Question to non-Americans

[Eagle367]

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Pemalite said:

You can be racist, but also have strong ethics.
I wouldn't be surprised if his attitude was simply born out of frustration... Because I would imagine working with people who are unable to speak the same language as yourself would be rather frustrating.

I live in rural Australia right now and honestly, racism isn't something I see very often, or even homophobia... And this is a very conservative safe seat for the liberal party.

I should clarify my statement to not generalize that all rural Australia is racist nor is all rural America. The vibe of the people just reminded me a lot of home, conservative and little redneck. I like my home for the most part, there are good down to earth people but also I was not surprised to find a racist. (Normally they are not as outspoken as this particular individual.)

I also was in Australia at a time when same-sex marriage was legal in the US but not in Australia, though I can't remember any homophobia other me being surprised it hadn't been legalized yet.

Also another side note - I love the fact that Australia uses European backpackers as part of their agricultural labor. Go to almost any farm there and you will find Europeans doing back-breaking labor trying to get their second-year visa.

Pakistanis are very racist as well. And when you say race in Pakistan, it means something completely different as we talk about tribes and sub-tribes and alot of Pakistanis have opinions about different groups of people and they are adamant that all of the people in that group are like that. One weird example is that many Pakistanis think French people are not very clean and use perfumes to hide their stench. I know that's stupid but it's what they think. It's not as prevalent in bigger cities but still there. Another weird one is that all Chinese people eat dogs and donkeys. It's all really stupid.