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Jews are better able to ‘blend’ into mainstream (white) society than other ethnic minority groups. So, in conjunction with a good work ethic and other key ‘traits’ for success, Jews have become successful in the States. If other ethnic minority groups could ‘blend’ so well, I’d venture that they could become more successful, too.
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Name : Ike, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 26, City : Jersey City, State : NY, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College,When people stare, it makes us feel uncomfortable, but it is not a crime. It is human to be curious about people different from yourself. Make friends with the people who stare. Do these Southerners pique your curiosity? Stare at them! Be childishly curious! You never know: they may want to be your friend. If you get to know each other, they may turn out to be some of your closest allies in fighting racism. My point is that we don’t know what other people think, and we must not make presumptions, or we will be guilty of stereotyping e.g. ‘all Southerners who stare at me are racist.’ Children don’t make assumptions about the world; they approach everything with a clean slate. We must approach each other with a clean slate and assume that our kindness will be returned with kindness. If it is not, we have not lost anything in the process. A professor once said to me that he did not believe racism exists, only ignorance. This is arguable. To me, ignorance is not understanding another culture, but racism is the resistance to understanding other cultures. Racism is an unfortunate human trait, like jealousy or malice. But life is about overcoming these things, and developing goodness, kindness, generosity and forgiveness.
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Name : Ike, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 26, City : Jersey City, State : NY, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College,Jennifer, have you ever lived in Africa? Can you really speak for African people? Do you know how many ethnic groups exist within just Cameroon itself? It’s more than 250. I’ve lived in Africa, and you cannot imagine the cultural diversity and differences in attitudes within just one country in Central Africa, much less the rest of Africa. Alice Walker may have been right about animals being viewed in Africa as sentient beings, but Africa does not exist in a timeless vacuum. Neither is it one social unit. Contemporary, post-colonial African societies do not all abide by the ancient wisdom mentioned by Alice Walker. I believe that dogs are not kept as pets by many African immigrants because they are simply not seen as ‘pets.’ The concept of a pet didn’t even exist in my village in Gabon, where I served in the Peace Corps.
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Name : Ike, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 26, City : Jersey City, State : NY, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College,I think it is genetic. I have noticed some Caucasian friends whose hands shake a lot and have less manual dexterity than myself (I am mixed Irish/Cherokee, Chinese). I think Asians do have fine manual dexterity. This would suit them for precision work like dentistry. Also, women tend to have finer manual dexterity than men (an argument for female surgeons). My current dentist is a petite woman whose hands are very precise.
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Name : Ike, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 26, City : Jersey City, State : NY, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College,
