• IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    To show how pervasive the racist Southerner stereotype is: I was in Hawaii and met a guy from New Zealand. He noticed my accent and asked where I’m from and this happened:

    ME: I’m from North Carolina

    HIM: Oh really? Cool! Hey, whaddya call a n****r with a new bicycle?

    I guess that’s his version of Americans saying “g’day mate!”

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      1 year ago

      What happened next? Was he mocking you or telling a joke that he thought you would enjoy?

      What a strange encounter

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        I suspect the NZ bloke was racist and immediately linked all Southern Americans with racism, so felt comfortable opening up.

        Ngl as a non-american if I met a dude in a bar and he’s was from ‘the south’ especially Texas or Florida I would be sitting there expecting some kind of anti-‘woke’, anti-minority, anti-women, anti-brown comment eventually. At least until I had sussed him out for a bit

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        He thought I would enjoy it. It was a crowded spot, so I just stared disppointedly at him and walked away.