> I didn't personally buy the classes and saw it as a generalization and racist ...

mmsc · on June 25, 2024

"People from country X do not generally have knowledge of continent Y because nationally they take an insular approach" is not racism, it's an identification of a root-cause which for anybody that lives in Poland, is quite well known.

jacobgkau · on June 25, 2024

So basically, you're saying it's not racist if it's true? Still seems like a double standard to generalize your manager's nationality while calling his generalization of another nationality racist. Especially when you're kind of describing your manager's "racist" pointer to hold true in this context.

Dylan16807 · on June 26, 2024

> So basically, you're saying it's not racist if it's true?

In a context like this, talking about cultural generalities, that seems valid.

> Still seems like a double standard to generalize your manager's nationality while calling his generalization of another nationality racist.

Not really. The problem isn't making a claim, it's about how believable and how extreme the claim is.

That description of saving face is a lot wilder than saying some people are insular enough to be prone to misperception of other cultures.