Things that are so obvious and ingrained that no one even thinks about them.
Here’s a few:
All US americans can go to Mexico EASILY. You’re supposed to have a passport but you don’t even need one (for car/foot crossing). Versus, it’s really hard for Mexicans, who aren’t wealthy, to secure a VISA to enter the US. I’m sure there are corollaries in other geo-regions.
Another one is wealthy countries having access to vaccines far ahead of “poor” countries.
In US, we might pay lip service to equal child-hood education but most of the funding pulls from local taxes so some kids might receive ~$10000 in spending while another receives $2000. I’m not looking it up at the moment, but I’m SURE there are strong racial stratas.
People seem to be fine with hating Chinese and Indians where I live
When I found out Australians call telephone Chinese whispers I was surprised to find an instance of another country being even more casually racist than us
what do you call the thing where you twist the skin on someone's forearm
Oh I didn't say they were more casually racist then us, just that one instance. But point taken
no it wasn't necessarily rhetorical, aus calls it the 'chinese' burn
Ahh. Its 'indian' burn here. About equivalently shitty, I guess. What do you call it when you 'rig' up something to work in a temporary and haphazard way?
jerry rig? Or bodge, kludge, but mostly jerry rig
Jerrys the nicer way we do it. The other involves our favorite racial slur
oh
Weird I haven't heard a racial slur used for that (other than Jerry technically lmao)
Wait is Jerry a slur? I thought it was named after those gas tanks because they are used in lots of diy shit
Yeah it's short for German and used by soldiers in the world wars, in the same way they would eventually call Vietnamese people Charlie. The gas tanks were called Jerry cans because they were made by the German army, and were often taken and used by allied forces because the design is really good- 3 handles for easier 2 person carry, indents for structural integrity that made them lightweight, and a couple other features.
Ah thanks for the info, but I think we should probably find a meaner slur to use for Germans, this one seems a bit tame
yeah, hence "krauts"
I’ll forever remember how bewildered I was when I was high as balls at 2am in an online certification course and the white South African instructor pivoted from his previous 3 hours of verbatim reading his slideshow to ranting for 15 minutes about the superiority of the Jerry can. The next day of class he played a youtube video about the Jerry can that he couldn’t find the day before.
His name was Reginald and he looked like Nigel Thorneberry, clothes too, but he relentlessly mocked me for being the only American in the class so he’s alright I guess
people do get pretty fucking weird about the jerry cans
in the US south I have heard people unironically say N-word rig. for that. Without blinking or it even occurring to them that it's fucked up to say. Like second nature. Not even thinking about what the word means.
Last time I heard I desperately wanted to knock the man's teeth out, but that would have landed me in jail or worse.
bodge job
I've heard people casually say "n-word rigging" for that.
I call it trying my best.
Don't worry,
is there too
They call it "arab telephone"
Lol of course they do
It used to be called Chinese Telephone in North America. I was a kid during the transition.
Straya (is also an example of a racist/chauvinist thing that is normalised)
Yes this. It sucks here. Xi pls help us.
And those same people are expected to hate on themselves because if you can't take the piss out of yourself (and by extension let others recycle that 'humour') then you're 'up yourself'.
Aussies/Anglos: "Hahahah why don't you go eat dog you chng chng"
Chinese person: "Eh, it'd still taste better than your food."
Aussies/Anglos: "Wow, that's uncalled for. That was just banter but this is just racist. How dare you?"
Anglos "Hey we hated on the Italians, then the Greeks, then the Lebanese, then the Vietnamese, then the Japanese, then the Indians, now the Chinese, now we pretend we're okay with the others so it's your turn just shut up and take it.
Chinese people "Actually I won't let you. Fuck daishuguo"
Anglos: "this is offensive to me and the removed, removed and removeds"
Australia's "happy go lucky" "banter friendly" attitude is extremely selective.
apartheid state says what
Yes
I thought Straya was just Australia with some syllables removed. I don't know the context that makes it racist.
Dirt Owl and I live in Australia, and it is very white racist and anti-communist. Every time there's a liberatory revolution, all the capos come here (well, a lot of them).
They're saying Australia is racist, not that the term "straya", short for Australia, is racist.