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sharky246
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On November 04 2011 19:54 frodoguy wrote: And it got me thinking, is there actually a country full of minorities where racism (or any other forms of discrimination) doesn't exist? Canada? i have my doubts. America? LOL. Perhaps the imaginary future Earth from Star Trek? | ||
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OmniEulogy
Canada6597 Posts
 Trying to make light of it but it really is kind of sad =/ | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
On November 04 2011 20:17 OmniEulogy wrote: I tried to think about this really hard but I couldn't name a single country. Maybe the Isle of Man? lol It's a real place and I'm sure it has a minority on it... like 1 person. Maybe not. Trying to make light of it but it really is kind of sad =/NOPE lol not even CLOSE. You have Irish, Welsh Scottish and Brits ALL hating each other and people from the isle hating everyone | ||
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Leftwing
Canada229 Posts
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
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jimbob615
Uruguay455 Posts
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Rokusha
United States207 Posts
On November 04 2011 20:17 OmniEulogy wrote: I tried to think about this really hard but I couldn't name a single country. Maybe the Isle of Man? lol It's a real place and I'm sure it has a minority on it... like 1 person. Maybe not. Trying to make light of it but it really is kind of sad =/Puerto Rico is pretty good on non racial discrimination, but I haven't lived there in 11 years so maybe it has changed. Edit: But I think racism exists in some form everywhere no matter what. | ||
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rupert
182 Posts
On November 04 2011 19:54 frodoguy wrote: [...] And it got me thinking, is there actually a country full of minorities where racism (or any other forms of discrimination) doesn't exist? Canada? i have my doubts. America? LOL. [...] You can't single out something as big as a country. There will be racism, yes even in Canada, and it will vary greatly from a city to another one, from a neighborhood to another one. Different origins often means different cultures with different values which more often then not means disagreements, see where I'm going. | ||
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rupert
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REDBLUEGREEN
Germany1904 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Antarctica | ||
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elt
Thailand1092 Posts
Of course, then those people are labelled 'fake asian (banana)', 'traitors' or conversely have 'yellow fever'. (I know I'm massively generalising). I think it has to start at the grass-roots level and with the young, and they've got to be actively encouraged. I don't think that keeping 'homeland' identity and adopting the culture of a new place especially growing up is mutually exclusive, but it's hard to strike a good balance. That said, I don't feel a shred of sympathy for those that travel abroad for University and avoid using the native language of that country as much as possible. That's just asking to be ostracised and creating a bad image for a particular cultural group. [For background I'm Thai, grew up in Malaysia (in an international school) and I'm doing University in Australia] | ||
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
Anyways, basically expect racism as the norm rather than the exception | ||
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koreasilver
9109 Posts
Now I've heard everything. | ||
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koreasilver
9109 Posts
SNORT. | ||
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
On November 05 2011 01:34 koreasilver wrote: LOL you're the guy that made that retarded "this girl isn't a real Korean" blog. SNORT. Ahh that explains everything.. Was getting a really familiar vibe I couldn't put my hand on, esp with the "fake asian" part haha. On topic: From everything I've seen/heard: pretty sure that discrimination /subcategorizing happens everywhere. Might be differences in attitudes though, such as how much people find it offensive or acceptable. | ||
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Thaniri
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At all. | ||
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IMABUNNEH
United Kingdom1062 Posts
On November 04 2011 21:35 Probe1 wrote: NOPE lol not even CLOSE. You have Irish, Welsh Scottish and Brits ALL hating each other and people from the isle hating everyone You are fully aware the Wales and Scotland are a part of Britain right? Britain: Wales, Scotland, England United Kingdom: Wales, Scotland, England, Northern Island Great Britain: All of the above, plus Republic of Ireland. | ||
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koreasilver
9109 Posts
On November 05 2011 02:49 Thaniri wrote: canada. Seriously, there is no racism. At all. This is so false that it isn't even funny. You don't even have to go into a sociological study for this. My own personal experiences alone are enough to attest. If you even read the paper or hear the news you'll know that there are racist activities here and there. There is even a Canada subforum on Stormfront. That being said, Canada is much better than America, Korea, Japan, China, Australia, the UK, France, and many many other countries. Canada is one of the best at this, but there is still a quite noticeable racist undertone here as well. | ||
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JodoYodo
Canada1772 Posts
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