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How is that racist?
by mnx 10y ago
How is that racist?
- curiousgal 10y agoIsn't he implying that Arabic speech would scare people?
- mattdeboard 10y agoEven if he was, how is that racist
- curiousgal 10y agoArabic speech is scary => Arabs are scary?
- soohyung 10y agoMore like "there are people who think Arabic speech is scary", he doesn't have to think that himself to know that there are people who think that way and he wants to prank those people therefore I wouldn't say it's racist.
- curiousgal 10y agoTo me it was like "I'd play Arabic speech to scare people" rather than "I'd play Arabic speech to scare some people". I am addressing the statement of course not OP's person.
- mattdeboard 10y agoSome people are terrified of anything Arabic sounding, especially people speaking Arabic. It is not racism to say that. It would be racism to say that all white or black or whatever people are terrified of anything Arabic sounding. But there is nothing even remotely racist about saying some people are scared of something that has to do with an ethnic group.
- curiousgal 10y ago> It would be racism to say that all white or black or whatever people are terrified of anything Arabic sounding. Exactly! Isn't that what he implied? He didn't say "Here are some pranking options that would work on some people" he made a general assertion "Here are some pranking options" meaning they would work on all people meaning all people are terrified of anything Arabic sounding.
- nitrogen 10y agoNo, most pranks only work on some people, so I think the idea is to prank racists, rather than that everyone is racist.
- curiousgal 10y agoI admit I haven't looked at it that way, that's a valid point.
- danneu 10y agoIf I throw a banana peel on the ground like the prankster I am, my expectation isn't that everyone is going to slip on it. Most people won't, but I might prank someone if I'm lucky. Spare us next time, please.
- curiousgal 10y agoWoah, this was not an Ad Hominem. I was addressing the statement not OP itself. Either ways the fact that he used Arabic of all languages was odd.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoHe chose a language; arguably you are being racist because you assumed it isn't a random choice.
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