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College student cries 'bias' after receiving hello in Japanese from worker at campus restaurant

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restaurant staffer at the University of Minnesota was reported to the campus bias response team recently -- for the mistake for saying “hello” in Japanese to an Asian-American student.The greeting by the female employee reportedly confused the student and the staffer then asked the student where they were from. It remained unclear if the employee was Japanese.
“Wisconsin,” the student replied, prompting the employee to laugh it off and wish the student a good day.
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College student cries '''bias''' after receiving hello in Japanese from worker at campus restaurant | Fox News

... Seriously? Microaggressions? People need to grow skin thicker than 1mm. FFS.
 
People are just looking for reasons to be offended.
 
"Campus bias response team"... wow.
 
I mean it would be kind of annoying if I was an Asian-American from Wisconsin and people greeted me with language of whatever Asian ethnicity they thought I was but whatever. I wouldn't go complain about it or anything maybe just let the person know they are ignorant.
 
This is 2019. We should not say/do anything that can possibly offend another person.


I am guessing that the college student was an Asian.


Apparently, the staffer assumed that the patron was Japanese and wanted to be friendly.


It apparently did not occur to the staffer that the patron could be American-born and not even able to speak any Asian language.

I would not call the server a "racist." Just an ignoramus.


And I do NOT think that the student should have reported the staffer.

Most Asians, I think, would just brush off such an incident as a nothing burger.
 
I can see how that would be annoying. That's making a foolish assumption just because she's asian. I definitely wouldn't be ignorant enough to do that. But that's about where it should end.
 
TheGoverness said:
I can see how that would be annoying. That's making a foolish assumption just because she's asian. I definitely wouldn't be ignorant enough to do that. But that's about where it should end.
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One of our concerns is we've created an environment where a simple responses to the ignorant are not considered, it all has to become a means to be outraged and handled with a response more like what the OP article illustrates happened in this case.

"Campus bias response team" has to be notified with something that says "These type of microaggressions occur too often on campus. ... This implicit bias needs to be addressed" with the whole thing ending up in a campus "Ethical Advocate Program."
 
OrphanSlug said:
One of our concerns is we've created an environment where a simple responses to the ignorant are not considered, it all has to become a means to be outraged and handled with a response more like what the OP article illustrates happened in this case.

"Campus bias response team" has to be notified with something that says "These type of microaggressions occur too often on campus. ... This implicit bias needs to be addressed" with the whole thing ending up in a campus "Ethical Advocate Program."
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Well, it seems that the "Campus bias response team" doesn't even do much of anything. Which, it probably shouldn't.
 
I don't think enough people are failed out of University these days.
 
I had the chance to go to Japan a few years ago. After I came back, I had picked up a few words in Japanese, and was eager to try them out. So I said "good morning" in Japanese to one of my coworkers who was of Japanese background. At first he had this look of disbelief on his face for a few second, and then he broke out laughing and responded back to me in Japanese. He seemed totally OK with it, and we spent some time talking about my trip.

But now I'm all worried. I hope he wasn't offended...:shock:
 
I wonder if she wishes black students good morning in Maasai or Ashanti. And for Asians, why Japanese? Why not some other Asian language? And if she thinks you look Italian, does she wish you buongiorno? Just curious about her thought process.
 
Crystal said:
People are just looking for reasons to be offended.
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They believe they score victim sympathy points plus it's fun to rage and call other people names when they have the maturity of a 6 year old.
 
OrphanSlug said:
"Campus bias response team"... wow.
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Yeah no ****. Anyone wonder why higher education is so expensive? Administrative bloat like this.

Bias Response Team - University of Michigan

"The Bias Response Team is comprised of representatives from the following units:

Dean of Students Office (DOS)
Office for Institutional Equity (OIE)
Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI)
Division of Public Safety and Security (DPSS)
Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA)
Office of Student Conflict Resolution (OSCR)
University Housing, Diversity and Inclusion"​

This could practically be satire. But it's not. It's very very real. They are literally making up ways and excuses to create more pointless positions and soak up more money.

Time to bring out the red pen and pink slips.
 
americanwoman said:
I mean it would be kind of annoying if I was an Asian-American from Wisconsin and people greeted me with language of whatever Asian ethnicity they thought I was but whatever. I wouldn't go complain about it or anything maybe just let the person know they are ignorant.
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OMG we certainly wouldn't want you to ever be annoyed. :roll:

You know what annoys me? When the light turns green and I'm probably not going to get thru it before it turns red because some a-hole up at the front of the line is texting. That's really annoying. No way to even complain either. I'm victimized many times a week this way.
 
TheGoverness said:
I can see how that would be annoying. That's making a foolish assumption just because she's asian. I definitely wouldn't be ignorant enough to do that. But that's about where it should end.
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Almost agree - I think a learning experience is where it should end.

(Note, learning experience does not equal being drawn and quartered).

:)
 
If someone speaks to me in Spanish - which is common - should I curse the person out as punishment lecturing or continue to just say habla Inglés? :confused:

Sometimes then - not often - people assume I don't know Spanish so think they can talk about me without my understanding. Funny looks on their face when they realize by my facial expressions I understand what they're saying. I'm not great with Spanish, but grew up around it.
 
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I don't see it as offensive. I see it as trying to respectful.
 
What about this - and it is REALLY common. A small group are speaking to each other in Spanish - and someone enters the conversation who only knows English. Those speaking Spanish also know English, but continue to speak in Spanish - even talking about the English-only person. It that racist/bigoted?

Should the university "diversity team" investigate bilingual people who don't speak English around people who don't speak their language? Isn't that the same offense?
 
joko104 said:
What about this - and it is REALLY common. A small group are speaking to each other in Spanish - and someone enters the conversation who only knows English. Those speaking Spanish also know English, but continue to speak in Spanish - even talking about the English-only person. It that racist/bigoted?

Should the university "diversity team" investigate bilingual people who don't speak English around people who don't speak their language? Isn't that the same offense?
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REALLY common? Interesting.

I must admit I have never seen that happen. And there are a lot of Spanish speakers where I live.
 
joko104 said:
OMG we certainly wouldn't want you to ever be annoyed. :roll:

You know what annoys me? When the light turns green and I'm probably not going to get thru it before it turns red because some a-hole up at the front of the line is texting. That's really annoying. No way to even complain either. I'm victimized many times a week this way.
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Thank you, I don't want to get annoyed either.

I am sure if you were able to confront said a-holes who text at lights, you would be sure to let the person know they annoyed you.
 
ataraxia said:
REALLY common? Interesting.

I must admit I have never seen that happen. And there are a lot of Spanish speakers where I live.
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A lot of people think I look Spanish. I'm not. But I know rudimentary Spanish from where I grew up.
 
americanwoman said:
Thank you, I don't want to get annoyed either.

I am sure if you were able to confront said a-holes who text at lights, you would be sure to let the person know they annoyed you.
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Naw, rude people and mindless/thoughtless people are a reality of life. I'm not a road rager. I just chalk it up to human nature. I go out of my way not to inconvenience people when driving and otherwise.
 
joko104 said:
A lot of people think I look Spanish. I'm not. But I know rudimentary Spanish from where I grew up.
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Maybe they just can't believe you don't know Spanish. It may not be out of rudeness. I thought that's what you were implying.
 
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