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Originally Posted by PIMking
well it would help that the kid spoke very little English and to add that it was taking the notes in Chinese so that is why I stated where he was from. Sorry if I offended anyone, it's not like he opened his own fake iStore...
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It really is just a comment on how in NA society the white male is the dominant social class and all other race/gender combinations have to be labeled to describe them as different from the normal. By identifying them as Chinese, rather that just as a normal person, you are actively participating (probably unknowingly) in the racist attitudes that they need to deal with on a daily basis.
And not that anyone cares, but I watched a really interesting video on this topic the other day, and here is a segment that relates to this phenomena:
The 1:00 mark is where it starts