Five sensitive words that cannot be used in America

In the United States, people should pay special attention to whether their actions are suspected of "discrimination" or "harassment". Discrimination here is not only racial discrimination, but also physical discrimination, class discrimination, gender discrimination and so on.

Us presidential independent candidate, billionaire Ross? Ross perrault used "you people" several times in his speech to voters, and the result was criticized by the media. Later, opinion polls showed that his support rate dropped by several percentage points. Here, Perot made the mistake of "class discrimination". Of course, as an international student, the economic status is at the bottom, and it doesn't matter to talk about "you people"; This also shows that the appropriateness of words is related to identity.

When I first came to America, I was doing TA in a big class. A professor directed ten teaching assistant experiments. The professor and our teaching assistant have regular meetings to discuss the students' study. Near the end of the term, the professor asked us to introduce our classmates' learning situation, especially to find out which poor students want to cook. It was my turn to speak, and I suddenly realized that the word "poor student" could not be said. At that time, my first reaction was "poor students". After thinking about it, it seems wrong, and there may be some ambiguity, so I decided to use "bad", thinking that everyone knows that my English stinks anyway. I stuttered for about a second. The professor has noticed something and immediately encouraged me to say, it doesn't matter, just say it. So I used "those bad students". Of course, this is inconsistent with my identity and is suspected of intellectual discrimination. Of course, at that time, everyone understood me very well (I was the only international student in the department who did TA), so the meeting continued. After I finished, another TA who often taught me English spoke and said, "There are some weak students in my class …" I thought at that time, alas, I learned another word.

Here are a few more examples:

Fertilizer

It is extremely impolite to say that people are fat, even when talking about people behind their backs. Generally speaking, avoidance is inevitable and can be replaced by starting over, for example, she is a little heavy. By the way, never ask the weight of a female classmate, which is more impolite than asking her age.

Dangerous area-bad neighbors-bad neighbors

Using bad neighbors is suspected of class discrimination, and to put it mildly, it is tough neighbors. I believe we all know that the more poor people there are in America, the fiercer the class struggle. Therefore, you should find out as soon as possible which places in the city where you live are where the poor live. If you ask Americans, use "tough neighbors" instead of "bad neighbors". Accompanied by bad neighbors are:-the poor. Euphemism is people living under the welfare system. It's a bit complicated, but it shouldn't be too much trouble.

Fit.-Fit

Hey hey, believe it or not, a bad use of the word fit is sexual harassment. First of all, it should be clear that it is appropriate to praise women's beautiful clothes at any time, but the wording is particular. Simply put, "nice clothes" is enough. If a woman, your student, wears tight clothes and is covered with S, it must be a pleasing dress. Your clothes fit you very well, which means your eyes are dishonest. So, if people wear loose clothes, can you use clothes that suit you very well? Not only can't, but also worse; If you use it, it not only shows that your eyes are dishonest, but also shows that you are deliberately satirizing others' poor health and lack of S.

It should be noted that in universities, sexual harassment caused by TA is rare, and the environmental requirements in this respect are relatively relaxed. Fuck, for example, if you are in the company and in front of female colleagues, you can't take a bite. But in school, especially in the computer room, many professors just take a bite and ignore it. What impressed me the most was that once, one of my female students, who was also an American classmate of TA, wanted to make up the exam, and TA asked the girl to answer questions in his office. Before and after the girl sat at his desk, he threw the paper away and said, "Don't mess up my things on the desk." Then he slammed the door and left. At that time, the girl answered seriously: "I won't."

Later, I also met several similar occasions. Every time the phrase "don't mess up the things on my desk" comes to my lips, I push it back because I dare not, for fear that I will not master the sense of proportion. I only dare to go out and slam the fucking door, hehe.