Diaspora 2.0 take offense easily
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Diaspora 2.0 take offense easily
I saw this news article, and at first I thought it was going to be about cultural appropriation, etc. Then I thought that they would point out that they were wearing Vietnamese hats, but the writing "Gong Xia Fai Chai" was Chinese, and this was offensive.
Fire department under investigation for racist lunar New Year card
Here is the picture of the card:
Apparently this card "depicts firefighters acting out racist stereotypes." Now, what do you think they are referring to? That all Asians wear those hats?
Nope, somehow this card "plays on Asian stereotypes as bad drivers and being too short."
Umm... how does this card play on that? Is it me, or are those diaspora in America being a little too sensitive to what appears to be a goodhearted attempt to say happy new year? If it were September 16th and they were wearing sombreros and said "Happy Mexican Independence Day!" would there be the same outrage?
Fire department under investigation for racist lunar New Year card
Here is the picture of the card:
Apparently this card "depicts firefighters acting out racist stereotypes." Now, what do you think they are referring to? That all Asians wear those hats?
Nope, somehow this card "plays on Asian stereotypes as bad drivers and being too short."
Umm... how does this card play on that? Is it me, or are those diaspora in America being a little too sensitive to what appears to be a goodhearted attempt to say happy new year? If it were September 16th and they were wearing sombreros and said "Happy Mexican Independence Day!" would there be the same outrage?
I see backpackers in Kampot wearing those hats and they actually sell them around the old market, along with elephant pants.
Both of those are not native to Cambodia. (As far as I know, pants definitely not)
Both of those are not native to Cambodia. (As far as I know, pants definitely not)
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Tons of Americans today are not 2.0, more like 10.0. Political correctness is over-rampant everywhere and being taught all over the country by our leftist "Socially aware" teachers and professors. I don't know how many of you have heard, but the new generation want to be able to decide who and what they are and to be recognized as such by everyone. This includes gender and race so a white man can say he is a black woman, and still be a man and not go black-faced. They also want to be able to go into either gender facilities any time they wish. Life is getting way too strange here.
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Isn’t this the same as snowflake generation?
So their parents are what, in their 50s?
Is their fault!
So their parents are what, in their 50s?
Is their fault!
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It's seems like they are taking offense at being short and bad drivers. Sounds more like their pride has been hurt through insecurity and self reflection than by any racial slur. The local Vietnamese on the expat fora in Vietnam can be a snide bunch. If they know an expat is looking for a difficult to find item, rather than help out, they just post a heart.
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Actually it goes back a couple of generations to the demise of the nuclear family circa early '60's. Once inflation got so bad both parents had to work full time, and sometimes more; many kids were left to raise themselves. We also had the peace and love generation raising children without any rules. This turned into the government, or the rich, owes me everything generation which is getting worse with every year. Now many feel entitled and if they aren't being taken care of feel persecuted. Everyone feel hurt at the slightest thing, most of which wasn't meant to be hurtful in the first place.
They really don't understand that someone had to earn the money they are trying to be given by big government. When I retired from nursing I was making over $100K a year and paying over half of that in one kind of tax or another, Considering I was averaging 72 hours a week for the last 8 years I worked I was an unhappy camper.
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I knew if I didn't someone else would
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How did you manage to read a book a day while working 72 hours a week?
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There's nothing wrong with having both parents working. Both mine did and I wasn't "left to raise myself" - we were always well cared for.Johnsell50 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 12:50 pm
Actually it goes back a couple of generations to the demise of the nuclear family circa early '60's. Once inflation got so bad both parents had to work full time, and sometimes more; many kids were left to raise themselves.
That's a complete misconception too. You've been watching too many movies.We also had the peace and love generation raising children without any rules.
That's a big jump you made there. You have a very strange way of looking at the world. For a start the thread is about Asian diaspora, I don't see too many of those traits in them.This turned into the government, or the rich, owes me everything generation which is getting worse with every year. Now many feel entitled and if they aren't being taken care of feel persecuted. Everyone feel hurt at the slightest thing, most of which wasn't meant to be hurtful in the first place.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
"In Mexican culture the sombrero, 'ponchos,' the music, the dancing, and even the tequila that was first made by the Aztecs have several cultural struggles behind them that a lot of people don’t understand," Melissa Nuno wrote on Medium earlier this year. "It can be offensive to some when people from other cultures try to own it, especially without at least trying to understand what it means to the people of that culture."miguelito wrote: If it were September 16th and they were wearing sombreros and said "Happy Mexican Independence Day!" would there be the same outrage?
https://mashable.com/2017/05/05/cinco-d ... opriation/
Can't be bothered to read all that shite.
The phrase offensive to some caught my eye. That must be a good thing.
The phrase offensive to some caught my eye. That must be a good thing.