What did you notice the first time you came to the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Really? There are no dark skinned black people in Europe? Asia?
You should get out more.

When I went to a small city in Japan with my red haired son, local people were fascinated and asked to have their photo taken with him. I think it's natural for people to notice when they see someone different from what is typical every day.

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My MIL is from Ecuador and moved here at age 13, in October. She could't believe the kids at school who were telling her that on Oct 31 if she dressed up in a costume and went door-to-door, people would give her candy. She was sure it was a prank the kids were trying to play on her.

And she had never seen snow....

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It's funny...my parents live in central Manhattan where the grocery stores are pretty tiny. Even the shopping carts at "Red Apple" and "Key" and other NYC groceries are small. Whenever they come to visit me in MoCo, they ooh and ahh at Safeway and Giant like Soviet emigres...and they always want to go grocery shopping whenever they are here.

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Anonymous wrote:Really? There are no dark skinned black people in Europe? Asia?
You should get out more.

Not the PP you are quoting but another PP who came from the Soviet Union in the late '80's. There weren't many black people there at all at the time (and I lived in Moscow, most "cosmopolitan" of the Soviet cities). I am actually not sure I saw a black person "in real life" (that is, not on TV) until I came here. It's obviously different there now.

That person was being honest about not seeing dark skinned black people in certain countries. In all of the times I've been to a certain country in South America, I never once saw a black person. All the people there knew of black people was from TV.

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Anonymous wrote:that everything is plastic event tiles in some places, houses are from wood, that nobody cares about the environment, lights are on, heats and air conditioners are on all the time, everybody wears t-shirts in winter inside, that the doctors office are dirty, that afro-american people were very unfriendly towards me, that everyone loves children here (from western europe)

Anything you like about the U.S.? If not, please go home and make room for other people who want to come here.


Signed,
An American who lived in Germany for 9 years and found mostly positive things about it

I was thinking the same thing.

I have always wondered why some people choose to live in the U.S. when all they do is complain about it. I'm a descendent of immigrants (like practically everyone else) and my grandparents have always been grateful for the way the U.S. is.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know where you people are that you regularly see 500 lb people "waddling around in public". I've lived all over the US and can count on one hand the number of super morbidly obese people I have seen in public.

I would love to know what you people think 500 lbs looks like.

If someone is 500 lbs, waddle away, it beats sitting at home.

Any amusement park.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know where you people are that you regularly see 500 lb people "waddling around in public". I've lived all over the US and can count on one hand the number of super morbidly obese people I have seen in public.

I would love to know what you people think 500 lbs looks like.

If someone is 500 lbs, waddle away, it beats sitting at home.

Any amusement park.

Yes, go to Disney World. I could NOT believe how many overweight people of all ages were using the motorized scooters.

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed how sexist the men are, even the 'educated' ones.

Compared to where?? I've been a lot of different places, and can't think of a single place where women have better standing. Maybe Sweden...

YOu're not serious, are you? You do realize that women didnt get the right to vote till quite late (comparatively speaking) here and that they still dont earn an equal amount. ANd that there still hasn't been a woman president.

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Also to add to 17:03, our maternity leave policies and lack of good subsidized child care options are a joke compared to most western european countries. American women are at a deficit when it comes to these matters.

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Anonymous wrote:Really? There are no dark skinned black people in Europe? Asia?
You should get out more.

There are hardly any in some places in the US, too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really? There are no dark skinned black people in Europe? Asia?
You should get out more.

Not the PP you are quoting but another PP who came from the Soviet Union in the late '80's. There weren't many black people there at all at the time (and I lived in Moscow, most "cosmopolitan" of the Soviet cities). I am actually not sure I saw a black person "in real life" (that is, not on TV) until I came here. It's obviously different there now.

That person was being honest about not seeing dark skinned black people in certain countries. In all of the times I've been to a certain country in South America, I never once saw a black person. All the people there knew of black people was from TV.

Actually when I first read that comment I assumed she meant that where she had lived all the black people were light skinned. Is it possible that there are some Caribbean nations that are primarily made up of lighter-skinned black people?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to know where you people are that you regularly see 500 lb people "waddling around in public". I've lived all over the US and can count on one hand the number of super morbidly obese people I have seen in public.

I would love to know what you people think 500 lbs looks like.

If someone is 500 lbs, waddle away, it beats sitting at home.

Any amusement park.

Yes, go to Disney World. I could NOT believe how many overweight people of all ages were using the motorized scooters.

Just hang around the hot tubs on a Carnival Cruise.

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Blech - I'll never go on a cruise now...

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Anonymous wrote:Really? There are no dark skinned black people in Europe? Asia?
You should get out more.

Plenty in Europe. Not in many parts of Asia. Many parts of Asia even a a Caucasian is a rare site. If you don't travel much, and haven't been to those parts of the world, don't make sweeping generalizations. Nobody said there weren't any Europe.

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Anonymous wrote:I clicked submit too soon.
There's also dark skinned black people in the middle east genuis.

Yes, there are. If you look at a map, you'll notice proximity to Africa. If you study history, you'll realize that the slave trade had a huge impact there, too. Emiratis and Omanis are frequently of African descent. But that has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that there are many places in the world where there are no blacks, except perhaps the very rare tourist or business traveler.