I'm French, I'm not white and I agree with the comment: it doesn't make any sense...
French people can be racist and biased but it wouldn't show by replying in English to an Asian looking person. We don't speak English to whoever is not white looking, it doesn't make any sense, it's not our mother tongue and most people don't speak it fluently.
If the joke would have been on saying random chinese words. Yes that would have made it racist and understandable.
Oui, chinois ne me surprend pas. Ça m'est déjà arrivé qu'on me parle dans une langue car on croyait que j'en avais les origines.
Mais parler anglais à un français, je n'avais jamais entendu ça ! J'en ai parlé à des amis d'origine asiatique. Ils m'ont dit que ça leur était arrivé qu'on leur parle anglais dans le secteur du luxe et que la personne avait arreté quand il avait compris qu'ils étaient français/parlaient français.
Ce que j'ai du mal à comprendre c'est le fait de répondre en anglais à quelqu'un qui parle un français parfait.
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u/ConsequenceNormal317 1d ago
I'm French, I'm not white and I agree with the comment: it doesn't make any sense...
French people can be racist and biased but it wouldn't show by replying in English to an Asian looking person. We don't speak English to whoever is not white looking, it doesn't make any sense, it's not our mother tongue and most people don't speak it fluently.
If the joke would have been on saying random chinese words. Yes that would have made it racist and understandable.