Why Momopi and L. Yakuza Have Totally Different Experiences?

[lone_yakuza]

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[ladislav]

Yes this kind of thing can be extremely variable-- and more often based on the person than race.

Yes, to an extent, but I would not be blaming the victim too much. It also depends on the area. For example, working class neighborhoods are usually bad whereas high class areas are better- people are more polite.

Me and also two coworkers of mine lived in working class neighborhoods of Bangkok and we got most sh*t from the people there. One guy who was a professor who was walking down the street- doing nothing and then some punks started barking farang- kee- nok, farang-kee nok- meaning something like "white trash" ( lit. bird sh*t whitey)at him. I do not think he was ever dressed badly or disrespectful.

I would get into an elevator and then some people would just not want to get into the elevator with me. Now, before you blame me- attitude, posture, clothes and all, the question is- how come in Japan and in the Philippines it never happened?

Another friend of mine rented an apartment in North Bangkok. I do not think he is the type to provoke anyone but immediately he was visited upon by kids who were banging on his door shouting farang farang and then running away. The parents ( as it is usual in Asia) never did anything to stop the kids.

You will see this happen in Asia ( West, East, South-East) a lot. Crazy kids are mocking you, sticking fingers at you, harassing you and their parents are standing there, smiling and doing nothing. They would not even say:" stop, sonny, this is not nice."

Another thing in play is how long you will stay in the country and how and where you will interact with the people. I was a tourist in Thailand before and I loved the place- things changed when I went to live there, had to deal with nasty people at banks who did not want to serve me , or looked at me with disgust. The clerks at one bank started mocking the girl who was serving me for the first time an- she is serving a farang, ha ha ha! Can you freaking imagine? She did not want to even take me as a customer next time I went in to put some money in there.

Then dealing with sullen, hateful coworkers who did not even want to say hello to me. I am not ugly, I dressed in all business clothes and was not fat or anything. So, do not blame the victim. How about the truth- they are racist and they do not want you around? Except as a money spending visitor/guest.

Now, you go to a large international business area or a tourist area and things are fine- everyone is polite, friendly, serving you OK and in English. Perfect!

[seoulbro]

My experience is much more like Momopi's. My main complaints have been about the materialism, airheaded pop culture, and superficiality in the US. My rants on Asian-American women are also about their materialism, addiction to airheaded pop culture, and superficiality. For me, racism is simply not in the picture. Nevertheless, I still do think the US is "hospitable with friendly people."

See my post on lone_yakuza's first thread (it's the second to last post on the 1st page): viewtopic.php?t=16244

Ditto that when it comes to Asian Canadian women. Too many of them couldn't hold a conversation on anything other than clothes or pop culture if their lives depended on it.