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I think its pathetic that people have to ask if they should be offended. This racism stuff is getting way out of line, obv the guy is a douche but if youre not offended, youre not. You should have made some smart as remark and let it pass.

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This reminds me of this one time when this guy came up to me and asked, "Do you speak Chinese?" and I was all like, "WTF is wrong with you dude? Don't you realize that the so-called Chinese language is actually a family of languages? Did you mean to ask if I spoke Mandarin? Cantonese? [censored] WU??!?" And then he was like, "I never knew that. I'm sorry if I offended you with my ignorance and insensitivity. Thank you for sharing that piece of your cultural heritage." What a [censored] racist. Now I know exactly how the Jews felt during the Holocaust. Exactly.

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one time i was realyl drunk and yelled "ching chong chang" at some asian girl on the street in nyc. i cna't figure out why she yelled "EFF YOU" in perfect english.

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What a crime against huge manatee. The thread, that is.

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I thought this was pretty funny.

My girl and I were sitting at Cost-co enjoying our 1.50 polish dogs and a churro. I'm 1/2 Chinese and 1/2 Japanese. She's 3/4 chinese 1/4 Cambodian. Anyway, this dude sits down next to us and looks over and says "Hey, do you guys speak Asian?" I give him a sort of "what the hell did you just ask me?" look. As soon as the words escaped his lips he reeled back and said "I mean, do you speak any Asian languages?"

So, should I be offended? Would anyone ever go up to a random black guy and ask him if he speaks Africa?

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Smile, nod, hand him a napkin.

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ETA: Also, it's pretty standard for someone to walk up to my dad when he's working on the yard and ask, "Are you the gardener?" so don't feel too bad. Or do. But what you experienced will happen a lot.

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I didn't read the post but you should not be offended.

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you should have replied

"ahhh, I sowwy, I no speakey Amewican " and then folded your hands and bowed

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this is ignorance more than racism IMO...the guy is just really ignorant

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I think its pathetic that people have to ask if they should be offended. This racism stuff is getting way out of line, obv the guy is a douche but if youre not offended, youre not. You should have made some smart as remark and let it pass.

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I thought this was pretty funny.

My girl and I were sitting at Cost-co enjoying our 1.50 polish dogs and a churro. I'm 1/2 Chinese and 1/2 Japanese. She's 3/4 chinese 1/4 Cambodian. Anyway, this dude sits down next to us and looks over and says "Hey, do you guys speak Asian?" I give him a sort of "what the hell did you just ask me?" look. As soon as the words escaped his lips he reeled back and said "I mean, do you speak any Asian languages?"

So, should I be offended? Would anyone ever go up to a random black guy and ask him if he speaks Africa?

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Why do you feel the need to mention that? How is that relevant to the story?

It seems to me that you are the one showing signs of racism in this story.

As an example, if there was a man working behind the counter of a Blockbuster and he happened to be black, how would this be any different from saying, "I was standing on line waiting for the black employee working behind the counter to call me up"?

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I'm really not offended but I like to bring up stories like this because it's funny. As for the Polish dog...well I didn't order a hot dog. I ordered the polish dog.