The problem lies in wanting to change (socially engineer) societies in order to reflect political values. It doesn’t work and you can see the disaster across the western world in which laws have sought to replace and enforce individual preference. The west lives in a fantasy bubble of assumed equality, diversity and equal opportunities, whilst all around are black ghettos, black mass unemployment and (black U.S./Muslim UK and European), civil unrest. The Asians simply tell you to your face, minus the pretence.
Figures for 2014 showed that unemployment rates for white Americans was 5.4%. For black Americans, it was 11.5%.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/arc ... gh/372667/
In the UK, "You have more than 20,000 state schools and less than 500 heads from ethnic minority groups."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/educa ... 31969.html
Has affirmative action/reverse discrimination worked? Will ethnic minority inclusion make for improved educational standards? The west is equally as racist as Asia, it just pretends it isn’t. No country in the world has ever been equal or diverse and those that have tried it eventually and invariably produce a genocidal disaster.
Accept racial profiling, stereotyping and discrimination in Asia, because it’s something that won’t go away – it’s only western politicians that will tell you they’ve created a perfect society and they get paid to tell you that.
The fallacy of western equality and anti-racism
Moderator: Joe
Re: The fallacy of western equality and anti-racism
I started this thread as advice for those who want to work abroad but only on condition that others accept their western political ideology.
If you come at working abroad from a western moral relative point of view, you will find the world a very small place. Perhaps you don’t like communism, or atheism, or racism, or . . . every time you become subjective the world shrinks a little more regarding opportunities. Being an idealist is fine, but Michael Moore, Common Core and trying to export a western cultural revolution won’t pay your salary.
a) If you’re not gay, why do you support gay marriage? OK, you’ve got it. Is the world equal now?
b) How many ‘friends’ from Somalia have you got?
c) When you hear of terrorism on the news, do you suspect it might be from a group of Buddhist monks?
Who do you dislike the most? Bankers, the elite and big business are popular and current favourites, but surely that’s being discriminatory? Carry this on and sooner or later we’ll come across a group you dislike, or feel uncomfortable around.
You can’t force cultural preference or acceptance onto others and especially other countries – it doesn’t even work in the west. Just as an aside, the civil unrest is largely widespread across the west with its mass immigration, multi-culturalism and diversity. As regards personal safety, I have always felt safer walking alone in downtown Bangkok or on the streets of Beijing than I ever have walking the streets of any western capital I’ve visited. Ideology is not a good v evil comparison, it’s a preference of others and accepting, though not necessarily agreeing with others is what cultural acceptance is all about.
The Chinese will welcome you as a guest into their country, but won’t try to make you into a communist. The Thai’s won’t insist you eat with chopsticks, but will insist that you refrain from adverse comments about their monarchy and Asians prefer white naïve English speakers. If you insist that cultures must reflect western ideology, then it might be better and safer to stay at home. :)
If you come at working abroad from a western moral relative point of view, you will find the world a very small place. Perhaps you don’t like communism, or atheism, or racism, or . . . every time you become subjective the world shrinks a little more regarding opportunities. Being an idealist is fine, but Michael Moore, Common Core and trying to export a western cultural revolution won’t pay your salary.
a) If you’re not gay, why do you support gay marriage? OK, you’ve got it. Is the world equal now?
b) How many ‘friends’ from Somalia have you got?
c) When you hear of terrorism on the news, do you suspect it might be from a group of Buddhist monks?
Who do you dislike the most? Bankers, the elite and big business are popular and current favourites, but surely that’s being discriminatory? Carry this on and sooner or later we’ll come across a group you dislike, or feel uncomfortable around.
You can’t force cultural preference or acceptance onto others and especially other countries – it doesn’t even work in the west. Just as an aside, the civil unrest is largely widespread across the west with its mass immigration, multi-culturalism and diversity. As regards personal safety, I have always felt safer walking alone in downtown Bangkok or on the streets of Beijing than I ever have walking the streets of any western capital I’ve visited. Ideology is not a good v evil comparison, it’s a preference of others and accepting, though not necessarily agreeing with others is what cultural acceptance is all about.
The Chinese will welcome you as a guest into their country, but won’t try to make you into a communist. The Thai’s won’t insist you eat with chopsticks, but will insist that you refrain from adverse comments about their monarchy and Asians prefer white naïve English speakers. If you insist that cultures must reflect western ideology, then it might be better and safer to stay at home. :)
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