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Asian ladies tend to look different from Caucasian ladies. So it evokes a different picture. I don't think racism or sexism or anything needs to be cited. Sure,
by Tichy 13y ago
Asian ladies tend to look different from Caucasian ladies. So it evokes a different picture. I don't think racism or sexism or anything needs to be cited.
Sure, you can point out that he seems to be writing from the default perspective of a white Caucasian (assuming everybody else is also a white Caucasian, unless mentioned otherwise). Is that a crime? I think not. If you are from a different background and curious about the "race" of the guys, just ask.
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- MarkTanamil 13y agoIt doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. People do this, it's a fact of life. If you live in Japan (as a white male) you will be commonly referred do as a 外国人 (foreigner) by every Japanese person. Does that mean that all Japanese are racist? No.
- DigitalJack 13y agoExactly. Why include physical descriptions at all. He should have said "three people" or even "three beings." And who cares what they were wearing? And why do we care what color the fonts were? He could have just said it was hard to read.
- ianstallings 13y ago"I had interview. 3 people were present. I typed code." That story sounds fascinating, tell me more!
- damon_c 13y ago"three beings". Hahaha. Really any more description than that and you're being something-ist!
- Tichy 13y agoWhy mention the gender, or anything? Why not just "3 people"? Was the number of people even relevant. It was a story. I don't think we want stories in general to be devoid of any ornaments at all.
- redfhendrix 13y agoThe point of a story is painting a picture. Adding additional descriptors paints a clearer picture in the mind of your reader. The author wanted you to call up in your mind's eye a man in a t-shirt, a man in a polo, and a woman of Asian descent. Maybe that's his experience with start-up interviews, maybe he wanted to force "diversity" upon the reader. Either way, the author chose to describe the Asian woman to you because he wanted you to picture an Asian woman. Why is that a problem?
- ianstallings 13y agoYou sound like a real blast to hang out with. Perhaps we can exchange telephonic-network details and beep at each other on the phone. That is, if your protocol handshake is functioning in a timely fashion. My buffer has strict timeout definitions of two signals and then I will reset the network line, wait for the dial tone, and try again precisely 15:00 standard earth minutes later. Please encode any further communication in base64. dGhhbmsgeW91IGdvb2QgYnll
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