Being black in Thailand

[anyone]

On 2/23/2025 at 1:10 PM, NorthernRyland said:

Well this suites me just fine frankly. In America it feels like every couple you see in commercial/advertisements is mixed race, black guy and white women. You would think America is at least 50% black. 

It also causes me cognitive dissonance when they show a white family, but there’s a Black person sitting on the couch among them. Where did he come from? Was he adopted or something? Why??? 😹

[Lacessit]

9 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

Well, you got me there.

 

In university in Austin Texas the arab engineering students were most of the ones who wanted to copy homework and cheat on the exams.

Intellectually I know that not all Arabs are alike but direct personal experience cannot help but color our perspective somewhat. To this day I simply avoid them when I can.

Apart from the fact the ones I worked with were bone lazy, they were also delusional.

 

In the aftermath of the Six Day War, Israel captured the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City, and Golan Heights.

 

The guys I was working with were listening to Radio Cairo, and were convinced the Egyptian Army was hammering on the gates of Jerusalem.

 

 

[Mike_Hunt]

On 2/22/2025 at 10:52 AM, NorthernRyland said:

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.

 

 

It seems more and more men are looking outside of the USA for women. 

[JimGant]

On 2/22/2025 at 9:41 PM, Mike_Hunt said:

If it weren't for colonization, every African nation could have become a first-world country

Right. World class architectural structures. Unmatched symphonic orchestras. World renown scientific discoveries. Literature masterpieces. On and on. But, the white man kept them down, and thus unable to develop their fantastic natural ability to contribute to civilization. So sad. But at least the white man prevented them from eating each other.

[JimGant]

On 2/22/2025 at 9:59 PM, Lacessit said:

To me. racism is all about lack of education.

Or, it's about personal experience. Living in Wash DC for many years, I learned what areas of town I should not walk in at night. Or, even in daylight, when to cross the street to avoid a group of hip hop Black teenagers.

[NorthernRyland]

36 minutes ago, JimGant said:

Or, it's about personal experience. Living in Wash DC for many years, I learned what areas of town I should not walk in at night. Or, even in daylight, when to cross the street to avoid a group of hip hop Black teenagers.

Racism is learned in my experience. Notice the people who are most anti-racist are the people who live in homogenous areas. Lacessit even said so much himself, only once he actually experienced Arabs did he turn against them. I'm sure before that he had no problems with Arabs.

 

The only real bigotry I ever experienced was liberal whites against white southerners. It's really appalling actually given they never lived in the south and it was pure prejudice. The white southerns may have had Jim Crow laws etc.. but that was a reaction to actually living with blacks and dealing with them personally. Totally different circumstances.

[NorthernRyland]

1 hour ago, JimGant said:

Or, it's about personal experience. Living in Wash DC for many years, I learned what areas of town I should not walk in at night. Or, even in daylight, when to cross the street to avoid a group of hip hop Black teenagers.

 

I was just watching some real estate video on YouTube and the guy was wondering why corporate investors are moving out of South Atlanta and prices are dropping. South Atlanta from what I understand is the black part of the city but he didn't seem to know how this works or wouldn't dare say so much.

 

It occurs to me the median home price in America is actually an illusion because it includes diverse areas that whites won't live if they afford it. The price of a house in a white area is going to be considerably more, something which I saw firsthand during my time in South Carolina. There's basically a diversity tax on white Americans which they need to pay in order to have safety and order in their community. A lot of the racism probably stems from that.

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Racism is learned in my experience. Notice the people who are most anti-racist are the people who live in homogenous areas. Lacessit even said so much himself, only once he actually experienced Arabs did he turn against them. I'm sure before that he had no problems with Arabs.

 

The only real bigotry I ever experienced was liberal whites against white southerners. It's really appalling actually given they never lived in the south and it was pure prejudice. The white southerns may have had Jim Crow laws etc.. but that was a reaction to actually living with blacks and dealing with them personally. Totally different circumstances.

True. I suppose my experiences with black people have been quite positive, which is why I view them in a favorable light.

 

I used to play golf with a black American guy in Chiang Mai. Martial arts instructor, really nice person.

[NickyLouie]

36 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

 

 

I used to play golf with a black American guy in Chiang Mai.

 

What about the hood ?

Y'all ever been to the hood ?

[GammaGlobulin]

Pass me another slice of that watermelon, please.

 

I read Black Like Me....

 

A Loooooong time ago.

 

By the way:  Who is Malcolm X....?

Every read that one?

Back in the day?

 

We loved to read all that stuff....in the 60s.....

 

[NickyLouie]