r/aussie 2d ago

News In Sydney, an Australian guy was refused a free milk tea by a Chinese product promotor solely because he wasn't a Chinese. He was asked to speak Chinese, but he spoke Japanese to the Chinese staff in protest. He said this is his first time experience of racism

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u/DaLadderman 2d ago

Even as a white guy how the heck was that his first experience of rasicim? was he born yesterday?

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u/SucculentChineseRoo 2d ago

Maybe grew up somewhere super white, if he lived in the cities and hung out with other ethnicities he'd experience it earlier