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Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by pseut on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @03:24PM (#5670155)
FWIW "invading parasites" is a phrase that one should avoid in American English if he or she wants to avoid sounding racist. Many people will read "too much" into it whether intended or not, so it's best to avoid it.
Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by shiftpgdn on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @04:00PM (#5670377)
I think you might be a little too sensitive and in all probability I imagine you get offended by the word "dongles" as well. I would recommend descending from your ivory towers for a dose of the real world every now and then lest you lose touch with things that are actually offensive.
Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by walshemj on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @05:45PM (#5671038)
Realy with food trucks often serving ethnic food and run/staffed by ethnics.

Its just like you likened Indian/Chinese restaurants to "parasites invading"

Yes the term is racist in this case

Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by joonix on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @04:12PM (#5670469)
Uh... no. I have never see this connoted as racist. You don't get to dictate what phrases the public can't use.
Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by erikpukinskis on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @09:33PM (#5671963)
Huh? No one is stopping you from saying whatever you want. OP is just offering information about what might come across as racist.
Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by epochwolf on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @04:36PM (#5670603)
The only person "reading too much into it" is you.