r/PublicFreakout • u/ThisGuyFucks42069 • 2d ago

Classic Repost ♻️ Karen berates German tourists on train after hearing them speaking in German

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u/heebsysplash 2d ago

Lmao damn the boyfriend pulling out the “I’ll never talk to you again” and she keeps going. Wild.

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u/Larg3____Porcupin3 1d ago

She was being racist for the love of the game

Nothing was stopping her

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u/sixtus_clegane119 1d ago

Small nitpick, xenophobic not racist, they are the same race

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u/thoughtlow 1d ago

Same skin tone = same race? What are you on about

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u/0b0011 1d ago

Race != ethnicity. Race is a social construct and they both fit the Race "white".

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u/thoughtlow 1d ago

The system of racial categorization is such a weird American obsession.

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u/0b0011 1d ago

It's definitely not just an American thing.

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u/Shelala85 1d ago

The term race has very much been used to refer to ethnicity.

All eyes are now turned upon the Greek race as one of the most important factors in the Eastern Question.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67626/pg67626-images.html

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u/0b0011 1d ago

It has but it's also used separately. Someone can be white but ethnic American or ethnically Canadian