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Originally posted by Taualumna
Question: Would you call someone from a small town who may never have met people from group X racist? Or, would you call that person "underexposed"? I know a girl who said that she has "only met two Jews". I don't think I'd call her anti-semetic by saying that. She just doesn't come from a town with lots of Jewish people. An administrative assistant at my graduate program said that I should wear red if I marry, rather than white (we were talking about weddings). That's because red is the traditional colour for celebration in China. What she doesn't realize is that it is Chinese brides today tend to wear a western style gown to the ceremony. And this goes in China (at least in major cities) too. That woman is just "underexposed". I wouldn't call her racist.
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Uhm no neither of those comments are racist or anti-semitic. The first is not even ignorant - it's the truth. She's only met 2. There is nothing wrong with this. And the second might be ignorant but hateful and racist it sounds not.
-Rudey