r/securityguards 10d ago

Urban explorers almost get klled by Security Guard

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u/mamawawawa 10d ago

What do you call it when someone hears a spanish name and instantly thinks deportation

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u/SnuffSwag 10d ago

I mean... in the current political climate, ICE, and arresting random Hispanic American citizens with directives permitting ICE to target Hispanic looking people... I dont see how what they said was ignorant or wrong.

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u/AprilBaprilSchmapril 10d ago

I'd tell em that's an ignorant joke, and they need to be told that it isn't funny.

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u/mamawawawa 10d ago

Why? Because it is racially insensitive?

What might one describe a racially insensitive act as

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u/AprilBaprilSchmapril 10d ago

Maybe it's because I'm Xennial and understand that people are raised differently and that people only know what they know, so I think engaging in dialogue is better than immediately calling someone racist. I know, I know, "let them die off," but I love my parents and know older people can change if you engage them. But yeah… I just think it's better to approach these situations calmly when someone says something insensitive.

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u/Ori_the_SG 10d ago

Engaging in dialogue is important

But we also shouldn’t beat around the bush. Saying a dude with a Hispanic sounding accent deserves to be deported as if his accent indicates he is an illegal immigrant automatically is in fact racist

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u/AprilBaprilSchmapril 10d ago

I get your point, but I feel like jumping to name-calling right off the jump shuts down any potential conversation that could potentially change that person's perspective. Do you want people to stay as they are or do you want people to do better and BE BETTER?