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[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Americans do a lot of stupid things, but they are most likely to be self critical in this space. I think this meme should talk about Western Europe instead, because they have many problems, but they are so often never willing to accept criticism. They're quick to call the US racist, but in my experience, Europe has so much racism it's crazy it's viewed as this anti racist place.

[–] RawrGuthlaf@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I (a US citizen) literally didn't get a job in Germany because one member on the team objected because I didn't speak German yet. The company is "English first" and I worked in the US division previously. So yeah, Europeans are certainly as capable of being racist. And they didn't even try to hide it!

[–] ADTJ@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the English language speaking race

[–] RawrGuthlaf@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

I see you deal in absolutes. The person wanted a fluent German speaker despite being an English first company. Put it together in your head.

[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's racist to hire another more qualified candidate that can speak multiple languages in a setting that would benefit from that skill...

[–] RawrGuthlaf@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

Clearly you must have all the details about where I worked and applied already. What an amazing ability!