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All ethnic jokes are racist by definition.
racist: 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability
The original 'joke' did exactly that, trying to highlight a difference in ability, in that
particular case, the ability to correctly prounounce English words.
I think that this pretty much highlights the disgust I feel for the politically correct. They are
not motivated by a sense of fairness but instead only by hatred of someone else.
You see, like Kyle, this other Canadian thinks that there must be something wrong with Chinese is
they can't pronounce English words correctly. It never occurs to them that all of the scientific
research on language shows that after the age of 6 or so the larynix and tongue become unable to
make sounds different than they have been making.
What is a humorous sound to most others becomes a source of hatred to them. I can only wonder what
their lives must have been like growing up. Did the little French speakers make fun of your attempts
at French?
But you see, if it were a joke making fun of the pronouciation by some white southern cracker
it would be OK. And exactly the same joke, making fun of the accent of a black southerner who
said exactly the same thing in exactly the same way as Senator Robert Byrd might have said is
racial bigotry.
The politically correct, and especially those Canadians who think that they ought to be able to tell
Americans how they should think are pretty funny as well. Who else but a Canadian would espouse the
wonderful Canadian healthcare system to the world while their entire family is flocking over the
border to get up-to-date and punctual medical care?
