I decided to create an experiment, to test the leaning to or away from racialism in different cultures. I logged into Yahoo chat and chose 3 different language/culture groups: German, Romanian, and Russian. I used my minimal language skills to ask some questions. I must be okay in German and Russian, since people understood all my words. My grammar sucks, but I have a decent vocabulary. Romanian was difficult, I could barely say anything to them, and I think they swore at me a lot. x_hehe
I said these things:
"Rap isn't music. It is monkey sounds."
"Turks and Armenians are sh-t."
The Romanians called me a bitch, I think. x_rofl
The German reaction was overwhelmingly negative. One person said "That is your opinion." But mostly I got people shouting "RACIST!" and insulting me. Jeez, I hope I'm not under arrest for breaking German hate speech laws.. :erm
The Russians agreed with me! The only people who reacted negatively was a girl from Kirgizstan (WTF? They have computers?!) and some guy actually FROM Armenia. Ooopsy.
This wasn't perfectly scientific, but it gives an idea of cultural differences.
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