• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    My Filipino wife, with a strong but perfectly clear accent, gets called Indian all the time and they ask for someone American.

    • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.works
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      17 hours ago

      Racists will be racists. I’ve been called anything ranging from Indian to French. One especially racist guy got very angry that I didn’t get offended at him making fun of my pencil mustache.

      For context, I’m Mexican. You’d think people who legitimately believe their country is being taken over by Mexicans would have heard enough of us to at least recognize the accent.

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        9 hours ago

        Sorry you have to deal with that

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          9 hours ago

          Thanks! I’ve been out of customer service for about 5 years and the last thing I did was literally closing people’s bank accounts for harassment so I guess it all evened out and the end?