Question

前辈能否帮我翻译一下这邮件？

well, anyone that uses any kind of derogatory word like that
> against ANY race ((like chink (chinese), towelhead (middle east/muslim),
> ****** (blacks), redneck (whites), spick (mexican)) is clearly just immature
> and ignorant to the rest of the world. You should simply ignore these
> people.
>
> I'm not 100% sure how to answer this correctly in case maybe there was in
> fact something you said to accidentally offend her, but this is my
> assumption: she has an ignorant racism against Chinese people, but is being
> forced to do a report for school about China/Chinese culture. Therefore she
> wanted to ask for advice/answers for her school studies, yet doesn't
> actually have any personal interest in the other culture. Alot of arrogant
> highschool/college age people in our country act like this. So, lets say
> they ask "What does this mean in chinese?" and you answer them, they may
> just be like "Ok thanks, now go away, i don't like you, i'm better than
> you." for no real reason.
>
> Again, i'm not sure if this is exactly why it happened, it just makes the
> most sense to me. I wouldn't take any personal offense to it. MANY Americans
> are simply uneducated about the other cultures on our Earth. We were, after
> all, raised to believe "the USA is the greatest country in the world." It
> takes a certain amount of open-mindedness and intelligence to surpass that
> thought pattern and enjoy learning about the rest of the world, too.
谢谢。

Answer 1

任何使用种族侮辱语言的人（例如叫中国人“支那”，中东人“包头”，黑人“黑鬼”，白人“红脖子", 西班牙人“spick”-不知道如何翻译这个词）都明显是不成熟，很幼稚。只要无视他们就好。

我不是很确定怎么回答这个（问题）因为也许你说了一些什么，无意中冒犯了她。不过我是这么假设的： 她是一个很幼稚的种族歧视者，不太喜欢中国人。可能只是学校要求他们做一些关于中国文化的作业，所以她只好问一些问题，得到一些答案，并不是自己真的有兴趣了解别的文化。 在我们这个国家，很多高中生大学生都是这样子。 所以，如果他们问 “在中文里这是什么意思？”然后你回答了他们，他们只是好像“OK，谢谢，你可以走开了。其实我不喜欢你，我觉得我比你强”，即使他并不是真的比你优秀。

我不知道到底繁盛了什么，只是这样解释比较说得通。我也不会带入什么个人情绪。 很多美国人，都没有受过什么关于其他文化的教育。我们从小到大都是被灌输“美国是世界上最好的国家”。所以需要一定的开明和智慧，才会超越这个观念，享受学习其他文化的乐趣。