Re: Wow, that was racist
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this happened to a friend. he was in a convenience store and the counter girl says to him
her - "what are you"
him - "i'm sorry, what do you mean?"
her - "are you like chinese or something?"
him - "no, i'm philipino"
her - "oh, i thought so, cause your eyes aren't so chinky" while she said this, she actually made grabbed teh corner of her eyes with her fingers and made chinky eyes.
racism? ignorance? she was not trying to be funny, but she was also not trying to be offensive. she just did it. i view this as a very similar act as the OP's incident, even though it was more blatant, mostly because it was spoken, and mimed.
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I don't think they are the same thing. This girl just seems ignorant and completely oblivious to the fact that someone might find her words and actions offensive. The girl in the OP knew full well that she was doing something offensive.
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