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[quote=Anonymous]I am not condoning anything that was said yesterday on this thread, but I want to throw a bit of context out there. I actually think that this is healthy that we are having this discussion in the US. Because I grew up as a black person in Japan and if you want to see EVERYDAY racism, try being a foreigner in Japan. There are actually everyday useable words that you can use in daily conversation to talk about your disdain for foreigners. I am not excusing, I am just saying, it is better that we can have this discussion that being so self satisfied with our racial superiority that we don't even consider it slightly an issue.

When I was an adult, I then moved to the middle east where Police won't even give a local a ticket. The blame goes to the foreigner. The amazing thing is that the police are foreigners as well. They are predominately Jordanian and they are very nice and professional. But they know that it is simply unacceptable to suggest that a local may have been incorrect. You would never want to potentially embarrass them. Whereas the foreigner will have to pay their fine by the time their visa is up for renewal.

And then I returned to the US and saw that people like to have incredibly long meaningless discussions about a road rage incident that occurs a thousand times a day in the previous two areas I mentioned. But at least here somebody is embarrassed by it.[/quote]

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