Reclaiming the American Dream

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Is this racism or mere stupidity

A friend of mine met a white person with his dog. The dog made an attempt on him so he told the dog dog owner that he should restrain his dog because he was afraid of the dog. This dog owner said "I am suprised that you are afraid of this dog. Where you come from you live with lions and tigers. How come you are afraid of this dog". My friend really felt offended and me too. I really find it difficult to understand why people who are in the developed world think like this. I head another story where some one asked whether Africans lived on trees? He responded in the affirmative and said that your high commissioner lives on the biggest tree. Thats where I went for my visa. Another person who was very skillful was told that "I gues you learnt all those skills chasing monkeys"

I really see that there is a lot ignorance among people in the developed world and some comments like this are really very irritating. I still struggle to know whether it is racism or pure stupidity.