Is this racist...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um - Asia is the biggest continent on earth with many different cultures and countries. As an Indian, the comment is not only not true, but repugnant. If it matters to the OP, which seems doubtful.

OP here I lived in India and know Indians don't eat cats or dogs, but apparently will poison cats (in my neighborhood sadly). However there are many Asian nationalities, as specified above, that do eat "pets" hence the generic term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some things that are true still aren't PC to say.

And while it may be true in parts of Asia, I find it highly unlikely that restaurants here in the States would be getting away with doing the same.

I lived in Hawaii and we never "confirmed" it happening but there isn't a stray problem and people suspected it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't racist to say Asians eat dogs.
It is racist to make a joke that the Asian business owners in your community are taking strays off the street and cooking them.

I made the joke because apparently over 100 cats are missing in our area in the last 2 months. Either there is a cat serial killer or someone is cooking them. Neither option really appeals to my sensibilities. Either way I was making light of a grim statistic. Technically the cats aren't strays, but missing house cats.

OMG you know someone is eating them, right? Now you know what's for dinner at the Huang, Li and Cheng homes. GROSS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't racist to say Asians eat dogs.
It is racist to make a joke that the Asian business owners in your community are taking strays off the street and cooking them.

I made the joke because apparently over 100 cats are missing in our area in the last 2 months. Either there is a cat serial killer or someone is cooking them. Neither option really appeals to my sensibilities. Either way I was making light of a grim statistic. Technically the cats aren't strays, but missing house cats.

OMG you know someone is eating them, right? Now you know what's for dinner at the Huang, Li and Cheng homes. GROSS!

Great, more racists coming out to play. Is the Political forum closed? Or is that too intellectually challenging for you?

[Anonymous]

I ate dogs in Thailand, tasted like chicken. Not too bad really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't racist to say Asians eat dogs.
It is racist to make a joke that the Asian business owners in your community are taking strays off the street and cooking them.

I made the joke because apparently over 100 cats are missing in our area in the last 2 months. Either there is a cat serial killer or someone is cooking them. Neither option really appeals to my sensibilities. Either way I was making light of a grim statistic. Technically the cats aren't strays, but missing house cats.

OMG you know someone is eating them, right? Now you know what's for dinner at the Huang, Li and Cheng homes. GROSS!

Great, more racists coming out to play. Is the Political forum closed? Or is that too intellectually challenging for you?

What's wrong? Did stir fried Fido give you an upset stomach? May I recommend a couple of Tums? Or better yet, let me lighten your mood. What do you call a Chinese Billionaire? Cha Ching! Are we getting happier?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't racist to say Asians eat dogs.
It is racist to make a joke that the Asian business owners in your community are taking strays off the street and cooking them.

I made the joke because apparently over 100 cats are missing in our area in the last 2 months. Either there is a cat serial killer or someone is cooking them. Neither option really appeals to my sensibilities. Either way I was making light of a grim statistic. Technically the cats aren't strays, but missing house cats.

OMG you know someone is eating them, right? Now you know what's for dinner at the Huang, Li and Cheng homes. GROSS!

Great, more racists coming out to play. Is the Political forum closed? Or is that too intellectually challenging for you?

What's wrong? Did stir fried Fido give you an upset stomach? May I recommend a couple of Tums? Or better yet, let me lighten your mood. What do you call a Chinese Billionaire? Cha Ching! Are we getting happier?

The most pathetic part of your comments is that you would be terrified to say it to an Asian person face to face. Need your white hood on and a fast car to scream it from.

BTW, I'm not Asian, just a decent human being.

[Anonymous]

"Asian" is a pretty broad term. Plenty of Asians are Buddhists and don't eat any meat.

Jokes that paint huge groups of people in such broad strokes are distasteful and obnoxious and offensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't racist to say Asians eat dogs.
It is racist to make a joke that the Asian business owners in your community are taking strays off the street and cooking them.

I made the joke because apparently over 100 cats are missing in our area in the last 2 months. Either there is a cat serial killer or someone is cooking them. Neither option really appeals to my sensibilities. Either way I was making light of a grim statistic. Technically the cats aren't strays, but missing house cats.

It's far more likely that foxes are eating them. My husband saw a fox in our neighborhood carrying a dead cat. It's why it's not a good idea to let your house cat out.

The idea that some Asian family or restaurant owner is stealing cats to eat is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Asian" is a pretty broad term. Plenty of Asians are Buddhists and don't eat any meat.

Jokes that paint huge groups of people in such broad strokes are distasteful and obnoxious and offensive.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm OP and I've lived in several parts of Asia since I was born. I made the joke and was called a racist. It's a well known fact where I lived that people ate dogs and cats. Totally off-limits topic in the US, clearly. I didn't specify a nationality because several nationalities (Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc) eat strays.

Sad, sad, I had no idea that people in Asia eat dogs. I knew about horses but not dogs. It's awful. To answer your question: I have no idea if it's racist????

Of course they had to eat cats and dogs. And anything else that moved. Do you have any idea how many people died under Mao during the Cultural Revolution? From starvation? More than Stalin killed and more than Hitler killed. Good Lord. Take a history lesson. When I lived in China in 1979 there was no living or most beast including pests because everything had been eaten or killed off by pesticides.

[Anonymous]

The strays don't have enough meat and don't listen to commands so they are harder to catch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is true, is it still racist and why?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/world/asia/thailand-dogs/


http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/china.animals/

This is real???????? Nooooo...

yes
true

People are so easily offended.

Most stereotypes are based on some truth.

in this case . . .

[Anonymous]

Who cares if dogs get eaten in Asia? Your statement was about ONE RESTAURANT in the UNITED STATES...in your neighborhood. In fact you slandered them. The very essence of racism is generalizing from a huge population down to one person because of a negative characteristic that you have no idea based on experience that individual shares.

You don't know that restaurant cooks dogs? No, you just decided in your "joke" that the restaurant is a dog-cooker because it's Asian.

Obviously racist.

[Anonymous]

Shrug. Peopld need to lighten up, their assholes are on a bot too tight.