Ok so we also just got "the dream in Africa is to have food in your garden. But you know, when it's trampled by elephants regularly, it's not that easy".
(I'm so sorry if anyone's triggered, I'm trying to laugh about it to forget how truly unbelievable it is)
EDIT : He's not intentionnally mean, but he talks like he learned everything about the world from mid-XIXth century books.
"Japanese people are violent so they need green" "Humans are all fascinated by colors and flowers. [2 secs later] Japanese don't like flowers".
I don't know what Japanese people have done to him but God it hurts.
I study cultural heritage. A guy is supposed to teach us about gardens, he chose to do medieval gardens (ok), which rely heavily on symbolism, which he thinks is a great opportunity to teach us "philosophic" point of views about everything and open us on the world... The irony!
How old is this "teacher"? Does he have tenure?
This shit is wild lol. I mean, it's so absurd it's hard to call it offensive... it's like a Looney Tunes cartoon.
Old enough to have grandkids (he mentioned them) and nope he doesn't, he is responsible for the gardens in my city (including a reconstitution of a medieval garden that does look pretty nice in spring) and as such seems very skilled to teach us about gardens, it *could* indeed have been awesome.
I also forgot to mention he taked about color symbolism, said yellow stands for friendship but also betrayal, so that's why we shouldn't trust yellow-skinned people (and as he noticed the Corean guy in front of him, he clarified he meant like people who caught jaundice... how's that better?)
And yes you're right about the Looney Tunes!! x) We don't even hate the guy for that, just laugh about what he said a lot with just a side of remaining concern.
Jaundice!? Lmao.. The unspoken plague of the Vietnam War! The yellows attack in any way possible; including copious amounts of the alcohol! They have begun to infiltrate fraternities on the homeland!
(I'm so sorry if anyone's triggered, I'm trying to laugh about it to forget how truly unbelievable it is)
EDIT : He's not intentionnally mean, but he talks like he learned everything about the world from mid-XIXth century books.
"Japanese people are violent so they need green" "Humans are all fascinated by colors and flowers. [2 secs later] Japanese don't like flowers".
I don't know what Japanese people have done to him but God it hurts.
This shit is wild lol. I mean, it's so absurd it's hard to call it offensive... it's like a Looney Tunes cartoon.
I also forgot to mention he taked about color symbolism, said yellow stands for friendship but also betrayal, so that's why we shouldn't trust yellow-skinned people (and as he noticed the Corean guy in front of him, he clarified he meant like people who caught jaundice... how's that better?)
And yes you're right about the Looney Tunes!! x) We don't even hate the guy for that, just laugh about what he said a lot with just a side of remaining concern.