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Post by The Eskimo Kid on Oct 2, 2010 19:44:38 GMT -5
I haven't personally encountered anyone who was against my racial background, but there are people who are so hateful on the internet, especially from the forum "Storm front" which is a White Nationalist Forum. I'm sure they'd call me a mongrel or "genocide to the white race" if they knew of my Asian background. Those people worry me, especially because I live in a country where 90% of people have Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes, I stick out like a sore thumb.  How can I stop worrying, and how can I not feel like such an outcast amongst white people?  |
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Post by dannyd on Oct 3, 2010 4:24:30 GMT -5
Stop thinking about it. Truly hateful people are rare in my opinion. What often manifests itself as prejudice is usually lack of understanding or fear of the unknown. Basic fears and insecurities are common across racial and cultural boundaries.
Truly hateful people do exist, the world isn't a perfectly rosy place... but most people have similar insecurities and at the end of the day if you carry yourself with poise and confidence you earn the respect of people. Show chinks in your armour and insecure people will use this as an excuse to prop themselves up.
Stormfront members make me laugh. They can hardly agree amongst themselves what they're meant to hate. Just backward, insecure people looking for a place to 'belong'.
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Post by toyomansi on Oct 3, 2010 7:29:42 GMT -5
Yeah it's true that those who gather together to hate other groups are just insecure about themselves and are looking for a strong identity and belonging to their group. Just be proud of your own heritage and don't let anyone convince you that you are inferior in any way. Did you have any trouble with the people of your country before?
Also, just curious: Are there many others in Iceland who have similar looks as the artist Björk?
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Post by The Eskimo Kid on Oct 3, 2010 10:41:29 GMT -5
Also, just curious: Are there many others in Iceland who have similar looks as the artist Björk? Not really, the majority of people here have Blue Eyes and Blonde Hair, but apparently I look like a male version of Björk, at school I used to be called Björk Jr. because I looked like here son apparently. Did you have any trouble with the people of your country before? No they all think I'm Saami (North European version of a Native American to over generalize) or Greenlandic Inuit. Guess I don't look very Chinese. |
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Post by toyomansi on Oct 3, 2010 13:41:37 GMT -5
lol, so the only person people can compare you with is Björk ^^ Is she mixed?
Yeah, I know about Saamis, since I'm from Norway. I didn't know there are also Saamis in Iceland? I also live with the majority being blue eyed and blonde haired Scandinavians ^^ But I guess Iceland has a lot less colored immigrants compared to here... You haven't met many other Asians/Eurasians there?
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Post by The Eskimo Kid on Oct 3, 2010 15:14:42 GMT -5
I heard she was part Saami or maybe her Ancestors were from Greenland, not sure, she does have a mixed look about her though, I don't mind being compared to Björk, even though she's 44 and a girl, she rocks! ;D I've got the same kind of eyes as her and we both have dark brown hair, so I can see the comparison. I don't mind looking like an Eskimo, makes me feel more native with the rest of the Icelanders. I don't look like the typical Eurasian males like Daniel Henney. I do see some Asians, but only in the tourist areas in the center of Reykjavík. You're from Norway? That's so cool, it's nice to meet other Nordic Eurasians  I'd imagine you'd get more Asians in Norway, due to their immigration policy being more lax and Norway being in Continental Europe.  |
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Post by milkman's baby on Oct 3, 2010 17:10:19 GMT -5
Hey there Eskimo Kid. You're all the way up there in Iceland, eh? I know how it feels to be the outcast in town because of your ethnic looks. I also grew up in mostly white neighborhoods and even though the average person out here will deny any bouts of racism I honestly think being non-white is a disadvantage out here. In some ways it's understandable. Humans are naturally apprehensive about other people and things that look unfamiliar or very different. I'm not gonna lie, there were times growing up when I really wished I was full white so I could blend in and enjoy all the benefits of it. Being half white wasn't important because everyone sees me as full Asian. ted.coe.wayne.edu/ele3600/mcintosh.htmlThis is a famous article written by a white author who lists the privileges of being a white person in America. Among one of the privileges: "I can swear, or dress in second-hand clothes or not answer letters without having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty, or the illiteracy of my race." I can't tell you how many times I specifically acted in a certain manner or held back saying certain thoughts because I was afraid to embarrass my race or embody stereotypes. This is just part of the package of being a minority anywhere, I guess. But honestly, I don't know how much there is to do about it. Unless you find a way to really convince everyone you're just like them, I guess you just have to live with it. |
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Post by palavore on Oct 4, 2010 15:09:35 GMT -5
ted.coe.wayne.edu/ele3600/mcintosh.htmlThis is a famous article written by a white author who lists the privileges of being a white person in America. Among one of the privileges: "I can swear, or dress in second-hand clothes or not answer letters without having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty, or the illiteracy of my race."  They wish that were true. "White" trash isn't all treasure to the other races. Of course, by "people", the allusion is always to the predominately white audience that eats up their theories on the natural complexes of the other races. The real privilege of white Americans is studying the extent their racism while still practicing it. Cognitive dissonance is a religious practice and oh how they do dress for it... |
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Post by milkman's baby on Oct 6, 2010 21:42:25 GMT -5
I get angry when I put an effort into a post replying to someone and they don't reply back.
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Post by The Eskimo Kid on Oct 7, 2010 11:15:34 GMT -5
"I can swear, or dress in second-hand clothes or not answer letters without having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty, or the illiteracy of my race." So if a Eurasian swears, doesn't answer letters wears second hand clothes would that mean we would be classed as illiterate, poor or have bad morals? Or do we get the same "privilege" as full blood white people? Sorry I didn't reply I'm not used to using forums yet  |
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Post by jefe on Oct 11, 2010 12:43:14 GMT -5
I don't look like the typical Eurasian males like Daniel Henney. Funny, but I don't think Daniel Henney looks typical Eurasian male at all, or at least no more than Keanu Reeves or Enrique Iglesias. There are so many types of looks possible, I don't think anything is quintessentially typical. |
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Post by FreckleFoot on Oct 25, 2010 3:16:19 GMT -5
I agree with everyone else: I think people who truly hate those who aren't white are in the minority. Like dannyd, I also find them funny sometimes. Especially when a racist isn't even able to recognise who he/she is racist against. e.g. People who hate Asians shouting slurs at a white Danish person. Or, something I've heard happens in the US, Eurasians being harassed by people who hate Mexicans. As for feeling out of place, if that feeling is due to not having other people around you of the same ethnic background, the only thing to fix that would be to live in a place where they are a high number of Eurasians. Though I think speaking to people here will make you feel better.  I grew up in a place that was quite diverse by UK standards. However, despite there being many black people in school and quite a few South Asians, East Asians were by far the smallest racial group (maybe 3 or 4 people in the entire school). I got the distinct impression our presence presented the others with a competition to see who could degrade and dehumanise us the most. Racial slurs towards East Asians (and occasionally South Asians) were thrown around freely, by white and black people alike. Even teachers joined in poking fun at my foreign surname. A number of times, students' attacks escalated into unprovoked physical violence towards me. While now, most normal adults will not yell racist insults or physically attack me, I do know there are disadvantages of appearing East Asian depending on where I am. However, it hasn't stood in the way of me making friends and finding people I can share something with. I don't know any other Eurasians (apart from my brother), but this message board fills that gap, I suppose! Immediate access to Eurasians all over the world. |
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They wish that were true. "White" trash isn't all treasure to the other races. Of course, by "people", the allusion is always to the predominately white audience that eats up their theories on the natural complexes of the other races.
I grew up in a place that was quite diverse by UK standards. However, despite there being many black people in school and quite a few South Asians, East Asians were by far the smallest racial group (maybe 3 or 4 people in the entire school). I got the distinct impression our presence presented the others with a competition to see who could degrade and dehumanise us the most. Racial slurs towards East Asians (and occasionally South Asians) were thrown around freely, by white and black people alike. Even teachers joined in poking fun at my foreign surname. A number of times, students' attacks escalated into unprovoked physical violence towards me.