Sorry I lost this thread for a bit.
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Jag, Can you expand on that a bit? What expressions of cultural difference are acceptable on your campus and what expressions are not acceptable? It may seem obvious to you but I can assure you its not.
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Its taken for granted, we don't hide it, we joke about it. Wander round our corridors "dodgy Asian" "curry"(Indian) "skips"(Anglo) "honkey" (Hong Kong) you'll hear plenty of what would otherwise be considered serious racial slurs used the same way blacks use "nigger". Plenty of jokes and jibes, particularly about AzN culture. Occasionally you'll hear a serious insult, which sounds pretty similar, apart from the tone of voice and the situation, and usually results in something messy. it is good though that we can (in general) accept and embrace our different cultures and intermix so openly, I think the above-average (in theory anyway
intelligence in our school helps too.
Lebanese...
partially it is simply the whole disenfranchised gang culture thing but there just seems to be more of it. I mean I’m going out on a limb but I know Viet, Cambodian, Chinese, honky gangsta types, but I also know just normal kids and quiet types that want to do accounting. I've never come across a leb that wasn’t out to cause trouble. I'm sure that due to limited exposure but the fact there is not *one* I can think of in our school is telling. Very telling. I was not surprised when it came out the rapists were Lebanese either, they cause endless trouble in clubs.
Man I sound racialist don't I.
I said it before and I’ll say it again, I live in an extremely multicultural society, I love that fact it creates a magnificent spirit of diversity which truly does rock but these asshats deserve that 55 years, hell, they deserve more. I don’t believe they believe that excuse themselves, I think they are a bunch of dirty rapists looking for a pissweak excuse to justify their disgusting actions, smug little prats deserved to be locked up and throw away the key.
I agree with VSP. That Norwegian idiot is missing part of the point. For multiculturalism to work there must be a degree of open interaction between cultures. One thing many people would disagree with me on is immigrants who refuse to learn the local language then expect special services, tough bloody luck, you live here, learn the language.
Enough ranting now. For reference I completely support the rights of immigrants and refugees.