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> Ok, I need to call this out. Unless I missed something, there's nothing to suggest that the person involved is an overseas resident. Just based on the pictur

> Ok, I need to call this out. Unless I missed something, there's nothing to suggest that the person involved is an overseas resident. Just based on the picture I'd be pretty confident she is. I find it fairly easy to pick out young people from Asia who are recent immigrants based on their dress and hairstyles.

rsynnott 5y ago
> overseas resident > recent immigrants A recent immigrant, by definition, cannot be an overseas resident (at least not by normal definitions of 'resident').
viraptor 5y ago
> I find it fairly easy to pick out young people from Asia who are recent immigrants based on (...) racial stereotypes. FTFY Not sure what people find wrong about this. Yes, a fashion change in immigrants sure happens for many reasons. But going the other way - from "I see a person" to "she's a recent immigrant" is harmful stereotyping because you will be wrong. Doing that under a post going from "probably a recent immigrant" to "she probably did a hit-and-run because of driving culture and environment of where she's from" is just fuelling racial BS.
- SarAdcWidth 5y ago
- ggm 5y ago
  She's young, she panicked, she came back. She is from another culture and I knew she'd been reported a flight risk from abc news reporting iirc. Your point is well made. I probably wouldn't post given a second run.
- Aquiffer 5y ago
- jpmoral 5y ago
  I'm with you on the fashion bit but I'm a recent immigrant (to Australia, as it happens) and the driving culture here feels a lot saner than where I'm from. Being asked for bribes, ignoring pedestrian lights and crosswalks, queuing across and blocking intersections, etc. Is that a controversial observation?
  - viraptor 5y ago
    No, that's not controversial. The controversial thought chain is: she looks foreign, therefore she is foreign, therefore she learned the bad foreign driving culture, therefore she ran from the accident. It may well be true! But those are assumptions posted only because of the photo / her name. If it was my photo, we wouldn't end up with this thread.
- postingawayonhn 5y ago
  It's more cultural than racial. The 23 year old wearing the Tommy Hilfiger sweatshirt driving the expensive car with custom plates just screams young immigrant with rich parents. I'm not making any claims that there something wrong with being an immigrant, they're just easy to pick out.

rsynnott 5y ago

> overseas resident > recent immigrants A recent immigrant, by definition, cannot be an overseas resident (at least not by normal definitions of 'resident').

viraptor 5y ago

> I find it fairly easy to pick out young people from Asia who are recent immigrants based on (...) racial stereotypes. FTFY Not sure what people find wrong about this. Yes, a fashion change in immigrants sure happens for many reasons. But going the other way - from "I see a person" to "she's a recent immigrant" is harmful stereotyping because you will be wrong. Doing that under a post going from "probably a recent immigrant" to "she probably did a hit-and-run because of driving culture and environment of where she's from" is just fuelling racial BS.

SarAdcWidth 5y ago
ggm 5y ago
She's young, she panicked, she came back. She is from another culture and I knew she'd been reported a flight risk from abc news reporting iirc. Your point is well made. I probably wouldn't post given a second run.
Aquiffer 5y ago
jpmoral 5y ago
I'm with you on the fashion bit but I'm a recent immigrant (to Australia, as it happens) and the driving culture here feels a lot saner than where I'm from. Being asked for bribes, ignoring pedestrian lights and crosswalks, queuing across and blocking intersections, etc. Is that a controversial observation?
- viraptor 5y ago
  No, that's not controversial. The controversial thought chain is: she looks foreign, therefore she is foreign, therefore she learned the bad foreign driving culture, therefore she ran from the accident. It may well be true! But those are assumptions posted only because of the photo / her name. If it was my photo, we wouldn't end up with this thread.
postingawayonhn 5y ago
It's more cultural than racial. The 23 year old wearing the Tommy Hilfiger sweatshirt driving the expensive car with custom plates just screams young immigrant with rich parents. I'm not making any claims that there something wrong with being an immigrant, they're just easy to pick out.