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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]19th century colonization practices were very different than those of the Roman era.  They also, to be clear, varied amongst themselves.  To disregard the impact such recent practices had is foolish in my opinion.  For instance, the Belgians basically created the Tutsi/Hutu mess in Rwanda and the sheer barely comprehensible brutality of what they did in DROC goes a long way to explaining what is happening today.  Those are just two small examples.  Modern colonization destroyed local institutions, erased history, promoted a culture of wealth extraction (that is mirrored to this day), and incentivized underlying distinctions that increased the internal othering dynamic. [/quote]

Whatever Belgians did to Rwandans two hundred years ago was essentially pleasant tourism compared to what Americans did to Vietnam just 50 years ago.

Yet Vietnam thrives today.

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I teach in a school that has an influx of nepali immigrants (and some refugees) but also a lot of inner city blacks and hispanics.

The nepali kids - who are quite poor - are total joys to teach. So attentive, respectful, focused, and try so hard.

They've seen much worse poverty and suffered extreme natural disaster that the black and hispanic kids in my school have not.

I wonder what the difference is. [/quote]

They're Americans?[/quote]

Last time I checked, black Americans are Americans?[/quote]

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