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gregmgnz
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 Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 4:55 am Post subject: reverse racism is a double negative it is in |
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itself a racist remart suggesting that racism comes mainly from one source!  |
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wood
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[quote="Polina"]
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Taiwanese are renowned for their racism.
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Maybe so, but for most whities here it isn't something worth worrying about.
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| As to racism on the MRT. Here's one little anecdote of many I have to share. I was sitting on the MRT with my Taiwanese boyfriend. He took one single drink out of his bottle as it had been a long train trip and he was thirsty, and only drinking water, which doesn't dirty anything. Then he replaced the cap. A stocky fat ugly wrinkled old *beep* sitting opposite us points violently in his direction and tells him in an aggressive manner not to drink on the MRT - as if it were his train. I stand up to the *beep*, being tougher and more assertive than my passive Asian boyfriend. The *beep* then proceeds to physically threaten me (like a reflex reaction to a female who asserts herself) and stomps off to tell an attendant on the train. He comes back with the MRT attendant - actually the attendant was very nice - and has to do a verbal U-turn as he doesn't get any official support. My boyfriend talks to him and it turns out the *beep* had assumed he was a foreigner too because he was sitting next to me - I am Caucasian. He asks my boyfriend why he's going out with a horrible foreign woman etc. So it turns out he only got unpleasant in the first place because he saw two foreigners in front of him - AND he physically threatened a woman for standing up to him verbally. I am sure that if I had been alone I would've been assaulted - he was physically out of control. Nice work, Tai man. |
Over-reaction. Rules are rules. The rules don't stipulate for water, do they?
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| So there is rife racism that would never be tolerated in the West, but there are also civil people here. |
Which part of the 'west' are you talking about. Far worse goes on. The guy didn't physically assault either of you. Seems like you're a little too concerned about your own perceptions and not very tolerant of the perceptions of others.
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| To the die-hard politically correcters - pull your heads out of your arses - afterall it won't smell any different while you're in Taiwan. |
Not sure what you mean by this. This isn't the 'west' so why do you expect to be treated the same as you would be there? I know, it's your first time living as a minority and it's hard to adjust. My only advice would be to get used to it. |
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