravioli and Scallion Pancakes I'm pretty sure I'd have to bust some butts, a lot of butts.

Though there is a place in Boston, easy off the Red Line, that has delicious tempura and REAL (TOTALLY LEGIT) ramen.

[Sapphire Silk]

One of my favorite Japanese restaurants locally is actually owned by Koreans. My sister loves to order kimchee on the side when we eat there

You pretty much answered your own question with the quote underneath that.

Little hint: Etats-Unis is the United States.

Man, I'm an idiot. Thanks.

in New England we call sprinkles "jimmies" apparently, in other parts "jimmies" is a derogatory word for black people. I learned that later, and wondered the same thing.

In Delaware, "jimmies" is the genitals.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

In Delaware, "jimmies" is the genitals.

There are so many words for the genitals that nothing surprises me anymore. I'm pretty sure somewhere has "cotton balls" or "marshmallows" as a reference to the genitals.

[depechemodefan]

In Spanish, "cockroach" (cucaracha) is used as a term for the vagina.