Someone is winding up!
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Kaffir Lime Leaf Junkie
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From: on the edge of a mountain
Someone is winding up!
You might want to have a look at this tread:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...threadid=73617
Keep cool, as I am sure it is a wind-up.
Now ask me why we sometimes have uncalled for problems of racism?
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...threadid=73617
Keep cool, as I am sure it is a wind-up.
Now ask me why we sometimes have uncalled for problems of racism?
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Asia
This bad ugly world amazes me, always ! Why be so closed to the other cultures of the world.
Honkie or Chinkie or Goilow ,when you plan to live another country enjoy the different things it offers you....................
Honkie or Chinkie or Goilow ,when you plan to live another country enjoy the different things it offers you....................
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From: India
Anyone visiting or planning to remain in Asia to make a living would be well-advised to put aside any racial sensitivities before leaving home.
Whilst civil libertarians in "the West" would go ape$hit over any government forms that require you to state your race, this is the norm throughout many parts of Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan).
In China, for instance, there is a so-called "Interracial Marriages Bureau". Contrary to what its name suggests, this has not been set up to facilitate marriages between races (such as, say, between a groom of Han race and a bride of Uygur race), but to screen/sanction marriages between couples where one partner does not hold a PRC passport and is not considered to be "Chinese".
In Hong Kong, you'll hear the term "gweilo" in virtually any situation where locals talk about you as a Caucasian and think you can't understand what their saying. Their vocabulary and actions targeted towards South Asian (Indians, Pakistanis, Ceylonese) are far less benign.
Any sensitivities are entirely misplaced
Whilst civil libertarians in "the West" would go ape$hit over any government forms that require you to state your race, this is the norm throughout many parts of Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan).
In China, for instance, there is a so-called "Interracial Marriages Bureau". Contrary to what its name suggests, this has not been set up to facilitate marriages between races (such as, say, between a groom of Han race and a bride of Uygur race), but to screen/sanction marriages between couples where one partner does not hold a PRC passport and is not considered to be "Chinese".
In Hong Kong, you'll hear the term "gweilo" in virtually any situation where locals talk about you as a Caucasian and think you can't understand what their saying. Their vocabulary and actions targeted towards South Asian (Indians, Pakistanis, Ceylonese) are far less benign.
Any sensitivities are entirely misplaced
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From: Cloud Cuckoo Land
And bizarrely, there is no law in Hong Kong which covers discrimation on the grounds of race.
In fact I have heard of a case of a western lady claiming discrimination on the basis of gender, but the defendant confirmed that they were actually discrimating on the basis of racial origin, so no case.
Beat that!
In fact I have heard of a case of a western lady claiming discrimination on the basis of gender, but the defendant confirmed that they were actually discrimating on the basis of racial origin, so no case.
Beat that!
