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The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by soperj »

waterlesscloud wrote: post #134
soperj wrote: post #110

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You're wrong. Also Ontario is huge, and Toronto is a miniscule part of it. The people outside of Toronto/Ottawa in Ontario are completely different from the people who live in those two areas. If you'd had been to any other parts of Canada aside from Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, you'd realise how much more there is to see, and how much more diverse the country really is. "It's not about size. It's about…

Canada lacks the climate diversity of China or India. For instance, where's Canada's desert? Its jungle?

What you likely consider Desert - Osoyoos Then there's all that tundra we're talking about, which is desert as well. Jungle is tropical, so there is no jungle, there are temperate rainforest though. Where's the jungle in China?

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by cutie »

charonn0 wrote: post #150
cutie wrote: post #136

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SF is a bit white and hipster, like the northern half of the country. Try Los Angeles, there are few gringos here, and fewer all the time.

SF is far more Hispanic and East Asian than white. In any case, why so racist?

Don't confuse statement of fact with racism, a common misconception. I've traveled over the world and liked everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Demographics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Los_Angeles

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by charonn0 »

cutie wrote: post #152
charonn0 wrote: post #150

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SF is far more Hispanic and East Asian than white. In any case, why so racist?

Don't confuse statement of fact with racism, a common misconception. I've traveled over the world and liked everyone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Demographics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Los_Angeles

"Try Los Angeles, there are few gringos here, and fewer all the time."

I was referring to this statement. And it is a racist statement. It is exactly as racist as saying "Try Illinois, there are few wetbacks there and fewer all the time." These are clear statements by the speaker that the group in question is both undesirable in general and worthwhile to eliminate or distance oneself from, a belief commonly called racism.

With regard to demographics, few of the thousands of undocumented immigrants likely respond to government questionnaires.

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by cutie »

charonn0 wrote: post #153
cutie wrote: post #152

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Don't confuse statement of fact with racism, a common misconception. I've traveled over the world and liked everyone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Demographics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Los_Angeles

"Try Los Angeles, there are few gringos here, and fewer all the time." I was referring to this statement. And it is a racist statement. It is exactly as racist as saying "Try Illinois, there are few wetbacks there and fewer all the time." These are clear statements by the speaker that the group in question is both undesirable in general and worthwhile to eliminate or distance oneself from, a belief commonly called ra…

The trend is cleary described in the link above. The first sentence, "The 1990 United States Census and 2000 United States Census found that non-Hispanic whites were becoming a minority in Los Angeles."

> immigrants likely respond..

Exactly, they are quite underrepresented in the data above, reinforcing the argument. They are in higher concentration the farther south you go.

If you are upset with the word gringo or "fewer..", it was a small attempt at adding levity, perhaps it is a bit flippant.

Your assumptions of my mental state, however, are known psychologically as projection.

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by cutie »

barrkel wrote: post #125
charonn0 wrote: post #120

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In America I don't need to travel at all to hear many different languages, experience different cultures, etc. They're all in walking distance in any major city. European mono-cultures need to make nationalistic distinctions, the American multi-culture doesn't.

America's monoculture was actually one of my surprises. I live in London; going to the Bay Area and seeing the monoculture was a bit of a shock. IMO you're far more likely to hear foreign languages (foreign to the country) in Europe than almost anywhere in the US.

America is a baby compared to Europe, and modern communication works against localization of language.

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by charonn0 »

cutie wrote: post #154
charonn0 wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Try Los Angeles, there are few gringos here, and fewer all the time." I was referring to this statement. And it is a racist statement. It is exactly as racist as saying "Try Illinois, there are few wetbacks there and fewer all the time." These are clear statements by the speaker that the group in question is both undesirable in general and worthwhile to eliminate or distance oneself from, a belief commonly called ra…

The trend is cleary described in the link above. The first sentence, "The 1990 United States Census and 2000 United States Census found that non-Hispanic whites were becoming a minority in Los Angeles." > immigrants likely respond.. Exactly, they are quite underrepresented in the data above, reinforcing the argument. They are in higher concentration the farther south you go. If you are upset with the word gringo or "…

Perhaps you should ask yourself why you thought it would be funny, rather than psychoanalyze a stranger on the internet.

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by cutie »

charonn0 wrote: post #156
cutie wrote: post #154

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The trend is cleary described in the link above. The first sentence, "The 1990 United States Census and 2000 United States Census found that non-Hispanic whites were becoming a minority in Los Angeles." > immigrants likely respond.. Exactly, they are quite underrepresented in the data above, reinforcing the argument. They are in higher concentration the farther south you go. If you are upset with the word gringo or "…

Perhaps you should ask yourself why you thought it would be funny, rather than psychoanalyze a stranger on the internet.

I'm sarcastic in general, and when receiving accusations respond. Of course we could always improve our writing in general. If you don't like your argument critiqued, perhaps you shouldn't do it either?

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by tubbo »

ucee054 wrote: post #116
tubbo wrote: post #27

"What are they afraid of?" Have you not been paying attention in the last 50 years? We've made a hell of a lot of enemies, and before that it was communism, and before that it was world wars. Our military is strong because if it wasn't we would be getting attacked constantly. I'm pretty sure that a major reason why there haven't been any substantial terrorist attacks on the US since 9/11 is because our military will…

> Our military is strong because if it wasn't we would be > getting attacked constantly Which is why Sweden, Cabo Verde, Malaysia and Trinidad are getting attacked constantly. Or maybe the USA gets attacked because it routinely decides to "FUCK UP ENTIRE COUNTRIES" ? Or even better, why not leave your foreign policy ideology out of a thread about a cultural/sociological article? I was enjoying it until you ruined it

> Or maybe the USA gets attacked because it routinely decides to "FUCK UP ENTIRE COUNTRIES" ? "We've made a hell of a lot of enemies," kind-of inferred that. You'd probably know that if you read what I wrote instead of thinking how you were going to retort to it.

> I was enjoying it until you ruined it That makes me happy. :) kindly get out.

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by onetwothreefour »

tjoff wrote: post #88
sanderjd wrote: post #77

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The point is that knowing that Zurich is in Switzerland is more similar to knowing that Denver is in Colorado than it is to knowing that Denver is in the United States. Presumably the size of the city is interesting because the implicit assumption is that knowing where Zurich is important because Zurich is a big city.

My point is that it isn't similar at all, on any level. A typical foreigner to the US probably knows where some large cities in US are without having the slightest clue about which state many of them reside in. That is my perception of it.

He's clearly American... :)

Re: The Differences Between Germany and the United States

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Post by anamax »

barrkel wrote: post #128
waterlesscloud wrote: post #90

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London is more ethnically diverse than any American city? Hmm. Los Angeles may have something to say about that.

Apparently Houston is more diverse than LA. Re London: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/jan/21/britishidentity1 I certainly was surprised by how monocultural the US appeared to be when I visited. Most noticeable was the relative absence of people from Africa (I don't mean African-Americans), the Middle East and south Asia.

> I certainly was surprised by how monocultural the US appeared to be when I visited. Most noticeable was the relative absence of people from Africa (I don't mean African-Americans), the Middle East and south Asia.

That says more about what you visited than it does about the US.

Within walking distance of my house, there are communities where Portugese, Thai, and Cambodian are the dominant languages. (Yes, separate communities.) If I was more "sensitive", I'd could identify the lines between the Mexican and Guatamalan communities.

And my area is considered "white San Jose".

I understand that there are "Iranian bars" in Mountain View.

There are relatively huge Humong communities in various places in the midwest. (No, not just the cities.)

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