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> mass-memorizing words as if they're an Asian studying for a chemistry test. Is this appropriate language to use?
by lagolinguini 6y ago
> mass-memorizing words as if they're an Asian studying for a chemistry test.
Is this appropriate language to use?
- pgronkievitz 6y agoHe's offensive as hell in his vids on youtube too, so I think he's just a jerk
- type0 6y agoStereotypical but not inappropriate. Using chemistry in this example is kinda bad, anyone that studied it knows that it's much less memorization and much more understanding that is involved.
- lgessler 6y agoPerpetuating racial stereotypes isn't inappropriate?
- type0 6y agoIn this case it's a positive cultural stereotype not a racial one.
- lgessler 6y agoIt is a racial stereotype, because it literally invokes race. It's also not positive if it helps reinforce beliefs that Asians are unreflective drones that are good at piano and math but lack personality and originality.
- type0 6y ago> It's also not positive if it helps reinforce beliefs that Asians are unreflective drones that are good at piano and math but lack personality and originality. That's just like, your opinion, man
- cambalache 6y ago> Using chemistry in this example is kinda bad That is the bad part? SOME white people (I mean crazies like Steve Sailer, not the average HN user) have a funny worldview. When white people perform better than black/latino people in tests, It is because of genetics. When East-Asian people perform better than white it is because they are mindless drones that only are good for rote memorization tests and creativity is a better marker for intelligence anyway.