Saigon Expat Blogger calls Vietnamese Girls -> Whores
My students and I had a discussion about one American English teacher writing condescending remarks about Vietnamese girls in her private blog. Unfortunately for this blogger, her private postings are making it online here in Vietnam. Nothing is private in Vietnam... The reception to her comments have not been good for obvious reasons:
- "Yet another whore in Vietnam" was her most recent entry in her blog after she met one of her "pretty" students who married an older, balding, Western man
- Vietnam, you pretty little whore - recent post title
- G. and his whores- post title and entry below:
- "You open!" She pointed at the ceiling fan. The fan switch is by the doorway, where I was standing. I immediately felt condescension toward this girl. This Mekong Delta whore. Sad for the wife that G. might have one day. Sad for this girl whose family cares more for money than the dignity of their daughter.
- One of the 6 things she will not miss from Vietnam:
- Whores (and the men who buy them shoes)
- How can C., surrounded by these white loser guys sinking to these sad pathetic depths, who MARRY these manipulative...sorry...WHORES...how could he just throw me out? - Posting after 3rd boyfriend broke up with her since the summer
It looks like this English teacher will be leaving Vietnam very shortly.
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