Being black in Thailand

[NorthernRyland]

5 minutes ago, proton said:

That nonsense will be stopping, there are only Americans and one national anthem

The black national anthem was an astounding misstep.  They're opening dividing the country along racial lines in the most public way possible. This will alienate all races and grow racial consciousness amongst white Americans which will undo the entire American project in its current form.

 

They did the exact opposite of what Theodore Roosevelt said but on steroids. So now we're all hyphenated-Americans and the original founding stock is color coded white-American plus we have two national anthems. Brilliant plan for running the "united states" I'm sure it's going to end well.

 

[Mike_Hunt]

21 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

 

I have worked with a range of nationalities. The only ethnic group I have an antipathy towards is Arabs, based on my personal experiences with them.

 

I work for an MSP and have to deal with customers in the Middle East. Arabs are the worst people on the planet. They have a false politeness yet will stab you in the back at a moment's notice.  They have a superiority complex, yet they try to push their lack of technical chops on us. Joining a conference call with Arabs is a trip. They shout at each other the entire time and never solve the problem. They are lazy people and lazy thinkers.

[NorthernRyland]

7 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

I know a Thai woman who only dates black men. 

Are there enough black men to date these days? I went from never seeing them to seeing them maybe a few times a year (around Chiang Mai at least). In the distinct minority for sure.

[Mike_Hunt]

Just now, NorthernRyland said:

Are there enough black men to date these days? I went from never seeing them to seeing them maybe a few times a year (around Chiang Mai at least). In the distinct minority for sure.

There are plenty of black men for her.   She finds them on Thiafriendly.   

[proton]

16 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

 

I know a Thai woman who only dates black men. 

 

Is she fat, and or ugly? 😄

[NorthernRyland]

5 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

There are plenty of black men for her.   She finds them on Thiafriendly.   

Interesting. I've seen the "passport bro" stuff so they must be hitting the dating circuit too. Besides her I wonder how they're doing.

[NorthernRyland]

11 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

I work for an MSP and have to deal with customers in the Middle East. Arabs are the worst people on the planet.

My only experience with Arabs besides passing through the airport once was at a Jordanian restaurant  in Bangkok. Totally vile how they ate rice with their hands and stroked their beards to clean the food debris. An interesting experience and I liked the food but not getting good vibes from them.

[Evil Penevil]

58 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

The problems in Africa are rooted in European imperialism.

 

When Muhammad Ali returned to the U.S. after the "Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman in the Congo in 1974, a reporter supposedly asked him what he thought of Africa.  Ali is said to have answered, ""Thank God my granddaddy got on that boat!"  That's probably a misquote based on something George Foreman's manager said:  "Thank God our grandpappies caught that boat!"

 

The quote in one form or another is used to illustrate the fact that African-Americans prefer to live in the U.S., even though some consider it a racist society.

Source: https://quotepark.com/quotes/1761571-dinesh-dsouza-better-off-the-point-is-illustrated-by-the-great/

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, NorthernRyland said:

I recall some racial insensitive commercials in Thailand. Imagine if you saw this right after the evening news filled with mixed white-Thai people and women smothered with whitening creams.

 

 

How do you feel this video is "racial insensitive"?

[connda]

The world seems to be full of victims.  My suggestion?

1. Don't be one.
2. Ignore those who are.

[freedomnow]

2 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

What? Everyone was dating a Thai. As long as I've been in Thailand there has been interracial dating with Farangs and this was the norm. Much of the topics about Thailand are regarding these relationships and they dominate the experience of living in Thailand.

 

This is Thai-Farang though. How it works with Africans is another question and still uncharted territory for the most part.

 

Actually though, my wife has a cousin that married a black mail man from Las Vegas and they've lived together for years in America. She made a point of telling me he was black even as it was unusual. Otherwise I've perhaps never seen a Thai-black couple in real life although I know they exist.

You can be seen as a sex tourist /expoliting a younger Thai female if age gap is visible...if you enter the backpacker bubbles around Thailand...an older guy married to a Thai said much the same..he avoided any shor term tourist bubbles such as weekend market walking streets...

I have felt much the same going in these bubbles in my time in Thailand so just avoided short-term tourist/backpacker bubbles...it's a cliche thing ...my g/f was in uni though I was under 40 at time but not in my early 20s...