[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
What you seem to be saying is that you really don’t much care. And that’s fine, I suppose. But that doesn’t make it any easier for the people to whom it does matter. Although your boss sounds like a mindless bigot, I do understand the need for clear english in many businesses. I get annoyed when I have telephone communication with someone I have difficulty understanding. But skin color is different. Speaking only for myself, it would wear on me to deal with people who didn’t like me or think I’m bright or hardworking for no reason at all.
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Well he isn’t really a bigot. If he found out that asians had better english and were more efficient than us (the current workers) he would fire us in a second and hire them. (well he is an ex-boss but the point still stands).
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
So, phaethon, would you like to try being black?
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Actually I would like to try being black. Sri Lanken in particular. There happens to be a Sri Lanken girl I like and she hangs out primarily with other Sri Lankens. It isn’t really a problem it’s just as a white person I don’t fit in as well at Sri Lanken functions (i.e. I am the only white person there and the only person who doesn’t speak Sinhalese). However I would only want to be Sri Lanken if I could continue living in Australia.