Wow, that was racist

[Borodog]

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Fast forward 20 minutes. Asian girl turns in her exam. I thank her for bringing the problem with number 5 to my attention.

"Oh, that wasn't me. That was another asian girl."

Thoughts:

1. Do not believe her. They are tricksters.

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I considered this. I am still not convinced she wasn't levelling me. I can't believe I wouldn't have noticed the difference between hot-asian-girl and not-so-hot-asian-girl, asianity aside.

[kidcolin]

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b/c the two social contexts aren't equivalent. as individual actions, they are all racist, but in terms of shared US experience and recent history they are not. social and political standing makes a difference. How often do you hear someone call anyone a wop?


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Besides even how often we call my Italian friend one, more often than I hear 'chink', 'gook', etc. Maybe it's a function of where I grew up.

To be honest, the most complaining I've heard about Asians come from Asian Americans who can't stand how exclusive the foreign Asian population is. They get the whole "twinkie" treatment. This was mostly in college. I now work with lots of Asians and Indians, both from abroad and raised here, and race issues never really come up. Indians ask me when I'm going to get married a lot, that's about it.

[stinkypete]

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Giving the final exam as I type.

Asian girl comes up to me and asks, "Can you check number 5 and make sure that it is possible to work it without knowing the initial velocity?"

I check, sure enough, you need v_0. So I backward calculate it from the correct answer and make an announcement.

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why did you waste your students' exam time calculating the answer instead of making up a number and figuring out the answer later?

[stinkypete]

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1. Do not believe her. They are tricksters.

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by "they" you mean girls who are good at physics, right?

[secretprankster]

Borodog do you actually browse OOT in front of a lecture hall filled with students?

[KotOD]

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But it certainly isn't equivalent to calling some dude a dork or an Irishman and Italian whatever they call Irishmen and italians.

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Why not, if the hatred/ignorance stems from the same place? Why would muttering "stupid chink" under your breath be any worse than muttering "stupid wop"?

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b/c the two social contexts aren't equivalent. as individual actions, they are all racist, but in terms of shared US experience and recent history they are not. social and political standing makes a difference. How often do you hear someone call anyone a wop?

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You have to be kidding me. Combined, I hear Guinea, Wop, Greaser, Dago and Guido about 5x as often as I hear [censored].

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Wow, I didn't even notice this when I posted. Filter says N word very bad - insulting Italians is fine. Hilarity.

[Hollywade]

"If I like their race, how can that be racist?"

[Borodog]

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Giving the final exam as I type.

Asian girl comes up to me and asks, "Can you check number 5 and make sure that it is possible to work it without knowing the initial velocity?"

I check, sure enough, you need v_0. So I backward calculate it from the correct answer and make an announcement.

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why did you waste your students' exam time calculating the answer instead of making up a number and figuring out the answer later?

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Multiple choice test; key was already made out.

[Borodog]

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Borodog do you actually browse OOT in front of a lecture hall filled with students?

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When I'm administering an exam? Absolutely. What am I supposed to do for 3 hours? Jam my thumb up my ass?

[Dids]

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Borodog do you actually browse OOT in front of a lecture hall filled with students?

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When I'm administering an exam? Absolutely. What am I supposed to do for 3 hours? Jam my thumb up my ass?

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Where I come from the profs leave and make their TAs monitor that kinda crap.