You feel wrong, unfortunately.
Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I feel this is racist.
synicalx@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Another commenter said it’s technically racism so not really wrong.
RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not racist.
If you paint an entire population with the brush of the experience/anecdote of one person, that’s generalization.
But this thread is NOT doing that. This thread is only asking people to share their experiences of places they have visited and people they found to be friendly. It is not meant to pass judgement on everyone from that place.
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
“What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?”
Why would you be shocked by friendln
Since we had a post about the most friendliest countries, we should look at countries that have unexpected friendly people, not the usual answers like Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Taiwan, etc. For me it’s Montenegro. Londoners are considered to be cold and rude but I find them to be very pleasant with me.
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why do you say that? Genuinely asking.
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Because we reduce a population made of individuals to anecdotal evidence.
“People from there are like this” is just a problematic way of thinking.
Even if it is positive. Saying all Asians are good at math may seem positive, but it is racist because you imprint one attribute to a whole group and rob people of their individuality.
It’s racist 🤷
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
No, the only one approaching racism here is you, as you’re the only one equating culture to race. A black German is the same as a white German.
Iapar@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
So when I say “all black people are thieves”, that is racist.
So when I say “all Germans are thieves”…if it is not racist, what is it?