Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "American Embarrassed by The Dumbest Thing an American Has Ever Said To You?" video.

  1. There are ignorant and unconsciously racist people everywhere. For example, possibly the most out of touch and overtly racist statement I ever heard came from a couple of tourists in Far North Queensland about 10 years ago. They were from Melbourne. For those who don't know, Melbourne is down South on the coast near Tasmania. I was in Helenvale, home of the Lion's Den Hotel near Cooktown, up on Cape York. The two places are not only worlds apart in distance (3000km/2000miles) but also in attitudes and population. Anyway, as you do up there in a country pub, you say hello to the tourists. So I sat down and started to have a yarn with this couple. It was all going fine until the woman said to me, "The boongs are really friendly up here..." 'Boong' is a term that was once common among white city folk to describe aboriginals... I was lost for words. All I could do was walk away and sit with my friends again. Just. Blown. Away.
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