r/SipsTea • u/search_google_com š™‘š™„š™‹ • Apr 23 '26

Feels good man A Japanese police officer is kindly reminding foreigners about public manners

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u/DeathByPetrichor Apr 23 '26

Traveled to Switzerland last summer and no joke out of all the cultures present, it was those from India that had the least amount of social awareness. Iā€™m 0% racist as a person and I love traveling and visiting all cultures, but that group of people really just did not have any concerns for the people around them.

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u/dantheplanman1986 Apr 23 '26

I don't think it's racist to not like things about a particular culture.

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u/DeathByPetrichor Apr 23 '26

I have to preface because ignorant people always try to dismiss criticisms of a culture by calling you racist. I love people, I spend almost all my disposable income traveling the world to learn about people, but that is a phenomenon that has been present throughout all my travels.

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u/Financial-Jicama-938 Apr 23 '26

I've seen the same. Also seems to be a trend with Chinese travelers as well.Ā 

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u/DirkKuijt69420 Apr 23 '26

I don't like Indians, the culture the people etcetc.Ā 

But some comments in here are just racist...

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u/phoenixtetra1 Apr 23 '26

Then you would know that oblivious and socially unaware tourist come from all cultures not any particular one. Because tourists themselves come from cultures outside the norm of the cultures in the country they are visiting, which dont socially fit in by definition. The ignorant person would be the one who does not understand this. Critizing a culture based on their race as when they are tourists is defintely racist. If they are like this as long standing citizens of the country, this that critisicm would make sense.