i think you can’t expect people to be empathetic. the lady was put into a strange situation and she freaked. she put a wall up between herself and the issue, and then defensively insulted the nanny until she no longer felt threatened. that’s pretty normal behavior. it isnt helpful or healthy, and it is self destructive. but it’s not the nanny’s job to fix her employer. the nanny should just pick herself up, find someone else to work with and get on with her life. also the longer she’s in america the more she’ll get used to racism. me as a brown-skinned indian descent person, i had a bit of a rough change-over, but the key is to think of how you’d consider another races’ racism, and then apply that to yourself no matter how squeamish that may be. there’s bad things in the world and there’s healthy way to react to them. and you shouldn’t expect to recieve help from an unqualified stranger. it takes a surprising level of understanding to make a difference in these situations.
http://www.racialicious.com/2009/11/20/it%e2%80%99s-not-all-about-you-or-the-case-for-empathy/#comment-2047865
someone brought up family. things were kosher between me and mine until i grew old enough to understand the religion they raised me in and noticed some hypocrisies in the practice. eventually i grew to emphatically exclaim how i wanted to move away from certain practices of the faith and this didn’t sit well with mom and dad who convinced me not to trust my own gut instinct at 13. these sentiments stayed with me until 17 where i was in college and free enough to carry out my plan. the resulting shunning and pain due to that was intense. you could basically say the result was a three year break from having any family whatsoever. the only thing that really brought us together was a death that i experienced. things are better now but that was definately a dark time. and i can definately relate with losing the respect of your peers and support system because of making a decision to be outspoken.
http://www.racialicious.com/2009/11/20/quoted-resistance-on-club-membership/#comment-2047868
the most powerful thing in the article is the video. the japanese internment camp period was something ive read about but never something i’ve immersed myself with. i’d say the video is the single greatest reason to avoid palin-esque antics. fear mongering leads to improper treatment. let due process be the method by which we dole out justice. mob mentality can lash out in some pretty terrible ways which can hurt alot of innocent people.
http://www.racialicious.com/2009/11/19/good-to-know-sarah-palin-believes-in-racial-profiling-glenn-beck/#comment-2047870
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
spiritual awakening healing repressed-terror
So yesterday I kinda figured out that like when I was growing up, in Heathfield, which was in Blackburn, and then also in QEGS which was in Blackburn, I was going to Christian services as well as Sikh ones. And so basically, as late as about 1994. When I was about eight years old. And uh... as we moved to Ohio in 1995, this stopped completely. Like, my parents wouldn't take me to a church of course. But more interestingly, they enrolled me in Christian schools in England. But they didn't do it in America. And I'm not sure if I liked Christianity more or I liked both equally, but there are a couple pieces of evidence that help me figure that out. Christianity was taught to me in English, by a whole hell of alot of people. So I kinda got the gist. In fact I don't think that I had any questions about the religion. On the other hand, even today there are things I still feel compelled to discuss when it comes to Sikhism.
Now, I watched a documentary, about two Quakers. And basically, they were both starting to question the way of life. Because the Bibles that they were reading were in German. And they weren't allowed to go to school after they were 14 years old. And they weren't allowed to read their Bibles outside of their home. And they weren't alloweed to discuss their Bibles with people outside of their family. So two of these guys started meeting each other and discussing the Bible. Both of them got excommunicated from the Quaker church. And that meant that basically they were shunned. Which means that they couldn't be talked to, and they couldn't visit each other. And it just kindof reminds me about one simple thing. That basically you can't combine culture and religion. The deacon for the Quaker church were telling people how to dress. And these two radical Quakers, they decided that that wasn't part of the Bible.
Now this is pretty much identical to like... what I've seen with Sikhism. That because we're kindof a culture within a culture... there's it's own language. There's it's own... um... set of celebrations, clothes, and rules basically covering every part of life. A Sikh who decides to look at what Nanak says is kindof in a way, excommunicated from the community. Now the Sikh community does provide benefits. They can offer jobs or advice or help. But they kindof cut that help off if you get excommunicated. And shunned. And that's exactly what happened to the Quakers in the documentary. But the point is I was never completely Sikh. Because being completely Sikh is being nothing else. But I was going to churches the same time I was going to temples.
exactly. But I don't think that that was a good idea. Because after 1995, one of those was taken away from me. And I just remember kindof crying 'cause my mom couldn't answer what would happen when I die.
well... if you do the math. it was probably 1995 or 1996. so probably about 9 or 10. but like that was the start of my almost terror when it comes to death. it didn't happen to me before then because it didn't bother me when i had christianity and sikhism. and honestly i think the way that they did it, they raised me to be culturally a sikh, but religiously a christian. because all they really got across to me was the culture in the sikh stuff. most sikhs dont even understand their religion enough to teach it to you. so youre just sitting there left being afraid of death or whatever. but like christianity something i learned at the exact same time, that taught me the heaven thing and that pretty much you know is a relaxing idea. and to me its kinda cool that if youre ogod to people you end up getting rewarded later on in life. but thats good because being good to people already makes you feel good now.
so, it's like... 2009 now. and basically they havent kept me around christian stuff since 95. like it was christian sikhism mixed from 86 to 95. and i guess you could say part of why i hated chicago was because of the aunts. they wanted to bring me up as a strictly sikh kid. but that just kindof you know made me depressed. like i guess the point is that my parents never thought about the religious aspects of the schools. because if they had actually thought about how i was learning more about christianity than sikhism maybe they would've acted a bit different. but the truth is that they didnt really do anything about it. to me i just kinda feel like thats fine. they decided to put me in these chrsitian schools and thats where i found something that i liked. i just dont like how they took away that option later on in my childhood. 'cause you can say expose your kids to lots of stuff but why take away what they like. but thats kinda what they did.
i mean thats something that liek ive talked about alot. but its kinda come in many different forms. like the whole talking about moving me from england thing. but what was one of the most poigniant things of my time in england. definately the religion of you know the british. see like i dont really feel like im a christian convert. because i was raised with the both of them from the get go. so i mean i just feel like im both at the same time. at least i have the right to choose either one and not really worry about it. but i mean its interesting to find out that this is like something inside me. like what do you think?
i agree completely. but i mean its like there's not really much we can do today about the past. except kindof understand it better.
i guess the new thing to think about is how there are some repressed negative memories in my head. like thinking about the whole fact where there's this moment where i feel suicidal. thats where i guess it makes me realize how important it is. i mean enoughs enough. and if its bothering me that much its time to stop listening to my parents and do what i want to do. like unquestionably just stop listening to them. like its so far overdue to stop listening to them that its not even funny. but yesterday was a wakeup call to see how much this really was effecting me. but to me, all those thoughts went away, when i reminded myself of some of the christian things i learned when i was 8 or 9. like for me, for some reason i just feel like life's pointless without having like all my spiritual stuff. i mean if you think about it my parents have just made me do alot of stuff. like moved, schools. those were all things my parents made me do. so its time that i started moving towards the things that i know i like. spiritually, artistically, academically. its time they stopped influencing anything in my life. your life shouldn't be navigated by your mom or dad. and so im definately gonna make some changes.
Now, I watched a documentary, about two Quakers. And basically, they were both starting to question the way of life. Because the Bibles that they were reading were in German. And they weren't allowed to go to school after they were 14 years old. And they weren't allowed to read their Bibles outside of their home. And they weren't alloweed to discuss their Bibles with people outside of their family. So two of these guys started meeting each other and discussing the Bible. Both of them got excommunicated from the Quaker church. And that meant that basically they were shunned. Which means that they couldn't be talked to, and they couldn't visit each other. And it just kindof reminds me about one simple thing. That basically you can't combine culture and religion. The deacon for the Quaker church were telling people how to dress. And these two radical Quakers, they decided that that wasn't part of the Bible.
Now this is pretty much identical to like... what I've seen with Sikhism. That because we're kindof a culture within a culture... there's it's own language. There's it's own... um... set of celebrations, clothes, and rules basically covering every part of life. A Sikh who decides to look at what Nanak says is kindof in a way, excommunicated from the community. Now the Sikh community does provide benefits. They can offer jobs or advice or help. But they kindof cut that help off if you get excommunicated. And shunned. And that's exactly what happened to the Quakers in the documentary. But the point is I was never completely Sikh. Because being completely Sikh is being nothing else. But I was going to churches the same time I was going to temples.
"so its like you were given to religions to check out at a young age"
exactly. But I don't think that that was a good idea. Because after 1995, one of those was taken away from me. And I just remember kindof crying 'cause my mom couldn't answer what would happen when I die.
"how old were you?"
well... if you do the math. it was probably 1995 or 1996. so probably about 9 or 10. but like that was the start of my almost terror when it comes to death. it didn't happen to me before then because it didn't bother me when i had christianity and sikhism. and honestly i think the way that they did it, they raised me to be culturally a sikh, but religiously a christian. because all they really got across to me was the culture in the sikh stuff. most sikhs dont even understand their religion enough to teach it to you. so youre just sitting there left being afraid of death or whatever. but like christianity something i learned at the exact same time, that taught me the heaven thing and that pretty much you know is a relaxing idea. and to me its kinda cool that if youre ogod to people you end up getting rewarded later on in life. but thats good because being good to people already makes you feel good now.
so, it's like... 2009 now. and basically they havent kept me around christian stuff since 95. like it was christian sikhism mixed from 86 to 95. and i guess you could say part of why i hated chicago was because of the aunts. they wanted to bring me up as a strictly sikh kid. but that just kindof you know made me depressed. like i guess the point is that my parents never thought about the religious aspects of the schools. because if they had actually thought about how i was learning more about christianity than sikhism maybe they would've acted a bit different. but the truth is that they didnt really do anything about it. to me i just kinda feel like thats fine. they decided to put me in these chrsitian schools and thats where i found something that i liked. i just dont like how they took away that option later on in my childhood. 'cause you can say expose your kids to lots of stuff but why take away what they like. but thats kinda what they did.
i mean thats something that liek ive talked about alot. but its kinda come in many different forms. like the whole talking about moving me from england thing. but what was one of the most poigniant things of my time in england. definately the religion of you know the british. see like i dont really feel like im a christian convert. because i was raised with the both of them from the get go. so i mean i just feel like im both at the same time. at least i have the right to choose either one and not really worry about it. but i mean its interesting to find out that this is like something inside me. like what do you think?
"it is it's very interesting. i think it's kinda cool how like you had two different religions to learn about. but uh... i just don't really understand why your parents, they moved you, but not only that, anything you had in england, they made sure you didnt have in america. and its like alot of the things you had in england were good things."
i agree completely. but i mean its like there's not really much we can do today about the past. except kindof understand it better.
i guess the new thing to think about is how there are some repressed negative memories in my head. like thinking about the whole fact where there's this moment where i feel suicidal. thats where i guess it makes me realize how important it is. i mean enoughs enough. and if its bothering me that much its time to stop listening to my parents and do what i want to do. like unquestionably just stop listening to them. like its so far overdue to stop listening to them that its not even funny. but yesterday was a wakeup call to see how much this really was effecting me. but to me, all those thoughts went away, when i reminded myself of some of the christian things i learned when i was 8 or 9. like for me, for some reason i just feel like life's pointless without having like all my spiritual stuff. i mean if you think about it my parents have just made me do alot of stuff. like moved, schools. those were all things my parents made me do. so its time that i started moving towards the things that i know i like. spiritually, artistically, academically. its time they stopped influencing anything in my life. your life shouldn't be navigated by your mom or dad. and so im definately gonna make some changes.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
What's going on in the world?
in Hollywood they're doing alot of remakes right now. That might not be the best idea. I wonder how long it'll be before people stop watching movies. You know, when they stop watching sequels. That's when we'll see more original shit. Although I have to say, subscription models work too. It's kindof the World of Warcraft style filmmaking. Keep giving them more and more of the same shit. They'll stick with it until they get bored of it. And people make millions in the meantime. But it definately reduces the stock of film in my eyes. It's terrible to do back to back films. I like reinvented universes. Rather than the same thing every time. Who wants to watch that. Why would they give a shit. It's got to be original. And original movies steadily get discovered. It seems indie is now the realm of interest. And I guess big budget means subscription. The real adventures are Indie. That's what I think anyway. Real originality and stuff. Maybe that's the current model.
this is interesting:
so basically. the deal is that when people make films, they're doing something thats a recording. the live version would be the play. thats how the studio makes money. plays. of course... that shows the limitations of the medium. but technically all of the lyrics can be spoken on stage.
i can definately agree with that. you're basically being exposed to more music. like you couldn't afford that music before. and music is kindof like a form of art. in a way its the most accessible form of art out there. because you can watch people do it. but its also a show. its a performance. and thats key. but the price... thats the limiting factor for people. good things in the world shouldn't be locked behind cash. that's how it is in boston. the best parts of the city are priced out the ass. its better when things aren't controlled by money. leave things free. let things belong to the people. things that everyone who is born there will own. universal ownership. something that no amount of money can buy. that's basically how people are going to be able to do it. let things exist as a universally owned thing. let things be owned by the things that live in it. i dont think we should keep invading all these forests.
Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods
This shows pretty cool though. And like, that Texas fair looked awesome. I like how positive the guy is. I think he just gets really into his cooking, and he doesn't focus on anything else. It's kindof inspiring really 'cause it shows what the best thing is to do. He studied cooking in school, and now he lives cooking. He's friendly to everybody that cooks, and he's friendly to everybody else 'cause he's doing what he likes. His example is pick something get really good at it and that'll be how you see the world. And you just enjoy life a hell of alot more that way. He's like a good example of what we should be doing, like what our approach to college should be. 'Cause like if we have the right attitude, this could be a really positive experience.
this is interesting:
I agree that concerts are where an artist typically makes his/her money. But how does that apply to say movies? If you aren't buying a ticket to go to the movies, AND you aren't buying the DVD, how is the studio supposed to make money?
so basically. the deal is that when people make films, they're doing something thats a recording. the live version would be the play. thats how the studio makes money. plays. of course... that shows the limitations of the medium. but technically all of the lyrics can be spoken on stage.
"downloaders spend more on music than those who obey the law"
i can definately agree with that. you're basically being exposed to more music. like you couldn't afford that music before. and music is kindof like a form of art. in a way its the most accessible form of art out there. because you can watch people do it. but its also a show. its a performance. and thats key. but the price... thats the limiting factor for people. good things in the world shouldn't be locked behind cash. that's how it is in boston. the best parts of the city are priced out the ass. its better when things aren't controlled by money. leave things free. let things belong to the people. things that everyone who is born there will own. universal ownership. something that no amount of money can buy. that's basically how people are going to be able to do it. let things exist as a universally owned thing. let things be owned by the things that live in it. i dont think we should keep invading all these forests.
Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods
This shows pretty cool though. And like, that Texas fair looked awesome. I like how positive the guy is. I think he just gets really into his cooking, and he doesn't focus on anything else. It's kindof inspiring really 'cause it shows what the best thing is to do. He studied cooking in school, and now he lives cooking. He's friendly to everybody that cooks, and he's friendly to everybody else 'cause he's doing what he likes. His example is pick something get really good at it and that'll be how you see the world. And you just enjoy life a hell of alot more that way. He's like a good example of what we should be doing, like what our approach to college should be. 'Cause like if we have the right attitude, this could be a really positive experience.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
pet project: demographics
scotland
-97.99 white
-1.09 south asian
-0.19 black
-0.25 mixed
-0.32 chinese
-0.19 other
it's pretty surprising to read that scotland is 98 percent white. you would've expected it to be a bit more of an even distribution. but its also interesting to know that indians are the biggest minority group in scotland. they call them south asians in the united kingdom. but south asian is a word that is only for india. so literally one out of every hundred people in scotland is indian.
portugal
-96.87 portuguese
-3.13 legal immigants
portugal doesn't even really list the information very well. like they've only got portuguese and immigrants listed. but i keep kindof seeing a trend that all these european countries are fine. they say how their countries are getting swamped by immigrants. but if you look at the numbers its just not the case. like you see 1 percent to 4 percent of a population being indian. its just a bunch of lies and fanatacism. so that just shows the truth of these situations. the guy that we talked to yesterday seemed like he was surprised that i was bold. the point is his assumption about people like me was they were afraid. maybe he even felt they were supposed to be greatful because they got allowed to come to the country. but the thing is people are born or brought here at very young ages and are practically american. it really doesnt matter what these people think. after one generation you become american. my parents were the generation that immigrated. because i had my childhood in this country i became an adult that was a product of this country. and once youre a product of a country you have as much ownership of it as anyone else.
italy
-93.5 italian
-2.72 romanian/albanian/moroccan
italy doesnt even list indian people. it says 93 percent are italian 2.7 are romanian, albanian and moroccon and then the rest are just everybody else.
cambridge, MA
-68.10 white
-11.92 black
-0.29 native american
-11.88 asian
-0.08 pacific islander
-3.19 other
-4.56 two or more races
-(in addition to being one of the above, 7.36 claim hispanic)
cambridge is only 68 percent white. with it almost being 12 percent asian. but i don't like how they lump chinese and south asians together. we're completely different. people from south asia have nothing to do with chinese people. so it's just kinda offensive for them to try and dumb everyone down and try and say everyone's the same. i think the europeans do it way better. but its interesting to think that america has attracted way more people from that part of the world. mainly because they took the land from native americans. speaking of which there's only 0.29 native americans in cambridge. they're the descendents of the ones that used to rule the entire country. and then the 68 percent of white people they're the descendants of those who killed the native americans. see living here is almost living in acceptance of what was done to the native americans. because the vast majority of people here don't seem sympathetic to native americans. maybe its like a country out of desperation. like maybe they really desperately wanted their own country so they killed everybody to get it. and then by having such high demographic numbers from asians, its interesting because the european countries which have more relations and ties to india have less. so i guess people really did get taken by the american dream. but the whole american dream has been built on like a bloodbath. and the people who enjoy their time here are doing it because of crimes committed. like this whole country as a whole is a criminal nation. it invaded a native population and exterminated them. and anyone who comes to america today does that more or less in indifference to their past. people seem to act like the industrial revolution made all history before that useless. but this is just a disgusting country. like if i was in a position, the same one my father was in, in 1991... knowing what i know today i never would've come over here. it's just a disgusting place. sure you can make money but its basically blood money. every dollar is drenched in the blood of a thousand native americans. every brick is build on the grave of a dead indian. i dont know how america can ever live down this horrible legacy. but its definately clear that something needs to be done. americas been a player in the world because its basically gone from one thing to another. like basically americans have never had a rest. ever since they started coming over here its been one problem after another. and because of it there's alot of deep wounds in america that haven't even begun to be healed. if you ask me i think the whole things gonna self destruct one day. unless they try and like heal some of these deep wounds in america. just like vivek committed suicide with his deep problem. america could go down the same road. suicide of a country is the same thing as civil war. and i wouldn't be surprised if shit like that did happen one day. like if you look at america, they definately do rule the land like a bunch of cowboys. taking way too many risks, killing without respect, like outlaws. taking what they want, and then coming up with schemes to make themselves the richest people in the world. america has steadily had more and more dreamers like that. and that spirit of anything goes fuels that here. but still... there's a dark side to it. all the towns that're lying in ruin because nobody has jobs. because the companies were just not ever protected. these bigass companies that stretched out across the country were basically like cowboy companies. and then they die the death of an outlaw, except... just like in mafia times, the guys a criminal but he's offering you protection, if you don't accept protection he'll kick your ass, and you have to pay him a fee, so you learn to live like that, and then your fucking mafia gets killed off, and you've got nobody there to protect you. that's kinda like what happened in america with the car companies.
somerville MA
-76.97 white
-6.50 black
-0.22 native american
-6.44 asian
-0.06 pacific islander
-4.96 other races
-4.85 two or more races
-of the above, -8.76 hispanic/latino of any race
Canada
-32.2 canadian
-21.0 english
-15.8 french
-15.1 scottish
-13.9 irish
-10.2 german
-4.6 italian
-4.0 south asian
-3.9 chinese
-3.9 ukranian
-3.8 aboriginal
-3.3 dutch
-3.2 polish
-2.5 black
you know what really surprises me? in canada they have almost 4 percent of the population aboriginal. i think that beats america. and its not just asian but thats 4 percent INDIAN so thats way more than america. see if they did it by american standards then it would be chinese and south asian together which would be almost 8 percent which's almost 10 percent. and thats way more than what america has listed. see canada's a smaller country as a whole but because of the diversity on the street youll see different types of people on a regular basis. another thing i like about canada is there's only 2.5 blacks, which means that theyre not gonna dominate the news and everything in canada that isnt white. america has too much of that white black thing going on. its so much that basically asian people dress up as black kids. because they identify with that more since theyre apparently not white. that to me is kindof interesting. but canada does look a little bit more promising. lets say you add up all the south asians, blacks, aboriginals, chinese, and what do you get. i get about 15 percent. so thats still pretty fucking small. i mean... its probably an 85 percent white country. i mean its good they do the demographics in real demographics and not "white". but they definately seem to in a positive way have more ties to europe. in the sense that the people there still tend to hold on to their irish name and stuff. so thats kinda cool. but its not some sort of real equal place or anything. an equal place would be no one group overshadowing the other. i read about a place in new york where that was the case. 20 percent of every race. its in new york. its like a borough or a neighborhood.
New York City
-44.1 white (35.1 non-hispanic)
-25.2 black (23.7 non-hispanic)
-0.4 american-indians (0.2 non-hispanic)
-11.6 asian-americans (11.5 non-hispanic)
-less than 0.1 pacific islander american
-16.8 other races (1.0 non-hispanic)
-1.9 two or more races (1.0 non hispanic)
-27.4 hispanics & latinos
dude. new yorkers, they call native americans, they call them american indians. its fucking rediculous. youve got indian americans and now youve got american indians. why use the name india for these people its insulting to people who are from india. it just seems like a fucking rediculous thing for a city like new york. they just don't deserve the name India. they should call them like indigenous peoples. the europeans have a way better way of describing it.
see in new york they list whether or not people of that race are hispanic. which's interesting because in america they don't go that in depth. i'm guessing hispanic just literally means spanish-speaking and spanish-cultured. but that just shows much of an impact the spanish had on the americas. like mexico and then south america. its like the new world was divided up between spain england and france. france got canada. england got america. and france got south america. what do you think about that? but isnt that crazy how they divided up an entire part of the world with people already on it. they just used their technology to rape half of the world. they brushed aside the locals and brought their own people from across the oceans in. i mean thats absolutely insane. just because you have power does it mean you have to use to bully people around? and these people didnt bully people, they killed people. and they stole whatever they had. and then they brought their families and stuff and they started living in the stuff of these dead people. i mean that is just so brutal. fuckin bloodthirsty bastards is what these guys are. theyre just like modern day vikings with fucking cannons. coming in blasting shit up and then moving in their wife and kids. and at the end of the day its like, did they really gain anything from doing that? i mean i know when you read about britain you read about how really crowded it is. so was their solution back in the day just kill people and take land? we've got too many people so lets take half our people send 'em there and kill everybody and live there. yeah i just don't understand why death had to be involved in this whole process. and to me death is a fucking huge crime. if somebody commits murder in the united states they can get executed themselves. if not jailed for their entire life. but an entire country was basically pardoned for murder. not only were they pardoned for it they were asked to kill people by their government. well they had enough power to win so they felt their award was winning. and apparently it didnt bother them at all to get what they wanted through murder. its through violent crimes that the world has come to the place its at today. and those crimes are still waiting to be punished for. there's no justice for the dead natives. not yet. maybe in the future we'll give 'em you know 1/10th of america. but as it is the descendants of native americans who choose to live in the land that they were born in, they suffer today and nothing is done for them. they've given retardedly small pieces of land there's nothing they can do with it. they're made to feel like foreigners in their own land. like... i kindof understand it because i grew up here, but what if my ancestors grew up here too, for like 10,000 years. that's a fuckin bitter pill to swallow. trying to stand back and just realize that you have no power over this land. i mean i guess you could probably get over that. but like... being treated like youre not even as good as other people. see anytime i have any problems with someone all i need to do is think of native americans to put me in my fucking place. if they can continue to live in this country and try to continue, then i mean fuck it man its not that hard for me to do it. but those are some deep wounds that havent been healed. and im definately interested in living in a way that keeps all wounds healed.
-97.99 white
-1.09 south asian
-0.19 black
-0.25 mixed
-0.32 chinese
-0.19 other
it's pretty surprising to read that scotland is 98 percent white. you would've expected it to be a bit more of an even distribution. but its also interesting to know that indians are the biggest minority group in scotland. they call them south asians in the united kingdom. but south asian is a word that is only for india. so literally one out of every hundred people in scotland is indian.
portugal
-96.87 portuguese
-3.13 legal immigants
portugal doesn't even really list the information very well. like they've only got portuguese and immigrants listed. but i keep kindof seeing a trend that all these european countries are fine. they say how their countries are getting swamped by immigrants. but if you look at the numbers its just not the case. like you see 1 percent to 4 percent of a population being indian. its just a bunch of lies and fanatacism. so that just shows the truth of these situations. the guy that we talked to yesterday seemed like he was surprised that i was bold. the point is his assumption about people like me was they were afraid. maybe he even felt they were supposed to be greatful because they got allowed to come to the country. but the thing is people are born or brought here at very young ages and are practically american. it really doesnt matter what these people think. after one generation you become american. my parents were the generation that immigrated. because i had my childhood in this country i became an adult that was a product of this country. and once youre a product of a country you have as much ownership of it as anyone else.
italy
-93.5 italian
-2.72 romanian/albanian/moroccan
italy doesnt even list indian people. it says 93 percent are italian 2.7 are romanian, albanian and moroccon and then the rest are just everybody else.
cambridge, MA
-68.10 white
-11.92 black
-0.29 native american
-11.88 asian
-0.08 pacific islander
-3.19 other
-4.56 two or more races
-(in addition to being one of the above, 7.36 claim hispanic)
cambridge is only 68 percent white. with it almost being 12 percent asian. but i don't like how they lump chinese and south asians together. we're completely different. people from south asia have nothing to do with chinese people. so it's just kinda offensive for them to try and dumb everyone down and try and say everyone's the same. i think the europeans do it way better. but its interesting to think that america has attracted way more people from that part of the world. mainly because they took the land from native americans. speaking of which there's only 0.29 native americans in cambridge. they're the descendents of the ones that used to rule the entire country. and then the 68 percent of white people they're the descendants of those who killed the native americans. see living here is almost living in acceptance of what was done to the native americans. because the vast majority of people here don't seem sympathetic to native americans. maybe its like a country out of desperation. like maybe they really desperately wanted their own country so they killed everybody to get it. and then by having such high demographic numbers from asians, its interesting because the european countries which have more relations and ties to india have less. so i guess people really did get taken by the american dream. but the whole american dream has been built on like a bloodbath. and the people who enjoy their time here are doing it because of crimes committed. like this whole country as a whole is a criminal nation. it invaded a native population and exterminated them. and anyone who comes to america today does that more or less in indifference to their past. people seem to act like the industrial revolution made all history before that useless. but this is just a disgusting country. like if i was in a position, the same one my father was in, in 1991... knowing what i know today i never would've come over here. it's just a disgusting place. sure you can make money but its basically blood money. every dollar is drenched in the blood of a thousand native americans. every brick is build on the grave of a dead indian. i dont know how america can ever live down this horrible legacy. but its definately clear that something needs to be done. americas been a player in the world because its basically gone from one thing to another. like basically americans have never had a rest. ever since they started coming over here its been one problem after another. and because of it there's alot of deep wounds in america that haven't even begun to be healed. if you ask me i think the whole things gonna self destruct one day. unless they try and like heal some of these deep wounds in america. just like vivek committed suicide with his deep problem. america could go down the same road. suicide of a country is the same thing as civil war. and i wouldn't be surprised if shit like that did happen one day. like if you look at america, they definately do rule the land like a bunch of cowboys. taking way too many risks, killing without respect, like outlaws. taking what they want, and then coming up with schemes to make themselves the richest people in the world. america has steadily had more and more dreamers like that. and that spirit of anything goes fuels that here. but still... there's a dark side to it. all the towns that're lying in ruin because nobody has jobs. because the companies were just not ever protected. these bigass companies that stretched out across the country were basically like cowboy companies. and then they die the death of an outlaw, except... just like in mafia times, the guys a criminal but he's offering you protection, if you don't accept protection he'll kick your ass, and you have to pay him a fee, so you learn to live like that, and then your fucking mafia gets killed off, and you've got nobody there to protect you. that's kinda like what happened in america with the car companies.
somerville MA
-76.97 white
-6.50 black
-0.22 native american
-6.44 asian
-0.06 pacific islander
-4.96 other races
-4.85 two or more races
-of the above, -8.76 hispanic/latino of any race
Canada
-32.2 canadian
-21.0 english
-15.8 french
-15.1 scottish
-13.9 irish
-10.2 german
-4.6 italian
-4.0 south asian
-3.9 chinese
-3.9 ukranian
-3.8 aboriginal
-3.3 dutch
-3.2 polish
-2.5 black
you know what really surprises me? in canada they have almost 4 percent of the population aboriginal. i think that beats america. and its not just asian but thats 4 percent INDIAN so thats way more than america. see if they did it by american standards then it would be chinese and south asian together which would be almost 8 percent which's almost 10 percent. and thats way more than what america has listed. see canada's a smaller country as a whole but because of the diversity on the street youll see different types of people on a regular basis. another thing i like about canada is there's only 2.5 blacks, which means that theyre not gonna dominate the news and everything in canada that isnt white. america has too much of that white black thing going on. its so much that basically asian people dress up as black kids. because they identify with that more since theyre apparently not white. that to me is kindof interesting. but canada does look a little bit more promising. lets say you add up all the south asians, blacks, aboriginals, chinese, and what do you get. i get about 15 percent. so thats still pretty fucking small. i mean... its probably an 85 percent white country. i mean its good they do the demographics in real demographics and not "white". but they definately seem to in a positive way have more ties to europe. in the sense that the people there still tend to hold on to their irish name and stuff. so thats kinda cool. but its not some sort of real equal place or anything. an equal place would be no one group overshadowing the other. i read about a place in new york where that was the case. 20 percent of every race. its in new york. its like a borough or a neighborhood.
New York City
-44.1 white (35.1 non-hispanic)
-25.2 black (23.7 non-hispanic)
-0.4 american-indians (0.2 non-hispanic)
-11.6 asian-americans (11.5 non-hispanic)
-less than 0.1 pacific islander american
-16.8 other races (1.0 non-hispanic)
-1.9 two or more races (1.0 non hispanic)
-27.4 hispanics & latinos
dude. new yorkers, they call native americans, they call them american indians. its fucking rediculous. youve got indian americans and now youve got american indians. why use the name india for these people its insulting to people who are from india. it just seems like a fucking rediculous thing for a city like new york. they just don't deserve the name India. they should call them like indigenous peoples. the europeans have a way better way of describing it.
see in new york they list whether or not people of that race are hispanic. which's interesting because in america they don't go that in depth. i'm guessing hispanic just literally means spanish-speaking and spanish-cultured. but that just shows much of an impact the spanish had on the americas. like mexico and then south america. its like the new world was divided up between spain england and france. france got canada. england got america. and france got south america. what do you think about that? but isnt that crazy how they divided up an entire part of the world with people already on it. they just used their technology to rape half of the world. they brushed aside the locals and brought their own people from across the oceans in. i mean thats absolutely insane. just because you have power does it mean you have to use to bully people around? and these people didnt bully people, they killed people. and they stole whatever they had. and then they brought their families and stuff and they started living in the stuff of these dead people. i mean that is just so brutal. fuckin bloodthirsty bastards is what these guys are. theyre just like modern day vikings with fucking cannons. coming in blasting shit up and then moving in their wife and kids. and at the end of the day its like, did they really gain anything from doing that? i mean i know when you read about britain you read about how really crowded it is. so was their solution back in the day just kill people and take land? we've got too many people so lets take half our people send 'em there and kill everybody and live there. yeah i just don't understand why death had to be involved in this whole process. and to me death is a fucking huge crime. if somebody commits murder in the united states they can get executed themselves. if not jailed for their entire life. but an entire country was basically pardoned for murder. not only were they pardoned for it they were asked to kill people by their government. well they had enough power to win so they felt their award was winning. and apparently it didnt bother them at all to get what they wanted through murder. its through violent crimes that the world has come to the place its at today. and those crimes are still waiting to be punished for. there's no justice for the dead natives. not yet. maybe in the future we'll give 'em you know 1/10th of america. but as it is the descendants of native americans who choose to live in the land that they were born in, they suffer today and nothing is done for them. they've given retardedly small pieces of land there's nothing they can do with it. they're made to feel like foreigners in their own land. like... i kindof understand it because i grew up here, but what if my ancestors grew up here too, for like 10,000 years. that's a fuckin bitter pill to swallow. trying to stand back and just realize that you have no power over this land. i mean i guess you could probably get over that. but like... being treated like youre not even as good as other people. see anytime i have any problems with someone all i need to do is think of native americans to put me in my fucking place. if they can continue to live in this country and try to continue, then i mean fuck it man its not that hard for me to do it. but those are some deep wounds that havent been healed. and im definately interested in living in a way that keeps all wounds healed.
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