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Is this FB commentary racist? - azzurri - 11-09-2012 09:56 AM
A friend of mine post a black and white photo in his Facebook timeline. He is dressed in a tuxedo, the background is indistinguishable. The tag explains that he wanted to recreate the spirit of the 1920s in his photo. Now, he is of Asian ascendency, so I wrote that his slanted eyes did not help much in his so called recreation because Asians in the 1920s were not very popular in the US.
- Kriss - 11-09-2012 10:04 AM
Doesnt sound racist but that would be rude as hell someone something like that.
- agreeableCommander483 - 11-09-2012 10:04 AM
Sounds racist to me.
Why exactly would you feel the need to point this out when he's just talking about his outfit? Seems a bit odd. You do realize they had the 1920s in Asia as well, right? That in fact, they wore suits and such?
Oh and it's ancestry. Spell check doesn't help you when you're using the wrong word.
- DK44 - 11-09-2012 10:04 AM
Only YOU know if it is racist.
I don't know you, if I were to say some chit like that to one of my Asian friend's they would know I was just being my normal smart@ss self. I'm not really big on hate and that's all racism is - hate.
At face value it will raise some eyebrows in question if your comment / you are racist.
- kat - 11-09-2012 10:04 AM
yea lol
- Knuckles - 11-09-2012 10:04 AM
Whilst you may not be racist, it was certainly a racist, unnecessarily rude and insensitive comment.