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A city which want's to become powerful much have representation for everyone.
It'd be nice if that was true but its not. A lot of Asia being a perfect example.
Well... I can't deny that.
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#52I can't help but notice the absence of minorities on this website. Edit: Like it or not, people of different colours bring culture and a welcoming variation to a city. I get it, the French are minorities in Lithuania but you're nitpicking, being ignorant and missing the point. There are 12 picture with exclusively white people. Why would any who isn't white want to move there is that's the only group represented.
Different skin colors does not always equate to a diverse, better actualized, or welcoming society. Culture and attitude do, and for the US that includes skin color as a marker for varying lived experiences. Assuming varying skin color is the full explainer of a positive society is cart before horse, as other comments have sufficiently explained.
We should make sure that folks are welcome, but drive by critiques aren't going to get us there.
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so you think people should use a token black person even though that’s not representative of the actual minorities. don’t you think that’s racist in itself?
A city which want's to become powerful much have representation for everyone.
Well, that's going to be hard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_contemporary_ethnic_gr...
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One thing that always surprises me is the inability of many Americans to accept that the whole world is not US. We are simply not fighting the political and racial battles that they have. In order to be a citizen in a globalized world, one has to be able to see things from perspectives of different societies, not impose their own perspective on everyone. I agree that the original comment about racial diversity makes…
I'm not from the US. I live in France.
the french history of black slavery is worse than that of the US, which is why there is a considerable black minority in france. this is not the case for lithuania, or many other european countries.
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> Maybe get a remote job for the US and live in Lithuania. Win Win. Only if the company is willing to go through the legal hoops to make this happen.
It's the same as hiring an immigrant on US soil. Something companies in the Bay are happy to do, since their hiring can't keep up with their needs. But for other companies, you can make it easier: just frame it as a freelancer gig.
What do you mean they are the same? Hiring an immigrant who is legally authorized to work in the country is different than figuring out the target country's tax laws. It's the same reason American companies tend to disallow remote work from places they don't have a physical presence.
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Why is that weird? Specialists could form a nucleus around which more jobs form. If I were looking for work I'd rather work in Lithuania than San Francisco.
Because salaries in Lithuania are much lower than in Western Europe (which has much lower salaries than SF). And no, the lower cost of living doesn't completely offset that. Unfortunately Eastern Europe is still less developed and poorer than the West.
Average salaries and individual salaries are not the same thing.