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#1: Jota (jota) on Aug 6, 2009

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U R right!

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Thanks Adam, I couldn't have said it better.

No problem.

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Good point, Jota.

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism

As a person who is not in any historically persecuted minorities and thus arguably have little right to an opinion, I think (1) there are wide broad gray areas around what is definitively discrimination, (2) most everyone periodically wanders into one of these gray areas - short of total paralysis there is no way no to, (3) it is nevertheless important to call people on such incidents, because we want people to be conscious of the fact they are heading in a direction where danger lurks, but (4) one ought to be polite about delivering such warnings and (5) not get particularly upset or defensive one if one receives one. Apologize and get on with life.

In other words, everyone participating is this discussion is OK.

I should also mention that I hardly ever remove any puzzles for objectionable content. If it's an image that could be problematic to have form on your screen when you are solving puzzles in front of kids, then a warning in the title suffices. If it's a puzzle that raises complex issues, then a discussion suffices. I only delete puzzles if they are seriously unsolvable or if they are copied.

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Don't even think about it ... LOL about your son!

i found this shockingly racist.

Sorry June, it was not the intention.

It's a common stereotype (a negative one) of Asian people.. and yes it's racist.

I was thinking about racism just yesterday. I watched a video where Japanese people were shown a satirical video about a Japanese waitress only speaking to the one Japanese-looking person at the table (who was American and didn't speak Japanese) instead of the others at the table who looked western but were actually from Japan and spoke perfect Japanese. The Japanese viewers mostly did not see the point of the video. One viewer even said that she would have tried to speak to the "foreigners" with gestures. It had to be pointed out to her that they had been speaking perfect Japanese.

There is a difference between the racism of expectations and the racism of hatred. The Japanese people had expectations that the "foreigners" wouldn't be able to speak Japanese. Even though this is prejudiced and racist, this is not the same than hating the "foreigners" for being different.

One of the reasons that racism has become such a touchpaper in the US is that the left is constantly pointing out instances of the first kind. The right then feels accused of the second kind (often being essentially blind to the first kind just like the Japanese were).

This is not in any way a defense of either kind, but we must acknowledge that there is a major difference between the two kinds.

Offensive? It could be. Racist is not because it is not directed against anyone, nor does it imply that anyone is inferior.

In my opinion.

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