“You can’t use those words to describe that culture unless you belong to that culture…because then you can use whatever words you want right?”
“Oh you can’t say that word; it’s politically incorrect.”
“You better do or say this or you’ll offend their culture.”
“We don’t use the hyphen when we identify our culture. We’re Chinese Canadians, not Chinese-Canadians.”
I’ve been on the receiving end of racism and cultural insensitivity. And the worst came from someone who shared the same ethnicity and many aspects of my culture as me.
