I don't know if I'm the minority in my city but Hispanics are the vast majority in my school at like 56%. I am of the hwhite vaRieteh and I don't feel like a foreigner, just not as cultured. Maybe I try out my neighbors food truck food, it's looks authentic as fuck.
It depends on where you live. Where i live now no I don't, there's no multiculturalism here, only a few foreigners who mostly talk and act the way we do. When I lived elsewhere (in another city) however yes I did, in many places there are no white Brits and the people have their own completely different culture.
In response to your reply, no I don't think so. Despite many people mixing with people of other races nowadays, people more often tend to date and prefer people of their own race. It's perfectly natural to want to have children with someone of similar genetic stock, with a similar culture, and without all of the potential problems that inter-racial relationships can bring.
What we see now is nothing new. In good times everybody gets along relatively well and many people stop being so tribal. The thing is humans are tribal by nature, for thousands of years it was how we survived. Race is of course only one form of tribalism, within a race you'll have different nationalities that will side with each other also. Then you have political groups, even supporting different football teams. People need to have a "we" and "them" if that makes sense. Even if we did all mix, we'd still be tribal, especially in harder times which I think will come. I think racism will always exist.
No. Britain is a mongrel nation, we're already immigrants ourselves. I like the diversity, I can get any kind of food I want without leaving my street xD
I see it as a benefit to have access to so many cultures.
Britain is composed of Celts, Angles , Saxons (Angles and Saxons moved out of the area called Poland today to Germany) , ancient Scandinavians immigrating from Normandy where they had settled and started to speak French and more recent. Scandinavians. In 1066 the immigrants from Normandy won the battle of Hastings. There have also been Frisian immigrants in Britain. Mongrel , indeed. But so is the rest of Europe. History makes the EDF ao nationalists in any country look ridiculous.
definitely. Ny has changed so much over the last 20 years. It feels like a 3rd world country in many parts surrounded by rich people. Everyone else got the hell out of here.
I feel like a foreigner because I have to practice a religion I don't want to. Everyone looks at you like you're a fish out of water, which I am. I hate it.
Why do you have to practice it and who force you to do so? US is a free country. I admits I'm guilty in judging people wearing such clothes and thinks many of them are against the Western culture because of stereotypes. I didn't know some are forced to in US and Europe. Next time I should try to see the person behind the veil instead of thinking fear.
@jacquesvol Yeah, I know that but the law also doesn't protect minors against forced religious practices. I'm turning 18 in two weeks and I plan on moving out soon.
Yes, people always think I'm from a southern European country (like Italy or form the Balkans) because of my dark hair and light eyes. I have very dark brown hair (most French have a light brown) and I have turquoise eyes when most have light brown eyes. Which always make me stand out. I also have very soft feature, full cheek and my body is different. Most girls have big legs and small breast and I have thin legs and a big chest which is really uncommon.
I do, but not because of immigrants, because most of them are light-skinned and have assimilated pretty well, but because of my attitude. My family is English, but British humour is way too offensive and brutally honest for Canada, so sometimes people look at me like I'm a monster when I say something kind of macabre that would be considered funny in England. Honestly, I find my countrymen's fear of offending anyone kind of annoying, because it saps the life out of all humourous people like me.
There was a case where an Edmonton magazine publisher was arrested for reprinting those Danish cartoons that offended Muslims. Fortunately public outcry led to the case being dropped.
Also, possession of some Japanese Anime and Manga is prosecuted as child pornography there, in spite of having nothing to do with any real person.
@zagor well the Japanese stuff I get why they banned it, but the case of that guy in Edmonton was wrong. I think I heard about that. And our pretty boy prime minister paid that convicted terrorist $10.5 million. Canada unfortunately has gone way too far being politically correct
In addition to the anime laws, there is also the "Crime Comic" law which forbids depictions of violence in graphic novels, apparently due to the 1950's era notion that comics are only for kids. So, though not generally enforced that tightly, theoretically you can go to jail for a Batman comic.
When I was last in Germany in 2015 I felt 100% home and comfortable. I miss being in Germany. Whether immigrants are in Germany or not (and most of them are in Germany) I do feel like part of the folks. But for some weird reason the government grants more privileges to the outsiders than it does to us.
Which is very typical and expected from the government.
Unfortunately yes. Atlanta is very much a city of Africans, Mexicans, Arabs, Indians, central Americans... very few people Americans.
And no, the USA was not a nation of immigrants... it was a nation of settlers, who almost exclusively came from Great Britain and Germany. It wasn't until almost 75 years after the Declaration of Independence that we had waves of irish and italian immigrants--and the waves of Africans and central americans started only 50 years ago.
I don't feel that way because I live near a big city in Germany and there were always many immigrants so I grew up with their children. It's always exciting to learn something new about other cultures.
Not really im Canadian so im acustomed to seeing new people and from what I've learned talking to people from all over is that your never that different.
i live in Germany and some (mostly Idiot) people also say that. in my City we have many turkish people, refugees and many others but ITS still a German City with mostly German culture s and many Well integrative immigrants who try to Take Part in the "German" society. so i dont Feeling so and There is No Problem with Integration of There are enough welcoming people who Integrate the immigrants
As someone who's half Norwegian, half Canadian, not to mention that I grew up in the Middle-East, I sometimes feel like a foreigner here in Norway, but for completely different reasons.
Well, due to the fact that I didn't actually grow up in Norway, I missed a lot of experiences my friends had. Then there's also the food I enjoy and was brought up on, which was a very wide variety of both western and Eastern cuisine.
Despite being Norwegian by blood, spending over a decade of my childhood in the Middle East and my Canadian blood makes me very different from my from most people around me.
Very hot most of the time. Incredibly normal. Most western people don't think about just how normal Arabs and Muslim are. Was part of a Norwegian community down there, and even went to a small Norwegian school.
I lived in Qatar, and no, women are not forced to cover themselves or wear Abayas there. You need to cover everything between your shoulders and knees in public, but that goes for everyone (like t-shirt and shorts). Though wearing bikinis/swimsuit at the beach/pool (at least most of them) is fine.
That depends on who you are and where you're from. If you're a white/western expat, it's pretty good. If you're, Indian/fillipino/etc, (especially poorer) it can vary wildly. Unfortunately, Qatar has had some issues with Human Rights at times, when it comes to work hours and ethic.
It's definitely more strict than most western countries, but it's not so strict that your can't do anything. It's pretty progressive compared to its neighbors.
I don't feel like this way. There's a lot of immigrants and minoriteis where I live but I don't feel any different. I certainly don't feel like I don't belong and I don't feel like they don't belong. We co exist as it should be
It's up to you to decide if that feeling is a problem or not. I don't feel like a foreigner, so it's not a problem for me yet. But why do you feel like that?
I do. I live in Hawaii and most of the people I go to school with are "local" (Asian, Filipino, Hawaiian, etc..) and I'm as Northern-European as they come. 15% of my school is white.
No. There are more immigrants, sure. I've never felt like being hospitable would need to involve completely abandoning my own culture+beliefs to conform to their own. So no. I don't feel like a foreigner.
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I don't know if I'm the minority in my city but Hispanics are the vast majority in my school at like 56%. I am of the hwhite vaRieteh and I don't feel like a foreigner, just not as cultured. Maybe I try out my neighbors food truck food, it's looks authentic as fuck.
It depends on where you live. Where i live now no I don't, there's no multiculturalism here, only a few foreigners who mostly talk and act the way we do. When I lived elsewhere (in another city) however yes I did, in many places there are no white Brits and the people have their own completely different culture.
In response to your reply, no I don't think so. Despite many people mixing with people of other races nowadays, people more often tend to date and prefer people of their own race. It's perfectly natural to want to have children with someone of similar genetic stock, with a similar culture, and without all of the potential problems that inter-racial relationships can bring.
What we see now is nothing new. In good times everybody gets along relatively well and many people stop being so tribal. The thing is humans are tribal by nature, for thousands of years it was how we survived. Race is of course only one form of tribalism, within a race you'll have different nationalities that will side with each other also. Then you have political groups, even supporting different football teams. People need to have a "we" and "them" if that makes sense. Even if we did all mix, we'd still be tribal, especially in harder times which I think will come. I think racism will always exist.
No. Britain is a mongrel nation, we're already immigrants ourselves. I like the diversity, I can get any kind of food I want without leaving my street xD
I see it as a benefit to have access to so many cultures.
Britain is composed of Celts, Angles , Saxons (Angles and Saxons moved out of the area called Poland today to Germany) , ancient Scandinavians immigrating from Normandy where they had settled and started to speak French and more recent. Scandinavians. In 1066 the immigrants from Normandy won the battle of Hastings.
There have also been Frisian immigrants in Britain.
Mongrel , indeed. But so is the rest of Europe. History makes the EDF ao nationalists in any country look ridiculous.
I wasn't aware of a lot of the details so that was actually quite interesting 👍
I don't really understand the importance people place on where they're from in the first place. It just seems like a nice easy way to justify hate.
The fact that Nazis and the KKK are still around makes my country look unrecognizable, not the immigrants.
definitely. Ny has changed so much over the last 20 years. It feels like a 3rd world country in many parts surrounded by rich people. Everyone else got the hell out of here.
How do it feel like like a 3rd world country?
I feel like a foreigner because I have to practice a religion I don't want to. Everyone looks at you like you're a fish out of water, which I am. I hate it.
Which religion and why?
Islam and it's because of how I have to dress. The clothes are too big, I can't show anything except my face and hands, I hate it.
Why do you have to practice it and who force you to do so? US is a free country. I admits I'm guilty in judging people wearing such clothes and thinks many of them are against the Western culture because of stereotypes. I didn't know some are forced to in US and Europe. Next time I should try to see the person behind the veil instead of thinking fear.
You're assuming she lives in the US/Europe
@ayy1ma0, I read her country label. With US/Europe I meant the Western world.
My parents force me. I have no other choice.
@ayy1ma0 I'm American. I live in the US.
@lovelyhoneybones No law forces you. Your parents do, like Mormon and Amish ao parents do.
@jacquesvol Yeah, I know that but the law also doesn't protect minors against forced religious practices. I'm turning 18 in two weeks and I plan on moving out soon.
I can understand your frustration, I wish you luck.
can't you take help from local imam? may be they can explain your parents.
No, the law doesn't protect minors against being forced into a religion by their parents. Any law like that would start a revolution.
@jacquesvol My point is, the United States is a free country, but that doesn't mean anything in my case until I'm 18.
Indeed
Yes, people always think I'm from a southern European country (like Italy or form the Balkans) because of my dark hair and light eyes. I have very dark brown hair (most French have a light brown) and I have turquoise eyes when most have light brown eyes.
Which always make me stand out. I also have very soft feature, full cheek and my body is different. Most girls have big legs and small breast and I have thin legs and a big chest which is really uncommon.
I do, but not because of immigrants, because most of them are light-skinned and have assimilated pretty well, but because of my attitude. My family is English, but British humour is way too offensive and brutally honest for Canada, so sometimes people look at me like I'm a monster when I say something kind of macabre that would be considered funny in England. Honestly, I find my countrymen's fear of offending anyone kind of annoying, because it saps the life out of all humourous people like me.
Yeah Canada even finds some such offenses illegal.
@zagor what do you mean?
There was a case where an Edmonton magazine publisher was arrested for reprinting those Danish cartoons that offended Muslims. Fortunately public outcry led to the case being dropped.
Also, possession of some Japanese Anime and Manga is prosecuted as child pornography there, in spite of having nothing to do with any real person.
@zagor well the Japanese stuff I get why they banned it, but the case of that guy in Edmonton was wrong. I think I heard about that. And our pretty boy prime minister paid that convicted terrorist $10.5 million. Canada unfortunately has gone way too far being politically correct
In addition to the anime laws, there is also the "Crime Comic" law which forbids depictions of violence in graphic novels, apparently due to the 1950's era notion that comics are only for kids. So, though not generally enforced that tightly, theoretically you can go to jail for a Batman comic.
Oh Canada...
When I was last in Germany in 2015 I felt 100% home and comfortable.
I miss being in Germany.
Whether immigrants are in Germany or not (and most of them are in Germany) I do feel like part of the folks. But for some weird reason the government grants more privileges to the outsiders than it does to us.
Which is very typical and expected from the government.
Unfortunately yes. Atlanta is very much a city of Africans, Mexicans, Arabs, Indians, central Americans... very few people Americans.
And no, the USA was not a nation of immigrants... it was a nation of settlers, who almost exclusively came from Great Britain and Germany. It wasn't until almost 75 years after the Declaration of Independence that we had waves of irish and italian immigrants--and the waves of Africans and central americans started only 50 years ago.
I don't feel that way because I live near a big city in Germany and there were always many immigrants so I grew up with their children.
It's always exciting to learn something new about other cultures.
im from austria and a foreigner and have some austrian friends who likes me
Not really im Canadian so im acustomed to seeing new people and from what I've learned talking to people from all over is that your never that different.
When they wear binbags and pray at the side of the road I often wonder which country I am in... oh forgot the UK silly me the land of plenty
We've some in Norway too.
Norway thankfully isn't in the EU so ain't gettin dictated by the Germans we Brits may have to come live amongst you if it continues
Norway have immigrants and refugees too although we're not part of EU. If I walks 5 minutes outside my home I sees many foreigners.
i live in Germany and some (mostly Idiot) people also say that.
in my City we have many turkish people, refugees and many others but ITS still a German City with mostly German culture s and many Well integrative immigrants who try to Take Part in the "German" society.
so i dont Feeling so and There is No Problem with Integration of There are enough welcoming people who Integrate the immigrants
As someone who's half Norwegian, half Canadian, not to mention that I grew up in the Middle-East, I sometimes feel like a foreigner here in Norway, but for completely different reasons.
Can you please elaborate on why?
Well, due to the fact that I didn't actually grow up in Norway, I missed a lot of experiences my friends had. Then there's also the food I enjoy and was brought up on, which was a very wide variety of both western and Eastern cuisine.
Despite being Norwegian by blood, spending over a decade of my childhood in the Middle East and my Canadian blood makes me very different from my from most people around me.
So how was life in the Middle-east?
Very hot most of the time. Incredibly normal. Most western people don't think about just how normal Arabs and Muslim are. Was part of a Norwegian community down there, and even went to a small Norwegian school.
In which country did you live in and did women need to covering themselves like in Saudi Arabia and Iran?
I lived in Qatar, and no, women are not forced to cover themselves or wear Abayas there. You need to cover everything between your shoulders and knees in public, but that goes for everyone (like t-shirt and shorts). Though wearing bikinis/swimsuit at the beach/pool (at least most of them) is fine.
So how is the human's right there and is it a nice place or a strict one?
That depends on who you are and where you're from. If you're a white/western expat, it's pretty good. If you're, Indian/fillipino/etc, (especially poorer) it can vary wildly. Unfortunately, Qatar has had some issues with Human Rights at times, when it comes to work hours and ethic.
It's definitely more strict than most western countries, but it's not so strict that your can't do anything. It's pretty progressive compared to its neighbors.
If I feel sometimes like a foreigner in my own country, it's NOT because there are foreigners, but because the natives behave in such a weird way.
I don't feel like this way. There's a lot of immigrants and minoriteis where I live but I don't feel any different. I certainly don't feel like I don't belong and I don't feel like they don't belong. We co exist as it should be
i live in Egypt, and i feel that even with Egyptians lol :D
but do you think it's a problem?
It's up to you to decide if that feeling is a problem or not. I don't feel like a foreigner, so it's not a problem for me yet. But why do you feel like that?
I do. I live in Hawaii and most of the people I go to school with are "local" (Asian, Filipino, Hawaiian, etc..) and I'm as Northern-European as they come. 15% of my school is white.
Why do ya feel like dat? We get aloha ova hea. !!
No.
There are more immigrants, sure. I've never felt like being hospitable would need to involve completely abandoning my own culture+beliefs to conform to their own. So no. I don't feel like a foreigner.