I've noticed that Thailand has a society that uses a lot of stereotypes, xenophobia, and/or ethnicism/racism in its culture and this is rather distressing. Not just from Thais to others but among many of the people of Thailand too. Even as Luk Kreung (American though, being born, raised, educated, living, and friends/relationships there), when I'm in Thailand for extended visits to extended family, I usually hope to try to avoid explicitly following the status quo so as to not add reinforce it. But I feel bad that the mere fact that I already have a relatively healthy amount of money for a trip may reinforce something.

Do you think that this will get better one day? Will Thailand be able to solve many of the social problems within its borders?

More importantly, are there steps to improvement or will things not improve and cause Thailand to become a more socially/economically fragmented society?

Edited July 28, 200718 yr by bluegibbon

I can understand your dismay. Although I think you can find versions of these issues everywhere, the acceptance of it as a norm and value is what I find different in Asia. To begin to answer your question for yourself, I would suggest looking at other Asian societies, starting with the most industrialized - Japan.

A couple of years ago, there was a news story in Japan about a Korean nurse who had worked in a Japanese hospital for more than 20 years. She was in line for the promotion as head nurse, but was denied because Japanese hospital officials openly stated that as a Korean she could not hold a post over Japanese workers. That news story is just a couple of years old. Asian societies have always had different cultures and numerous tribes sharing the same land mass (China and SEA), but they will never be multicultural societies.

I can understand your dismay. Although I think you can find versions of these issues everywhere, the acceptance of it as a norm and value is what I find different in Asia. To begin to answer your question for yourself, I would suggest looking at other Asian societies, starting with the most industrialized - Japan.

A couple of years ago, there was a news story in Japan about a Korean nurse who had worked in a Japanese hospital for more than 20 years. She was in line for the promotion as head nurse, but was denied because Japanese hospital officials openly stated that as a Korean she could not hold a post over Japanese workers. That news story is just a couple of years old. Asian societies have always had different cultures and numerous tribes sharing the same land mass (China and SEA), but they will never be multicultural societies.

acouple of years ago thailand was found to be in the top 3 countrys for being racist ,just behind australia