# I may be a "chink" but I'm not FUCKING DEAF **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 29, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606 "2003-07-29T07:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/101 "2003-07-31T03:20:25Z")
To clear the air, I’m by no means **Feistymongol** , never read any of his posts or threads to my knowledge. I usually hang out at Cafe Society…I don’t think of myself as a white-basher or black-hater, racially sensitive yes but I wouldn’t think of myself as a racist. I don’t think many people do know that Asians get a lot guff. Hispanic and African-Americans get probably the same amount. If you think we don’t get much shit from people, I’d beg to differ. I see a lot of it, not the interval of once every decade. We probably see the racism culminate once every month. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/102 "2003-07-31T03:32:20Z")
So once a month, you suffer the equivalent of a twelve year old kid possibly muttering an offensive word just out of earshot? ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/103 "2003-07-31T03:39:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Madawc \* > \*\*To clear the air, I’m by no means **Feistymongol** , never read any of his posts or threads to my knowledge. I usually hang out at Cafe Society…I don’t think of myself as a white-basher or black-hater, racially sensitive yes but I wouldn’t think of myself as a racist. > > I don’t think many people do know that Asians get a lot guff. Hispanic and African-Americans get probably the same amount. > > If you think we don’t get much shit from people, I’d beg to differ. I see a lot of it, not the interval of once every decade. We probably see the racism culminate once every month. \*\* You’re still an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/104 "2003-07-31T06:34:53Z")
Let’s not forget the valuable lesson that Madawc has administered. After all, that 12-year-old kid is not going to be 12 forever. Someday, perhaps when he’s about Madawc’s age, perhaps an Asian child will call him “whitey” or “honky.” And the child Madawc assaulted will know exactly what to do, because Madawc has already shown him. With any luck, the child _he_ assaults will be Madawc’s child. Karma is a bitch like that. But let’s take seriously Madawc’s contention that there was a hate crime committed, that racism was a factor. They were. Because Madawc, you are the racist. You comitted the hate crime. Why do I say that? Because you obviously have some built-up anger at whites. Perhaps a lot of it is even justified. But then you decided to take your anger at whites out _on a 12-year-old child._ I don’t need racial slurs to describe scum like you. “Sick, pathetic loser” about sums it up. ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/105 "2003-07-31T06:45:46Z")
Let us relook the OP and NEVER did I mention the little shit’s race. So you implying that I have pent up anger towards whites is TOTALLY unjustified. A fucking asshole, yes, a sick pathetic loser, maybe, but not a racist. I did not commit a hate crime, I blew a gasket over something trivial to some or many. I never said he was in fact a twelve year old child, that was what I assumed he was or could be. For all I know he could be a young looking twenty year old, but I highly doubt that… Please read the whole thread carefully before assuming that I was white bashing the little shit. I never once mentioned his race or colour. He was always referred to little shit. If you so desire for me to leave SDMB, I’ll completely understand and will tender my account to an abrubt death. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/106 "2003-07-31T06:50:10Z")
Okay, waitasecond here… While I can see the point some folks have that **Madawc** might have “crossed the line” by shoving the kid down, do we _really_ want to take the position (suggested by some) that he should have simply ignored the matter all together? Because I have to admit, it makes me slightly uncomfortable – at least IMO, doing _nothing_ about racism is giving tacit approval for it. Or maybe the position we can agree on is that **Madawc** should have done something, and squabble over the deails of _what_ that “something” could have been…? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/107 "2003-07-31T07:31:11Z")
Um, to say that he should not have assaulted the boy, regardless of provocation, is hardly “sqaubbling over the details.” ---
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/108 "2003-07-31T07:45:01Z")
Sometimes you should just let shit go. If those had been some angry looking biker dudes or some threatening black inner city thugs who had made the comment, he would have let it go. Although, he will probably post that he would have stood up to them. The fact is there are assholes in this world. Would it have been better if he had been called a fucker by these kids? Would it have irritated him as much if that were the case? Chink was just an insult they chose. That is if the kid even said it, which I’m beginning to doubt. Madawc strikes me as a paranoid, constantly race concious, quick to find offense type of person. Madawc, my advice to you is to chill the fuck out, stop seeing yourself as a persecuted minority and stop terrorizing children. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/109 "2003-07-31T09:31:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Madawc \* > \*\*If you so desire for me to leave SDMB, I’ll completely understand and will tender my account to an abrubt death. \*\* Oh, no! Please don’t go! We might get attacked by a vicious bunch of “My Little Pony” fans and need a hero like you to defend us. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/110 "2003-07-31T12:50:19Z")
While, once again, I think his actions were above the line, I think that many people here seem to be giving 12-year-olds less credit than they deserve. They’re not the innocent stupid children some make them out to be. I would guess that the kid knew fully well what he was saying and why he was saying it. C’mon. If you grow up in an integrated neighborhood, you learn by about 8 that “nigger,” “chink,” “spic,” “dago,” and the sort are NOT things you say without provoking a strong reaction. Hitting the kid with the gate is too much, but scaring the shit out of him…I would go so far as to say that if it were my kid, I’d be glad you scared the living bejesus out of him. Maybe that makes me an asshole, but as I said before, better to learn it early and not get hurt than later and end up in a hospital. ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606/111 "2003-07-31T14:48:59Z")
**Windwalker** you’re talking far too much sense for the Pit. Please start making rude comments or get out 😃 Having never seen **Feistymongol** post all I can say is, perhaps Asians aren’t used to being the targets of racism to the extent blacks are? I mean, take the Japanese. We’re generally well off folk who come here for a better life (actually, my mother was looking for a bigger country for her kids). Asians are generally middle class and get along with most races. We never had to fight for our rights (except maybe WW2 era issues) and we’re pretty quiet as a people. Then you get ignorant fuckers (white or black, I’ve met a mixed share) who are racist fuck nuts. I, myself, generally don’t bother to respond and will just walk away (this has only happened once with some black punk). But at school I didn’t tolerate racism and I got into my share of kid-fights over it (grades 4-6). Looking back I never had a big issue with racism since I was surrounded by a mix of races (hanging out mostly with blacks and whites) but if you got on my nerves with racist remarks I might go “ninja ultimate power” on your ass 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-be-a-chink-but-im-not-fucking-deaf/191606.md?page=5)