Can you also see how people who aren’t hateful bigots would interpret the joke? Can’t think of an analogy (although “pardon my French” for swearing and “it’s just sparkling ___” come to mind).
I do see how the joke could be meant to be hateful. Really hope it wasn’t, and just a “you don’t understand [generic language you don’t speak but we do]” joke.
On the topic of hate speech, when it’s thinly veiled and/or coded (which it so often is), it’s sort of like direct communication between the bigot and the minority. How bystanders interpret and feel about a targeted message to a group they don’t belong to is hardly relevant.
As a Jew, I feel no connection to the events in the middle east, yet I’m constantly made to feel responsible. At the very least, everyone expects me to loudly disavow a situation I don’t understand. All I really know is that I don’t feel safe in my city anymore.
Suddenly the punchline feels uncomfortable!
Can you also see how people who aren’t hateful bigots would interpret the joke? Can’t think of an analogy (although “pardon my French” for swearing and “it’s just sparkling ___” come to mind).
I do see how the joke could be meant to be hateful. Really hope it wasn’t, and just a “you don’t understand [generic language you don’t speak but we do]” joke.
On the topic of hate speech, when it’s thinly veiled and/or coded (which it so often is), it’s sort of like direct communication between the bigot and the minority. How bystanders interpret and feel about a targeted message to a group they don’t belong to is hardly relevant.
As a Jew, I feel no connection to the events in the middle east, yet I’m constantly made to feel responsible. At the very least, everyone expects me to loudly disavow a situation I don’t understand. All I really know is that I don’t feel safe in my city anymore.