It’s not racism. English is an “international” language. It’s difficult to find someone who can speak French, Spanish, German etc. in an Asian country. Very few people can speak more than two languages – their mother tongue and English, and fewer are the people who can converse with a foreigner in English comfortably (Note that I used the word comfortably instead of confidently. A lot of people underestimate their own language skills.) Furthermore, we are talking about a restaurant, not a hotel check-in counter. Their hiring requirements generally don’t include foreign languages as a necessary skill.
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