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I don’t think there right and many also agree that it’s not racist. We can’t start generalizing everything. Spanish people aren’t the only people that make or eat spicy foods. Yes they have a history of it. Asking such a question isn’t racist it never will be, it’s harmless and some generalization that come from a good place are fine. You either answer yes or no.But they’re right. It is racist to assume all Mexicans like spicy food.
and at the same time when I’m working my booth I *frequently* have customers say things like “man; I’m Mexican! Gimme the hottest you got!” when I ask them how hot they like their hot sauce.
It’s a subtle difference. Someone from that culture might make a sweeping generalization about their own culture. That’s not the same as you making a sweeping generalization about their culture.
Heck, there might even be a cultural pride for a person of Latin descent in being able to handle extremely spicy food. That still doesn’t make it ok for someone outside of their culture to assert that’s the case.
many racial stereotypes have hints of truth to them, which is why we have this double edged sword of “who’s allowed” to use those terms or make those generalizations. Intent and context matter.
my response to those customers is usually, “well I didn’t want to racially profile you”, and we share a laugh about it. And it’s also true.
And some Italians might get mad if you ask them if they know how to make sauce. And some might not.
None of this means the world is soft. It means we should collectively work on our approach to cultural differences and avoid making assumptions about people based on race or culture.
Is asking a white person if they like burger and fries racist? We as a culture look more and more for reasons to be butt-hurt.
It’s the cancel culture. Every day people wake up and go to twitter etc and see what they can be offended by today. Including this post. One day it’s Santa Claus should be a women and then when that dies down it’s changing team names and when the Indians get changed it’ll be a constant trickle down effect on everything. I’m jumping all over the place here but it’s extremely frustrating what this world has become.
Last year a Christmas song changed because it said “have another drink” or something like that.