Nialler said:
Thats round about the day i sent him a P.M. asking him to explain himself and if he is using any other user names.
He's not got back to me so maybe he's got the message and gone annoying somebody else.
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Thats round about the day i sent him a P.M. asking him to explain himself and if he is using any other user names.
He's not got back to me so maybe he's got the message and gone annoying somebody else.
RUnited said:
I beg to differ a little with regards to Thailand.. it seems some of the girls in the bars dont like black people. I was told that by some girls from up North. Apparently because people from the rural north are darker, they are also poorer so...
they seem to think if you have white skin you are a nicer person (with more money)
Its probably different in Bangkok though with it being a multi-cultural capital
Melvinyeo said:
I'm sure that people of different cultural backgrounds get along and that there is far less of a problem than in many other countrys. I'm just going from what I heard from some of the Singaporean students who were in my class when I worked at a University. They told me that institutional racism (unofficial I presume) gace distinct career advantages to some, particularly when it came to government jobs. I also got the impression that there was far less of a problem than there is is many other Asian nations.
pjaya said:
My friends father retired last year although my friend suffered a hell of a lot of abuse and discrimination in KL when growing up as she looks Indian and also has a British mother (of course this could happen in the UK, Australia or wherever as well). I'm sure that things have got better as Malaysia has become more integrated with the rest of the world.
I wasn't having a go at the country's I listed particularly rather than pointing out that people who come from plaves where racism is either more prevalent or more acceptable or less regulated often don't feel the same constraints in the use of racially based language.
RUnited said:
I have only been to Thailand for 2 weeks on a beach holiday (not my preferred way of experiencing a country) but I was amazed at how friendly and helpful everyone one was (even those not trying to sell me something
). I neither saw any evidence of entrenched racism nor have I heard of endemic racism from Thai students that I taught.golden_blunder said:
that's a new one! i've truly never heard about that before..
Wibble said:I have only been to Thailand for 2 weeks on a beach holiday (not my preferred way of experiencing a country) but I was amazed at how friendly and helpful everyone one was (even those not trying to sell me something
i got abused a lot when i was younger.. and same with my other indian friends.. name calling used to be their things.. things improved a lot by the time i got to college.. people just seemed more educated about race.
But your experience in Thailand sounds just about right. They are definitely the friendliest people in the World. not saying that crime rate is low.. but definitely lower than many other asian countries.
Wibble said:
There are Malay and Indian people in the Goverment i.e Yacob Ibrahim.And the last racial riot was in 1964 I think,so are you 50 or something
Melvinyeo said:There are Malay and Indian people in the Goverment i.e Yacob Ibrahim.And the last racial riot was in 1964 I think,so are you 50 or something
A great deal closer to 50 than I would like I'm afraid.
Wibble said:A great deal closer to 50 than I would like I'm afraid.
thought you are in your 30's pjaya said:
I am until February
Wibble said:I am until February
not to worry a couple of years time I will join you!
Still young, you guys, dont worry about it, at least with age comes a certain maturity, the guy who prompted this thread is only 19 which probably explains a lot, maybe the shock of being confronted on the matter will make him grow up a bitpjaya said:not to worry a couple of years time I will join you!