Asian drivers in Auckland are shocking. Is that racist?
Yes.
That is nonsense. It is more a fact.
If you are claiming that ALL Asian drivers in Auckland are shocking. I would say you're stereotyping and generalising a large demographic of people. If you assess someones ability to drive based on their race, and believe your own demographic is better, then that pretty much falls under (googles) definition of racist.
If you are claiming that SOME Asian drivers in Auckland are shocking, I would agree. However, I think it would be a moot point bringing up Asian drivers in particular, because every demographic has shocking drivers, even us white guys!
If you are claiming that MOST Asian drivers in Auckland are shocking, (How could you possibly know that and claim it to be a fact) I would ask you what proportion of Asian drivers in Auckland have you seen drive as compared to the population of Asian drivers in Auckland. Because until you've seen at least the majority of Asian drivers in Auckland (that's a lot of people, so I'm doubtful) and have some sort of recording of this, and an agreed upon criteria by which what constitutes a 'shocking driver' then you have no basis to consider this a fact. You would be basing this claim on no evidence, other than a stereotype, thus meaning that pretty much falls under (googles) definition of racism.
I never suggested all Asian drivers are shocking, but the poor driving I have seen quite a few were Asian.
I lived and drove cars for 37 years in Auckland so I have seen somewhat more than most. When the influx of Asians arrived in the 80's the biggest complaint was that their standard of driving was poor. Most of those did not sit their tests in NZ.
You can google whatever you want, but I am not racist and I don't care what you think.
"I never suggested all Asian drivers are shocking, but the poor driving I have seen quite a few were Asian."
Great, and I never claimed you did. Could this be confirmation bias, though?
"I have seen somewhat more than most" - How could you possibly know that, even with 37 years in Auckland?
"You can google whatever you want, but I am not racist and I don't care what you think."
1) I used google definitions because I imagine they are the most agreed upon, is there an issue with these definitions?
2) If you don't care what other people think, then why ask whether something is racist or not, if you don't care about an answer someone gives if they disagree with you?
Lets say you personally witnessed an average 2 shocking asian drivers for every single day you've lived in Auckland. That's 27010 shocking asian drivers you've theoretically witnessed. Admittedly, I'm not sure how many of these fall under drivers, but there are 307,233 Asians in Auckland from the last census in 2013. So you've theoretically witnessed under 9% of the Asian population shockingly driving, yet this has led you to claim it a fact that Asian drivers in Auckland are shocking. Is this reasonable to conclude this as a 'more of a' fact?
I'm not saying you hate other demographics etc etc. But let's not call opinions, facts, unless you have sufficient evidence for your opinion to be considered a fact.