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WCDT strips 3931-3935 (4th to 8th February 2019)
Tova:
Am I really seeing forumites getting judgemental over casual sex now?
Now I’ve seen everything.
soulofthereaver:
OK, question from a confused non-american:
Leaving aside Pierre's obvious continued flirting with Brun, which was pretty douchey, why was it an issue that he asked Brun where she was ethnically from?
From this forum topic it sounds like it's a bit of a taboo to do so in the states, if i'm reading this correctly. In earnestness i ask: why? It's a country with firm melting-pot status with many many people tracing their lineage to immigrant forebears in living memory, or relatively few generations. You'd think it'd be a more common topic of discussion, of people getting to know eachother.
What am i missing?
Gore17:
--- Quote from: soulofthereaver on 07 Feb 2019, 23:39 ---OK, question from a confused non-american:
Leaving aside Pierre's obvious continued flirting with Brun, which was pretty douchey, why was it an issue that he asked Brun where she was ethnically from?
From this forum topic it sounds like it's a bit of a taboo to do so in the states, if i'm reading this correctly. In earnestness i ask: why? It's a country with firm melting-pot status with many many people tracing their lineage to immigrant forebears in living memory, or relatively few generations. You'd think it'd be a more common topic of discussion, of people getting to know eachother.
What am i missing?
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Not an American, but taking a guess from what I can infer: America has a history of racism. Such comments can imply that they do not view those of a different ethnicity as "True" Americanstm. There's also likely a privacy violation component, with your family history being your business, not others, and so inquiring is like inquiring into a persons sex life, something not to be done outside specific circumstances. Asking is therefore inappropriate, and likely indicates a racist motivation.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: soulofthereaver on 07 Feb 2019, 23:39 ---Leaving aside Pierre's obvious continued flirting with Brun, which was pretty douchey, why was it an issue that he asked Brun where she was ethnically from?
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Basically, Brun's ethnicity shouldn't matter. He's defining her by her racial background and, at the very least, that is a bit dehumanising.
Mr. Doctor:
I believe it’s Mostly an american thing although it depends who is getting the question tbh. Im an immigrant in Sweden. i’ve been living here half my life now and even though I’m fluent in swedish Istill can not fully hide my accent plus my name ain’t exactly Sven haha. So naturally people ask me where I come from. I don’t have a problem with that as long as there are a other couple of questions about me BEFORE. It’s All about context.
That being said, I still find interesting that for a country that has such a melting pot and also provides so many ”find your genetic history” service... that it is such a taboo question still.
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