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Originally Posted by xepherys
Well, lots of people, Americans included, seem to like to believe that Europeans are much more "civilized" than Americans. Frankly, it's just not true. Americans are just more boisterous about our obnoxious habits and ways of being. There are just as many asshats in European countries (and at least triple the number, per capita, in France)  |
Sarcasm. I know man, I just felt like taking a swing at the Europeans cause we Americans always get so much shit for this type of thing.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
It was kinda dumb, but I don't have direct evidence there was ill intent. As such, I can only fault them for ignorance to racially inappropriate behavior.
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I agree with you, I don't think there was ill intent either. That's the nature of ignorance and institutionalized/indoctrinated racism/prejudice. Regardless, it was still abhorrent for them to do that. And yes, it was definitely dumb.
Another way to think about it is substitution: If they had mocked blacks by making monkey faces or Jews by making their noses big etc etc, no one would find this funny or tolerate it. Nor would they be making excuses for them either.
Just food for thought.