To show how pervasive the racist Southerner stereotype is: I was in Hawaii and met a guy from New Zealand. He noticed my accent and asked where I'm from and this happened:

ME: I'm from North Carolina

HIM: Oh really? Cool! Hey, whaddya call a n****r with a new bicycle?

I guess that's his version of Americans saying "g'day mate!"

[–] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What happened next? Was he mocking you or telling a joke that he thought you would enjoy?

What a strange encounter

[–] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

He thought I would enjoy it. It was a crowded spot, so I just stared disppointedly at him and walked away.

[–] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I suspect the NZ bloke was racist and immediately linked all Southern Americans with racism, so felt comfortable opening up.

Ngl as a non-american if I met a dude in a bar and he's was from 'the south' especially Texas or Florida I would be sitting there expecting some kind of anti-'woke', anti-minority, anti-women, anti-brown comment eventually. At least until I had sussed him out for a bit

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Can confirm. I'm a 6'4 big bearded mountain looking fucker in the Bible belt, and people REGULARLY think "he agrees with me about this painfully mundane thing so surely he agrees with me that trans people need to shut up and dress appropriately (or whatever)" They'll often be saying the quiet part to me out loud within 5 minutes of shooting the bull with a total stranger.

[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

such an odd thing to do.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are your cows cute? I would like to pet your cows.

[–] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

All cows are cute