This is not about whether to buy Chinese products.....

[wyliec]

so I did not post it on that thread.

I'm a little more concerned with attacks on Asians in the U.S. based on their looks, than whether to buy Chinese products. Some, may say that there aren't that many attacks, so it is not a big concern. My concern is that people don't differentiate between the Chinese government, and the Chinese people living in the U.S. In fact they have no idea if a person in the U.S. is Chinese, or that that person has been living here a lot longer than they have. I now go with my gf when she goes shopping; she is Asian and Korean, but there are some that just look at their features and make judgments. Okay, that's my soap box, built here in the U.S.

 

[MONK]

My sister is Korean (born in Seoul, adopted when she was about 6 months old). She gets crap quite a bit these days. At first, she was telling people she wasn't Chinese but Korean. Now she just ignores them and walks away.

If you have to blame someone, blame the right people. It's not the Chinese people. It might not even be the Chinese gov't. It sure as heck isn't anyone living in the US.

 

[troop]

My small city of 12K population has two really good Chinese restaurants in town. Both remained open for carry out when the crap hit the fan. They have since closed. Carry out business appears to be thriving, so I think their are other underlying things happening, with harassment likely being one of them. Sad

 

[ARtraveler]

Stereotyping people because of their looks to determine country of origin or time in a particular country are exercises in futility. Sadly, it is done all the time.

 

[h0gr1der]

I will say this about it. You've read me rant about Chinese products, and in the same breath say the Chinese people are OK. Let me clarify that a little farther. The Communist Chinese regime is evil, as all Communists are (Socialists too). They do not have good intentions for us as a free people. Every time you buy products from China, you are putting money into the Communist industrial/military complex. Which funds all of the bad things they want to do in the world. The Chinese people are culturally different than us, but oppressed. It's really not their fault as they have no voice in the matter and haven't revolted yet. I've worked with many different cultures through the years, and for the most part it seems that basically everyone's the same, with the same goals. Religion, family, home. Few outliers there. Judge a person by their actions, not their looks.

 

[UtahPete]

so I did not post it on that thread.

I'm a little more concerned with attacks on Asians in the U.S. based on their looks, than whether to buy Chinese products. Some, may say that there aren't that many attacks, so it is not a big concern. My concern is that people don't differentiate between the Chinese government, and the Chinese people living in the U.S. In fact they have no idea if a person in the U.S. is Chinese, or that that person has been living here a lot longer than they have. I now go with my gf when she goes shopping; she is Asian and Korean, but there are some that just look at their features and make judgments. Okay, that's my soap box, built here in the U.S.

Bigotry has no place in a free society. Unfortunately almost 1/2 of our society is dangerously bigoted, in my opinion. I'm sorry your girlfriend has to endure that senseless hatred. Very sorry. Despicable people.

 

[troop]

The general population China, North Korea, Iran, etc have no idea of things happening in the real world. Only know the propaganda being fed to them by their "supreme leaders". Unfortunately, revolt would lead to mass casualties..

 

[UtahPete]

The general population China, North Korea, Iran, etc have no idea of things happening in the real world. Only know the propaganda being fed to them by their "supreme leaders". Unfortunately, revolt would lead to mass casualties..

Pretty much the same here, I think, without a free and respected press.

 

[Chasinsparks]

My wife is also Korean her and her two sisters were adopted by a white couple at an early age. She knows more about our country then I do and is probably more passionate about our country then a lot of natural born citizens. We have not had any issues nor have her two sisters. We do live in a very diverse area though in between Baltimore and DC. It is truly ashamed at the ignorant hatred that humans can place upon on another solely based on the color of one's skin or looks.

 

[UtahPete]

The general population China, North Korea, Iran, etc have no idea of things happening in the real world. Only know the propaganda being fed to them by their "supreme leaders". Unfortunately, revolt would lead to mass casualties..

I don't think that is true of the educated Chinese. Only the peasants. Same as here.

 

[Gwolf]

I don't think that is true of the educated Chinese. Only the peasants. Same as here.

So you think that anybody in this country who has a piece of paper that says they went to college, knows what is really going on here?
Are they educated or only indoctrinated?

 

[ARtraveler]

The smart ones with the piece of paper can tell the difference between education and indoctrination. :yes:

 

[Gwolf]

The smart ones with the piece of paper can tell the difference between education and indoctrination. :yes:

It was a private joke. I worked for a large International Mining Corporation. Previously they promoted some hourly worker from the department to a supervisor position when they needed another one. In the early 90s the word came down from corporate that all new supervisors would have a college degree. That would have been fine if they hired people from mining who had experience and a degree. They didn't do that. It would cost too much. They hired a lot of fresh out of college graduates who had never worked anywhere, because they could hire them cheap. Some of them had degrees in something not even remotely associated with mining. The departments had to put a helper with some of them to keep them from getting hurt just walking around the mining areas. Some of them were put in charge of departments with 30 or 40 employees who had been on the job for 20 to 30 years. They gave orders that had to be followed. More company property was destroyed and more unnecessary shutdowns happened in the next two or three years, due to inexperienced supervisors than all the years before that when blue collar workers were being promoted to supervision. I have seen it and the statement was just funny to me.

 

[UtahPete]

It was a private joke. I worked for a large International Mining Corporation. Previously they promoted some hourly worker from the department to a supervisor position when they needed another one. In the early 90s the word came down from corporate that all new supervisors would have a college degree. That would have been fine if they hired people from mining who had experience and a degree. They didn't do that. It would cost too much. They hired a lot of fresh out of college graduates who had never worked anywhere, because they could hire them cheap. Some of them had degrees in something not even remotely associated with mining. The departments had to put a helper with some of them to keep them from getting hurt just walking around the mining areas. Some of them were put in charge of departments with 30 or 40 employees who had been on the job for 20 to 30 years. They gave orders that had to be followed. More company property was destroyed and more unnecessary shutdowns happened in the next two or three years, due to inexperienced supervisors than all the years before that when blue collar workers were being promoted to supervision. I have seen it and the statement was just funny to me.

Typical viewpoint of the uneducated. They don't know what they don't know.

 

[Trbayth]

The smart ones with the piece of paper can tell the difference between education and indoctrination. :yes:

You don't necessarily need a piece of paper to be smart.

 

[wyliec]

You don't necessarily need a piece of paper to be smart.

That is true, but you are referring to those without the piece of paper and ARtraveler was not.