No single nation/group/culture has a monopoly on disrespecting other human beings. Unfortunately it is a practice that jumps borders but some of the features are troublingly common.
I've written about this here: http://scn.sap.com/community/about/blog/2012/10/14/cyberbullying-it-isn-t-just-for-kids
Is there Cyberbullying in our backyard? Sometimes it starts very benignly with one set of people poking “fun” at the vernacular or language colloquialisms of another particular group. I’ve been witnessing this over the years even here on SCN. What I also observed is that often, the very people who are being taunted, will make disparaging remarks about themselves or join in poking “fun” of their own vernacular . Studies of cyberbullying show that self-denigrating remarks can be as damaging to self-concept or self-esteem as those posed by others. And in research a correlation has found between cyber-bullying and a lower self-concept, just as there is a proven correlation between traditional bullying and self-esteem.
Despite the innuendos here about priorities and "sensitivities", mine are always to ensure that no one is made to feel ashamed of the culture that they come from.
If that makes me a "fun killer" or a moralist so be it. I don't mind those labels. I prefer them to a lot of others I've been called.