Meeting different Races/Ethnicities makes you more racist - Travelling does NOT cure racism

[Relinquish]

There's this famous quote by a well-known Spanish philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno



I can attest to you with my personal experience that travelling and interacting with different races and ethnicities made me much more racist than you can ever imagine. When I was a kid, I, like anyone around my age, thought that hatred against other ethnicities was dumb however as I grew older I realized that some culture are just fucking awful. Some people grew up with an extremely rotten moral compass, like Indians, and that's just the fact of life

 

[WULULULULU]

No amount of travelling will cure stupidity nor disgust.

 

[Spud]

So true king.

 

[Almighty Space Duck]

I find traveling reaffirms my hatred of the jeet. No matter where they are they are a plague upon the land. Similarly, the chinks are among the rudest peoples I ever have the misfortune to meet. Truly a people without manners or consideration for others.

 

[Gremperor]

In the US the most stereotypically racist states are swarmed with blacks and "progressive" shitholes like Portland have very few. "Portland is known for its lack of racial diversity and its lack of African Americans." lol

A lack of racism/anti racism is a luxury belief fueled by ignorance.

 

[Bloitzhole]

Agreed somewhat, but experiencing different cultures did make me appreciate that even among cultures I consider shitty, there's always good people - the individual is not shackled to their origin if they choose not to be.

I have a strong dislike towards Islam, but have met muslims that carry a love of humanity that overcomes religious fences.
India in general and New Delhi in particular is often loud, dirty and unpleasant, and yet I also spent time with a couple who made what, coming into their apt, was akin to an oasis of order in an otherwise chaotic and to me rather inhospitable city.
The US was full of loud, self-absorbed fatso wiggers and niggers, but even in the cities there's plenty of people who value being mindful towards others.


How acceptable certain behaviors that I'd consider incompatible with civilized living are certainly varies by country and culture, but there's decency to be found among some people even in the worst places.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Racism is a defence mechanism. I hate niggers, but I won't immediately treat one like shit just because he is one. I will however keep my bicycle away from him.

 

[Gog & Magog]

I have met too many people to find racism a useful rubrik for life. Even most Indians I've met aren't bad people. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Perhaps I'm a bad person.

A lack of racism/anti racism is a luxury belief fueled by ignorance.

What makes you think American "progressives" aren't racist? They're generally racist people who project their racism onto others to cover up their own insecurities and doubts. Honesty would do them good, but honesty is anethema to such people.

Racism is a defence mechanism. I hate niggers, but I won't immediately treat one like shit just because he is one. I will however keep my bicycle away from him.

Kike on a bike.
Sorry. Intrusive thought.

 

[Sangue e terra]

Having to use public transport at home has made me more open-minded to the idea of genocide of certain races. Using public transport in other nations made me supporting these ideas, since I now know that independently from the enviroment and culture, certain ethnicities/races are not able to behave in a civilization.

 

[Gremperor]

What makes you think American "progressives" aren't racist? They're generally racist people who project their racism onto others to cover up their own insecurities and doubts. Honesty would do them good, but honesty is anethema to such people.

If it wasn't clear I was speaking from a white perspective, I don't consider white progs self hatred or broadly applying positive attributes to non whites the same thing and I don't consider the thoughts or feelings of non whites at all lol.

 

[Tablet County]

I don't know. If a bitter old cynic like Mark Twain could learn to like other cultures I think you might just be racist.

Alternatively, people on paper are always more appealing than they are in practice regardless of where they come from.

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

I realized that some culture are just fucking awful.

Begging the question, which is worse: a black person who adopted White culture, or a White person who adopted black culture?

 

[The Wise Shaman]

I have to agree.

I'm studying at a Hungarian medical university, which also has multiple language courses. The Hungarian and German courses are attended by whites with a few second-generation immigrants here and there (0 gypsies, surprisingly). The English course, on the other hand, is almost completely non-European, with a few Norwegians thrown in the mix. They noticeably perform worse than the Magyars and the Germans in terms of grades.

The university requires us to go on various internships during the summer for 1-3 weeks. I had the misfortune of not only having to spend 2 weeks at a geriatrics clinic (they treat old people there; many of them have to wear diapers), but also having to spend it with 6 non-whites from the English course as the only bilingual person in the clinic. They were so incompetent it's unreal. They struggled to understand basic English; they wouldn't do anything useful unless they were especially told to do something. Once two of them had to check someone's diaper to see whether it needed to be changed or not and couldn't understand that if it had some urine in it, then it was no longer clean and had to be changed. They were standing there and waiting for my instructions as if it wasn't obvious enough.

That 2 weeks was enough to make me way more intolerant towards all kinds of foreigners, even against white non-Hungarians. Now I'm always assuming the worst of them until I'm proven otherwise.

 

[William F. Clinton]

Being forced to interact with dramatically different, incompatible people will always lead to disfunction and resentment. But in moderation, away from home, even your classical racist can appreciate other cultures and races' ways of living.



Smashing people into each other's lanes just makes everyone miserable.

 

[Großmann]

I agree with Miguel de Unamuno’s sentiment, but I wish it had some more clarification, since most take it to mean that merely being a retarded tourist in other countries without interacting with the people will give you insight into anything. You need to actually get involved in the local culture and meet local people to reach Unamuno’s end state of removing negative assumptions about other groups. I think that many people could benefit from doing humanitarian work in different countries or even just going to the poorer parts of your region. Being among those people is different than seeing an infographic from /pol/ or a news story from X.

I do also agree that there are cultures out there that are downright bad and need to change, even if you understand why the people do what they do.

 

[User names must be unique]

It's better known as "familiarity breeds contempt."

 

[Male Idiot]

I have to agree.

I'm studying at a Hungarian medical university, which also has multiple language courses. The Hungarian and German courses are attended by whites with a few second-generation immigrants here and there (0 gypsies, surprisingly). The English course, on the other hand, is almost completely non-European, with a few Norwegians thrown in the mix. They noticeably perform worse than the Magyars and the Germans in terms of grades.

The university requires us to go on various internships during the summer for 1-3 weeks. I had the misfortune of not only having to spend 2 weeks at a geriatrics clinic (they treat old people there; many of them have to wear diapers), but also having to spend it with 6 non-whites from the English course as the only bilingual person in the clinic. They were so incompetent it's unreal. They struggled to understand basic English; they wouldn't do anything useful unless they were especially told to do something. Once two of them had to check someone's diaper to see whether it needed to be changed or not and couldn't understand that if it had some urine in it, then it was no longer clean and had to be changed. They were standing there and waiting for my instructions as if it wasn't obvious enough.

That 2 weeks was enough to make me way more intolerant towards all kinds of foreigners, even against white non-Hungarians. Now I'm always assuming the worst of them until I'm proven otherwise.

Gypsies in an university? That's like a pajeet in a paid hygene training session. Not going to happen.

Gádzsó will not do anything even remotely resembling work. Closest you can get a gypsy to work is a pajeet scam call center.

I don't even need to travel, just playing the India challenge automatically levels my racism.

 

[Brenda Holiday]

Being forced to interact with dramatically different, incompatible people will always lead to disfunction and resentment.

I felt that when I took a trip to a city. What disgusted me most was not being a minority just because I'm white, but being the minority because I'm an english speaker born in the USA. No one was originally from the US and barely anyone spoke english. In my own fucking country, I could barely communicate. Was very happy to get out of that shithole.

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

Indians

the jeet

I am always amused by the fact that even people who don't consider themselves racist will still admit to finding Pajeets objectionable and unpleasant. It's like we all have to draw a line somewhere.

 

[JohnnyG]

travelling and interacting with different races and ethnicities made me much more racist

I realized that some culture are just fucking awful

Not a unique story here, but add me to the list. Grew up as a "live and let live" Lolbertarian, genuinely excited for a post-racial world. Move to a couple of multicult cities, where nothing could exist in public without being stolen or destroyed overnight, and it was impossible to ignore who was making public transit, parks, malls, theatres, and entire neighborhoods unlivable.

Saw "underfunded" schools receive double the funding of the rest of the country while failing miserably, and every institution favouring those we were told were oppressed.

In the US the most stereotypically racist states are swarmed with blacks and "progressive" shitholes like Portland have very few

Vermont, Minnesota, Maine, Sweden...99% homogeneous societies who had no reason not to believe everyone could create societies as functional and high-trust as theirs. And so they welcomed some of the most dysfunctional people possible into what were some of the safest places on earth.

I am always amused by the fact that even people who don't consider themselves racist will still admit to finding Pajeets objectionable and unpleasant.

I'd say it's more like the Founding Fathers encouraging "religious tolerance" and assuming everyone knew it meant among compatible societies: ie freedom to be a pious Congregationalist, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, or perhaps even a Catholic.

Nobody needed to say that atheists and moslems were not permitted to hold any kind of authority, because no one imagined even inviting such foreign, incompatible people into their nation.