I don’t like the phrase either, but I wonder if it wasn’t meant to be more benign.. as in, you go to a grocery store catering to locals of another culture, and

I don’t like the phrase either, but I wonder if it wasn’t meant to be more benign.. as in, you go to a grocery store catering to locals of another culture, and you walk up and down the aisle, you don’t understand any of the packaging, and you can get the sense that if you laugh or have a “thats weird food” reaction to any of it, that’d be rude, so you hold it in. I grew up as the child of east European immigrants, and growing up we’d always had our own stores to buy food from the homeland. They’re gone, for the most part, but I can walk into most Russian grocery stores and get what I want, but I don’t understand most of the Russian options. Asking about some of the foods can lead to a strained or confusing conversation.