Taz writes:
I was attending a debate at a nearby university.
The discussion was about general statements and stereotypes. At one point, a question was posed what would make a general statement ok to make. Someone said "asian people tend to eat rice".
Of course this got all the liberal commies all riled up. They called it racist and that you shouldn't make a statement like that.
My "bolding".
Rrhain writes:
And most likely, they're right. Why? Because nobody says something like, "Asian people tend to eat rice," in the context of nutritional anthropology.
Per nationmaster.com:
The top 9 rice consuming countries are Asian.
There is some per capita information and other discussion
here.
There sure is a lot of rice eaten in Asian countries. "Asian people tend to eat rice", to me, qualifies as a good "general statements and stereotype". I have to side with Taz on this one.
Moose