Be careful about that. Saw a video where a white women started yelling, "Too close!, too close!" when a black man sat next to her on a crowded train. Think she just thought he sat down too close to her but the man thought she was saying it because she was a racist. So he punched her in the face and beat her. Scary. |
This has not been my experience. Most people think NAs have basically died off and the only remaining NAs are white people who are 1/18th Cherokee to take advantage of Affirmative Action. Seriously. This is the overwhelming belief on the East Coast. |
Because white people are visible, NA not so much. They further exploit the people who their ancestors already did a good job at exploiting. |
That is where you are wrong. There is something sacred in having a background, an identity. Similar to when people who are not from one place, claim they are from one place, in the name of homogeny. Bullshit. People are different, as they should be. It is supposed to be a good thing. If people are so judgmental that it is not a good thing to be different, that is their problem (and eventually their own demise). |
Who does this? |
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Culture is created by people. What is sacred about it? It is an evolving thing -- and thank goodness for that. I would hate to live with some of the societal mores of just a generation or two ago. We are coming together as a people and being influenced by each other, like it or not. Worshiping the past is useless and only means you feel less important than people who no longer exist. |
I looked at the front of the paper today. I have zero worry that society will become "too sensitive" in the next 1000 years. |
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Who is worshipping the past? Why is it one extreme or the other? Why are you such an alarmist? Afraid of not meeting society's rather crass and ill informed definition of "not fitting in", I see. You need to care much, much less about what others think of you; especially in this very shallow geographical area. You seem like you moved from one shallow area to the next, that would deplete anyone's soul! |
We're past that point. |
What? |
I'm the OP of that thread and that was very different. The doctors kept pointing out that she was overweight/obese even though she was presenting with a different issue (totally unrelated). Also, at the same time she had lost substantial weight. |
It will be like Star Trek, where everyone on a planet shares one big culture. |
I grew up here. That may be soul-depleting but it is hardly the point. My culture is American culture, which absorbs cultures from all over the world. The rest of the world is doing this too. Our cultures will be less defined and more alike soon -- and not soon enough IMO. |