Re: were is the "line" ?
I would like to pose the question 'Is the Sri Lankan chap who owns a shop being racist if says he will only serve those customers who speak English?'
He is not white,he is not English, but he has embraced the culture and language of his adopted country........he chooses to be here, he works and pays his taxes here......and he feels that the people who are dmamging this country are the ones who won't integrate by learning the language. He considers that language is a big unifier......and he reckons that if people come here and don't learn the language then they should go back to the country of birth(or that of their ancestors if they were born here).
Do you consider these to be racist remarks?
Personally I think he is saying what an awful lot of the population think.
Thanks for the comment Jaysay. It just seems to me that Mancie has some kind of axe to grind.....though I am sure he will enlighten me if he thinks that I am wrong.
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