Mental errors and poor judgment

[arodz]

I'm phobic, but not racist... sexuality is a choice, being born a skin color is not.

OK this thread has really skewed into something else.

[mingus]

No, I've traveled Europe, and I'm aware that the whole world is racist and phobic. However, I have seen ignorant Americans making fun of things they don't understand far more than I have people of other races. For example, the prcatice of many Americans to mangle a foreign name and then dismissively say "whatever" and continue to mock said name (all because they are embarrassed by their ignorance deep down) is commonplace, and it s me to tears. Show a little ing respect. We all get things wrong and misunderstand things from toher cultures, but mockery does not have to accompany ignorance.

never heard that, been everywhere throughout the U.S., have a german-jewish last name that is pretty rare wherever i go and though people butcher it from time to time, i've never heard anyone say "whatever" or be disrespectful.

[Wilford Brimley]

never heard that, been everywhere throughout the U.S., have a german-jewish last name that is pretty rare wherever i go and though people butcher it from time to time, i've never heard anyone say "whatever" or be disrespectful.

I've heard it plenty of times, but it's not so much in the mispronunciation of names as it's in the misidentification of ethnicities. Slopes get this all the time, cause people think all asians are chinese.