很多民族在人們腦海里都存在一些固定形象，有些是赤裸裸的種族主義，有些則被視為無(wú)傷大雅的玩笑。比如，中國(guó)人都會(huì)功夫，法國(guó)人都浪漫，英國(guó)人都紳士，德國(guó)人都嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。但是對(duì)于很多人來(lái)說(shuō)，可能這并非事實(shí)。因?yàn)樾詣e、種族、文化等方面的差異，我們?cè)跐撘颇芯托纬闪四承┢?jiàn)而不自知。近日，一家韓國(guó)餐廳的菜單就因此惹上了麻煩。該餐廳的菜單有辣度排名，其中最不辣的食物標(biāo)示為“白色食物”。許多網(wǎng)友表示，這是對(duì)白人抱有的偏見(jiàn)。不過(guò)也有網(wǎng)友認(rèn)為，這是文化差異造成的，與種族無(wú)關(guān)。

There are stereotypes about almost every nationality and race, some of which are blatantly racist while others could just be seen as harmless fun.
人們對(duì)所有民族和種族都存在固有印象，有些是赤裸裸的種族主義，有些則被視為無(wú)傷大雅的玩笑。

And one of the most well-known is the old saying that white people can't handle spicy food.
這些偏見(jiàn)中最出名的一句俗語(yǔ)是：白人不能吃辣。

It may not actually be true for many people, but one unidentified Korean restaurant in Toronto appears to be perpetuating that stereotype in one viral image being shared online.
對(duì)于很多人來(lái)說(shuō)，可能這并不是事實(shí)，但從網(wǎng)絡(luò)上瘋傳的一張照片來(lái)看，多倫多一家名字不詳?shù)捻n餐廳的照片似乎要將這種偏見(jiàn)延續(xù)下去。

The eatery's menu has a spiciness ranking, where the least spicy rating of food is labelled 'white'.
該餐廳的菜單有辣度排名，其中最不辣的食物標(biāo)示為“白色食物”。

The picture by user peternok, which has been upvoted more than 7,700 times on Reddit, has sparked a debate online about whether or not the sign is racist - and if it's acceptable to collectively stereotype white people.
照片是網(wǎng)友peternok拍攝的，紅迪網(wǎng)上的點(diǎn)贊已經(jīng)超過(guò)7700。該照片在網(wǎng)上引發(fā)了激烈討論，人們爭(zhēng)論菜單是否存在種族主義以及這種對(duì)所有白人抱有的偏見(jiàn)是否可以接受。

Many people who say they are white found the menu 'funny,' while others said it is just fuelling an unfair and untrue generalisation.
許多自稱(chēng)白人的網(wǎng)友表示，他們覺(jué)得這份菜單很“搞笑”，但也有人認(rèn)為這將為不公平不真實(shí)的以偏概全推波助瀾。

我是白人，而不認(rèn)為這很無(wú)禮，我覺(jué)得這事兒很逗。

But is all as it appears?
但事情就是如此嗎？

Several people put forward a very reasonable explanation for why the least spicy rating is labelled as 'white' at the restaurant. They say the label is to do with the colour of a typical Korean broth.
一些人對(duì)這間餐廳將最不辣的食物標(biāo)為“白色食物”提出了一個(gè)非常合理的解釋。他們認(rèn)為這樣的標(biāo)注和韓國(guó)傳統(tǒng)湯羹的顏色有關(guān)。

Korean broths are typically flavoured with 'red' spice - so if a customer asks for no spice at all, the colour of the soup will be white.
韓國(guó)湯羹一般都加入了紅色的辛料，如果客人要求完全不加辛料，那么湯的顏色就是白色的。

Several people claiming to be Korean speakers also said there are two different words for the colour white and 'white people'. The Korean word for the colour white is what is written on the menu, they said.
一些自稱(chēng)韓國(guó)人的網(wǎng)友也表示，白色和“白人”是兩個(gè)單詞。菜單上寫(xiě)的單詞在韓語(yǔ)中是白色的意思。

韓文中的正確翻譯是白色，而不是白種人，這是兩個(gè)不同的詞。在韓國(guó)文化中，白色與純凈有關(guān)，在這里的意思就是“沒(méi)有任何或者只有一點(diǎn)辛料”。

But it didn't stop the fierce debate about whether or not the menu is racist on the Reddit thread.
但是這并沒(méi)有終止紅迪網(wǎng)上關(guān)于菜單是否存在種族主義的激烈爭(zhēng)論。

Some argued that the stereotype was true for a lot of people - one man said that his girlfriend once found a dish of his too spicy even though he had only seasoned it with salt and pepper.
有人認(rèn)為對(duì)于許多人來(lái)說(shuō)這種偏見(jiàn)就是事實(shí)——一名男子稱(chēng)自己的女友曾經(jīng)說(shuō)他吃的菜太辣了，盡管他只加了鹽和胡椒來(lái)調(diào)味。

我經(jīng)常聽(tīng)到我的白人朋友抱怨道他們點(diǎn)的菜是“適合白人的辣度”而不是“真的辣”，我一吃辣椒素舌頭就像著火了一樣，所以我對(duì)這個(gè)偏見(jiàn)完全沒(méi)意見(jiàn)。

But others argued that they were 'sick' of jokes about race, with one user arguing that joking about white people lumped Caucasians into one 'amorphous, unified, global entity'.
但也有人認(rèn)為他們“討厭”有關(guān)種族的玩笑，一位用戶(hù)稱(chēng)，對(duì)白人開(kāi)的玩笑將高加索人歸為一個(gè)“散漫的、一元的、全球化的群體”。

Several people said that other Asian restaurants have served them non-spicy dishes even when they asked for it to be hot because they were white.
有人稱(chēng)，因?yàn)樗麄兪前兹耍约幢阕约阂蟪岳保行﹣喼薏蛷d還是會(huì)提供不辣的菜肴。

But others, who said they had white skin, did not find the menu offensive.
但也有自稱(chēng)白人的人表示他們沒(méi)有覺(jué)得這份菜單無(wú)禮。

One user, linatrinch, who said she was white, argued that white people need to 'collectively chill' about so-called 'racist' jokes.
自稱(chēng)是白種人的網(wǎng)友linatrinch認(rèn)為，白人需要對(duì)所謂的“種族主義”玩笑“集體冷靜一下”。

'It's obviously a stereotype just like any other but nothing to get mad about,' she said.
她說(shuō)，“這明顯是一個(gè)偏見(jiàn)，和其他的沒(méi)有區(qū)別，但是這沒(méi)什么可生氣的。”

英文來(lái)源：每日郵報(bào)
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