Examples Of Racial Stereotypes

There are differences within my own culture, where nationality created a stereotypical conflict. Racial jokes are in no way ok; the most harmless seeming joke can end up blowing up. Fighting about things is not the answer, sometimes the simplest answer is to talk about the problem in depth. You should never put down anyone at any time, you can learn from everyone. No one is all knowing and there is always more to someone than what you perceive. The first incidence was just a quick racial joke oriented at me an another carpenter. We thought nothing of it, since as construction workers we are very vulgar in our jokes to help get through the hot summer days. Rene decided to keep going throughout the day making derogatory remarks. At this point the remarks became annoying as we only thought they were harmless jokes. At the end of the day in the parking lot, me and my friend had our daily review of the day to
Me and my friend were working on a detailed project that could be seen as the work of lazy men, but only if you really didn’t know that the preparation of that job was very tedious in measurements and not so simple mathematics. While Renee was working shoveling dirt he says “este gavacho no entiende que este jalle es por pendejos”. This translates to “this white guy doesn’t understand that this job is for the dumbasses”. Already aggravated by the hot sun of the mid-summer day, I snapped when I hear him and realized he wasn’t joking. First thing out of my mouth was “if you think I’m such a dumbass white guy, then let’s go behind the building and see how dumb this white kid really is beating your ass.” Renee’s only reaction was of jaw dropping silence. After he became defensive saying he was joking and it was all a misunderstanding of how he was using the words. I told him I knew exactly what he was saying and how. My mother-n-law who is from Mexico City told me certain expressions to look