<p>Apparently, a Chill-fill-a restaurant located within UC-Irvine had a cashier put two Asian customers (Also UCI students) as “Ching” and “chong” for their name on the receipt!!</p>
<p>Although this is extremely racist and not an action to be condoned in any manner; I can’t but help to admit, that I actually laughed when I seen the picture of the receipt. I think it was extremely stupid on the guy/gal parts for writing that, but I kinda think it was more of a practical joke than direct racism from the employee.</p>
<p>^I’m guessing people think this happened at UCI. There is no Chick-fil-A at UCI. It must have been somewhere nearby. Honestly, I’ve never heard of this place but this is pretty offensive.</p>
<p>For the love of god, racism/racist have gotta be the most inappropriately used words in the English language. </p>
<p>A racist is one who believes one race superior/inferior to another.</p>
<p>Racism is the belief espoused by the above individual.</p>
<p>Putting “Ching” and “Chong” on the receipts of two Asian people is stupid and stereotypical, but it’s not racist.</p>
<p>To recap: Counting black people as 3/5 of a person while a white man counts as a full 5/5, making black people sit at the back of the bus, buying and selling black people as slaves… all forms of racism. Putting “Ching” and “Chong” on receipts of Asians is stereotypical, but that is not a synonym for racism. </p>
<p>After reading that article, I’m pretty much convinced that Monday was a slow news day for OC. Also, I find it sad that the author takes this opportunity to attack “skinheads and conservative (non-plural) who believe racism doesn’t exist anymore.” Here we go again…</p>
<p>I don’t associate myself with skinheads, but I would consider myself conservative-leaning on many issues, and I’ve seen racism go in all directions (not just white on <em>name-your-minority</em>). That said, the ones I’ve seen have been few and far between. I’ve also been accused of being racist when chatting with someone who happens to be of a different race from me, and we get to a topic we disagree on, and they choose, unprovoked, to play the race card. Again, this rarely happens, but it has happened enough times for me to think that popular culture promotes a victim mentality, where minorities are the main target, and white people are the cause of their problems.</p>
<p>"For the love of god, racism/racist have gotta be the most inappropriately used words in the English language. </p>
<p>A racist is one who believes one race superior/inferior to another.</p>
<p>Racism is the belief espoused by the above individual.</p>
<p>Putting “Ching” and “Chong” on the receipts of two Asian people is stupid and stereotypical, but it’s not racist.</p>
<p>To recap: Counting black people as 3/5 of a person while a white man counts as a full 5/5, making black people sit at the back of the bus, buying and selling black people as slaves… all forms of racism. Putting “Ching” and “Chong” on receipts of Asians is stereotypical, but that is not a synonym for racism. </p>
<p>See the difference there?"</p>
<p>Racism IS prejudice+discrimination. Prejudice is the attitude; discrimination is acting/overt behavior. Someone can be prejudice, but not discriminate. This cashier took action, so it is technically racism.</p>
<p>Racism is not simply a combination of prejudice and discrimination. Discrimination is a result of racism and prejudice is what creates it, but that prejudice is required to be based in the idea that one race is superior/inferior to another. </p>
<p>Thus, the idea that one race is superior/inferior to another IS racism. Technically, you’re wrong. And not even close.</p>
<p>Chill. What I wrote were technical definitions of each term (from a textbook). Everything you just explained was also mentioned in the textbook, as well. I’m trying to piece it from the most logical standpoint given from the text - my attempt at being scholarly (haha?). I wasn’t even calling you out…and if it sounded like it, then it was not intended. Of course the idea of thinking one is superior over the other is racist. …</p>
<p>Yes, those were technical definitions of two related terms, but not the term itself.</p>
<p>“Racism IS prejudice+discrimination. Prejudice is the attitude; discrimination is acting/overt behavior. Someone can be prejudice, but not discriminate. This cashier took action, so it is technically racism.”</p>
<p>That is incorrect. It’s not “technically racism” and racism is not simply “prejudice+discrimination.” After all, if I hold a prejudice that says women are less intelligent than men and therefore treat women as such, I’ve just followed your logic, but would my stance be racist? No, because my prejudice is based in the idea of a sex being inferior to another, thus, sexism. The basis of the prejudice must be that one race is inferior/superior to another in order to qualify as racism, period.</p>