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Originally Posted by Acajack
I get your point guys but the FB reactions are a bit disingeneous. Obviously they meant a Chinese speaking person.
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Actually, the vast majority of Chinese people conflate the ability to speak Chinese with being ethnically Chinese, and would hardly expect there to be a pool of non-Chinese people who speak Chinese well enough to serve Chinese-speaking customers, so I don't think that is true at all.
What I think is odd is that the sign is in English. Maybe because it's a large sign next to the roadway? I see "Help Wanted" signs written in Chinese at restaurants in Waterloo and Toronto all the time. It's a very effective way of making sure that you only get Chinese employees.
I'm not sure your complaint really holds water, though, d_jeffrey. Setting aside the fact that we all know that by "Chinese-speaking person," if that is descriptor to be used, they actually just mean Chinese person (for cultural as well as linguistic reasons), I think you could argue that many jobs require particular skill sets that put them out of reach of people. Is the principle behind "we need someone who can chop onions fast" really all that different from "we need someone who can speak Chinese"?