What if you are genuinely interested in where their heritage / culture is from? You know ....like if they are dressed in that cultural dress?Of course, and if the answer is Hackney, you accept that.
Continually asking someone who is British and was born in this country "where they are from" until finally you decide that they're "from" another country, is where the lack of sensitivity comes in.
What if you are genuinely interested in where their heritage / culture is from? You know ....like if they are dressed in that cultural dress?
How?They made a transcript of the conversation?
Then you ask them that, you don't ask where they are from in different ways, as if they are lying.What if you are genuinely interested in where their heritage / culture is from? You know ....like if they are dressed in that cultural dress?
It's clear to me that the old lady made an error but I am convinced she was not a racist twat.Then you ask them that, you don't ask where they are from in different ways, as if they are lying.
Presumably if the transcript was inaccurate she wouldn’t have apologised and resigned.How?
And how accurate is it
She was just a bit thick ;)As I lay in bed last night thinking of nothing as one does before going to sleep a conversation I had in Washington DC as I queued with others to visit some building or other came back to me...
Lady in queue to me: (after some innocuous remarks) Where are you from?
Me: England.
Lady: Oh which state is that?
Me: None it's Britain. (note no Great just Britain)
Lady: Mmmm, is that a Northern State then?
Me: No it's in Europe (we were still there at the time)
Lady: Ohhhhhh so you need a passport to come here.
We then went on to discuss the fact that it was her first time outside one of the states, can't remember which one, and other things. But I didn't think she was racist because she had never heard of Britain...... was I naive? ;-)
How could you be convinced ? What she said was racist and she may not be a raving racist but we wouldn't know.It's clear to me that the old lady made an error but I am convinced she was not a racist twat.
Presumably if the transcript was inaccurate she wouldn’t have apologised and resigned.