Ethnic Double Standard

[TeeJay]

Ok really funny scenario

A group of visible ethnic minorities all hanging around
Parents acting like their brat kids are invisible
Kids (well teens to be accurate) running around acting like animals
Dropping multiple F bombs and other inappropriate conversations

I've been watching way too many videos online but just for laughs I started to curse in their language and they all go ape shit crazy

Two wrongs do not make a right etc etc but
Does anyone else find it beyond belief that they have no issues swearing in english, but as soon as I swear back at them in their language they get all offended?
I admit the reaction was way more than what I had expected

 

[derrick76]

Ok really funny scenario

A group of visible ethnic minorities all hanging around
Parents acting like their brat kids are invisible
Kids (well teens to be accurate) running around acting like animals
Dropping multiple F bombs and other inappropriate conversations

I've been watching way too many videos online but just for laughs I started to curse in their language and they all go ape shit crazy

Two wrongs do not make a right etc etc but
Does anyone else find it beyond belief that they have no issues swearing in english, but as soon as I swear back at them in their language they get all offended?
I admit the reaction was way more than what I had expected

What you described can be attributed to the majority as well but you want to make it seem like it's a minority thing. How wonderful of the internet to give you this platform you so desparately need eh? Unable to do this at work, are you? Well, I guess that would depend on where you actually work...if you in fact do.

 

[shack]

I've been watching way too many videos online but just for laughs I started to curse in their language and they all go ape shit crazy

It depends.

Was your swearing just good natured guy talk or could it be taken as an insult directed at them? What did you say?

 

[sempel]

I think it also comes down to what swear words in other languages mean to others. Some words might be considered extremely offensive.

I remember some people on vacation going apeshit when the term "motherfucker" was used. Apparently they didn't understand the term and thought the insult was directed at their mother which is extremely insulting to them.

But yes, it would seem like a bit of a double standard if you say something in their language and they act like that's not kosher but swearing in English is ok.

 

[kherg007]

https://youtu.be/VXD8yOxIPB0

Here ya go. Clint will sort you out on this. Classic scene from "Gran Torino".

 

[essguy_]

I call BS on the story. It’s more likely that a young ethnic driver gave him the finger while passing him on the right as the bigoted old crank blocked the left hand lane. So he swore at his windshield and slowed down another 5 km/hr.

 

[oldjones]

It's always usefull to see how the show fits on the other foot. You and you friends and a collection of your kids are in a popular public park with visible minority families nearby, and your kids are playing some fool game with crazy accents and language, when suddenly the senior male next door starts cursing your kids out in English — in their language — just as you did.

Tell us your first reaction. I'd bet you'd get offended equally swiftly. You meant to shock and surprise them with your knowledge of their language and you did.

Where you failed was not to consider that all you wanted was peace, and proper language for a public place. Shock and surprise work against both. You'd have been more likely to get what you wanted, along with approval from the parents, if that had been what you told the kids in their language and in a voice that gave them a good example, instead of a bad one.

Cursing begets cursing back, begets more cursing, … . No double standard at all. Same old, same old and it's endless. Break the cycle.