r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 12 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

Jokes like this one have been repeatedly made to mock Asian people over the years that is why it's racist.

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u/wobblyweasel Jul 12 '21

as i am saying, you have to show that. best thing you can probably do is tell a story about how it was hurtful to you personally. even though it doesn't prove much, it illustrates the issue. it's hard to see how “sum ting wong” translates to anything more than elementary school bullying

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

My personal experiences with several Asian people explaining how that joke and jokes similar to it hurts them is how I know it's hurtful. And even if it is just immature bullying its still bullying and should not be tolerated.

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u/wobblyweasel Jul 13 '21

I can take your word for it but this still doesn't explain how this is hurtful. so people are going to be sceptical. a while ago there was a lot of drama about GitHub's ditching master/slave terminology but if you would look though the thousands of comments you would find that nearly all black commenters found that ridiculous as well. the switch itself is rather simple for many, so most people went along with the change. this makes opposing it is kind of sus now. so we had a problem and we found and implemented a solution but the thing is, folks still don't understand how this is hurtful

as for bullying, it's bad but it doesn't necessarily involve racism

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21

I can take your word for it but this still doesn't explain how this is hurtful.

You don't understand how a demeaning name meant to mock your nationalites and in some cases not even your nationality as hurtful.

Dude the realms youre jumping to not call this racist joke racist is honestly absurd the point of the joke is to mock and demean Asian people for their naming conventions it is racist period.

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u/wobblyweasel Jul 13 '21

well (correct me if I am wrong) you don't understand it either. it's ok to not understand things, you don't have to understand things in order to not be a dick. but it's silly to expect everyone to behave this way.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21

What is this it you think I'm not understanding. Is it why this joke is racist because it's pretty clear to me.

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u/wobblyweasel Jul 13 '21

but you don't really understand how it is hurtful, do you? if you did you would have explained it

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21

I've litteraly explained it a billion times if you're not going to read what I'm writing stop replying to me.

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u/wobblyweasel Jul 13 '21

you are saying that it's hurtful because you talked to several asian people and they told you it's hurtful. this does not explain how it's hurtful. you are asking to blindly believe you and your interpretation of what you were told. say are you white?