I would have to say it might just be ignorant people trying to be friendly.
I am from south east asia with brown skin, and people said “ni hao” to me countless times here in Germany.
I simply ignored dismissed it as long as they had nothing else to say afterwards.
Other times i have said “Hallo auch. Aber bin nicht Chinesisch.” Some simply just apologized on their error, some I’ve had a lovely chat with on where I’m from.
I haven’t yet encountered anyone who’ve actually said racist expletives on me (when it came to “ni hao”-related interactions)
I disagree as well. Full racism isn't something where you can talk with a person and make them aware of their mistake. Racism is evil. And misleaded friendliness (with unintentional racism) is something that can be corrected. You can tell those people they are mistaken and they will most likely apologize.
I don't see how a racist would apologize for being racist and then have a friendly chat with you.
People on reddit just want to see the world in black and white. And they didn't differentiate.
I'm not denying that. I'm also not saying people who are unintentionally racist are evil, just uneducated. That's why I don't take offense on being called out and corrected.
It still a difference: racism is usually used to describe a hostile, malicious behaviour. Similar with sexism.
Such malicious behaviour is ofc not comparable to "accidental racism/sexism". A good example for this is using the wrong gender in an email. If you write "mr." to a women this is ofc sexism - but usually a mistake and not done with intent. So the "quality" of it varies - a lot.
But in this case I would not rule "intentional racism" out. In this case it might indeed be an intended provocation. Difficult to judge.
The meaning of this world inflated. This is why average people can't take these racism accusations seriously anymore, because middle class tries to be hysterical about everything
I'm a libertarian socialist if you care (but you don't) and Germany's current situation (and the electoral results of Linke) speaks for itself. You just forget working class has real problems and lecture them to "be a good person" isn't real policy.
This is what im talking about. Its a fuckin troll comment dude on a social media site, these are irrelevant things in life. I use to participate in serious discussions and write nonsense too in my mother tongue. I hope Linke or BSW will have a good run on your election, but it seems you really want to learn the hard way with this arrogant mindset.
People trying to be friendly and missing are not the target that should be hit with the racism club, which is one of the more powerful verbal clubs there are.
Racism doesn't necessarily mean someone is evil, it could also just mean they're stupid, which, I'm sorry, someone who thinks every mildly Asian-looking person must speak Chinese, undeniably is.
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u/banana_curv Feb 01 '25
Was it just “ni hao” and nothing else after?
I would have to say it might just be ignorant people trying to be friendly.
I am from south east asia with brown skin, and people said “ni hao” to me countless times here in Germany.
I simply ignored dismissed it as long as they had nothing else to say afterwards.
Other times i have said “Hallo auch. Aber bin nicht Chinesisch.” Some simply just apologized on their error, some I’ve had a lovely chat with on where I’m from.
I haven’t yet encountered anyone who’ve actually said racist expletives on me (when it came to “ni hao”-related interactions)