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Post by jefe on Jul 11, 2009 13:22:06 GMT -5
You live in north america where racism is not tolerated.. its is very much accepted most other countries. Thats why its not as detectable upon first glance.. no one is making a big deal about. I found that in North America, OVERT racism is not tolerated in most places, and people make an effort at least not to APPEAR racist because that is bad for business. But people do find ways to get around it. They will find a way to institute a practice that has a racist outcome yet appears to have nothing to do with racism. It still is not that much different than 45-50 years ago when practices such as voting requirements managed to keep the majority of African-Americans ineligible from voting. In much of Asia, it is considerably more socially acceptable to be overtly racist. In fact, people will justify prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior on racial grounds because it simply is the natural order of things.
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Post by jefe on Jul 11, 2009 15:23:13 GMT -5
^ Just read about the The Valley Swim Club incident involving the The Creative Steps Day Care in HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pennsylvania. They cited overcrowding to explain why they rescinded the contract.
Perfect example of what I was talking about.
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Yingy
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Post by Yingy on Jul 14, 2009 14:35:13 GMT -5
since I have moved to Quebec I have the fact that I am mixed thrown in my face constantly and rudely. I don't know why, I'm still in shock every time it happens here because in the States I rarely ever gotten asked what I was or had someone say ching chong to me. Oddly enough it's only been the Francophones, not a single Anglophone here in the 2 years I have lived here has harassed me about it and it's not like there's no asians or mixed people here there are tons. At this point I am so over it whenever I'm asked what am I just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. Like yesterday I was puerto rican before that I was half jamaican and they believe me, lol at least now I can make annoying question to a laugh for me. I just never defined myself as "EA" so it irks me when people just already make assumptions about me because they think I'm this and that based on whatever ethnicity they think I am.
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Post by Subuatai on Jul 24, 2009 9:31:25 GMT -5
^ Also tell them that you are from an island but it sunk. Works for me. It's always more fun to just entertain yourself with other's ignorance.
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hapachild
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Post by hapachild on Feb 17, 2010 15:06:43 GMT -5
Up until a few years ago, I disregared being EA-I mean, I knew I was EA, but I never really thought about it much. It's not like I'm overly proud of being a halfie, but I do feel a sense of pride for being from two different cultures. I think it's due to trying to surpress it for most of my life and trying not to discuss it with others, because I figured that no one would really understand. I had a few EA friends growing up, but I think we were young enough that our conversations weren't that deep (like talking about being EA).
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