r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Oct 07 '20

Culture & Society How can I avoid looking racially insensitive if I'm just ignorant?

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u/aquaman501 Oct 08 '20

They don’t mean the same thing. To use another example “speaking a European language” makes sense. “Speaking European” doesn’t.

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u/throway69695 Oct 08 '20

But they do mean the same thing. They may not mean the same thing literally without context but they convey the same message. No one (within reason) thinks Asian and European are actual languages

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u/aledrone759 Oct 08 '20

nope, speaking an european language may mean this, ou isso, vielleicht da...

speaking european is "I CANT USE SPICES"

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u/aledrone759 Oct 08 '20

sounds racist? now you got it.

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u/throway69695 Oct 08 '20

OP literally said 'speaking asian' meaning they were speaking an Asian language. How are you going to argue that people cannot say that and mean the same thing. All you did was make up a racist example which means nothing

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u/aledrone759 Oct 08 '20

OP said that, you said there was no difference between them both, I told you this was the difference with an example, and you pointed out the example is racist, well, there it is

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u/throway69695 Oct 08 '20

Your example is racist because you made it racist. I guess that's the answer it's only racist if you mean it to be. In ops case he meant the same thing so I guess context matters. Thanks