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As are most Filipino's, rule one for expats stay out of local politics. Rule 2 just go to your church and don't discuss other religions.
Obviously, the Chinese are fond of him as well.
They (the Chinese) think He’s got the balls to snub the Americans. Clever that he now sides with the Chinese. That’s where future foreign investments, financial aids and foreign export market will lie in the next century or two.
I am not a fan of him. But He is a "my country first" type of President. He has to do what he has to do.
The world is a different place now. America needs a strong leader.
Let me tell you what it isn't. It's not Hispanic, Asian, Muslim, etc. It's people who's native language is English for one thing or at least speak it as their primary language of usage.
It’s better when we have a common language, definitely. People can’t relate when they cant even talk to each other. Islam itself is a scourge, though most Muslims are not particularly religious, so I try really hard not to judge ( I have to say that the sight of a woman in hijab pisses me off)
We are all comfortable in what is familiar, but sometimes exposure to other cultures expands our thinking, and makes us grateful for what we have here. I’m never more proud to be an American than when we show up at the Olympics, and you can’t tell ( by race or ethnicity ) who is the American, save for the uniform and the ass-kicking.
Well I'm of Asian descent and very assimilated and Asian wasn't one of the choices!!!
I've never lived in a community that was more than 2.5% Asian. My current suburb is 85% white and 10% black. In WV my exurban town was 98.5% white. In the Baltimore area my suburb was about 80% white and 20% black with only a smattering of Asians and Hispanics. My race hasn't really mattered much in my life.
So culturally I identify as Southern and American vs with my ethnicity culturally. Honestly of my close friends, 2 are black (non African American), 2 are Asian and the rest are all white. I've mostly assimilated into the working class American culture. I honestly don't have any Hispanic or African American friends not that I'm opposed to it but just cultural differences mainly. The vast majority of my friends come from a white working class background. And I've never felt unaccepted. This demographic is actually quite accepting to minorities who are assimilated.
Having said this, I would be comfortable in either a majority white or a truly mixed community. I would NOT be comfortable in an environment that is over 75% black and/or Hispanic not that I discriminate against them but I just wouldn't fit in culturally. For example if you have a community that is over 75% Hispanic, English probably will not be the primary language there, if English is spoken at all. I'm also culturally very different than poeple who grew up in an majority Asian environment like some neighborhoods in California or New York. I know nothing about the Asian American subculture.
No, I would not. Too many cultural differences. I am not racist, however I also don't identify with blacks or Mexicans as much as I do white people. To many people, that may seem racist but I don't view it as such.
I see what you're saying. I'm of Asian descent but very assimilated. Culturally I am MUCH more like a white Southerner than any other demographic and I feel I have nothing in common with people raised in an Asian American subculture. My metro area now is predominantly white and black and I get along well with everyone but the majority of my friends are white. There are not many Asians or Hispanics here. Also it seems many of the black people in this area like to self-segregate into their own culture which is fine as long as everyone is respectful of each other.
I do know that when black people are around, whites here don't talk about politics since most blacks are Democrat, but whenever no blacks are around people feel free to trash Obama. Though even in this situation it would NOT be for racial reasons when they trash Obama his race is never mentioned.
Technically yes, but what I do need around me is educated people, and unfortunately education is not as accessible to non-white/non-Asian people in this country, especially those who live in poor cities like Detroit and El Paso that are overwhelmingly their race.
Yes, I absolutely would. In fact, that's pretty much the case where I'm living. I'm a Scandinavian-looking white woman living in the Middle-East. What's nice here is that we have a mix of people. We have Blacks as well (Ethiopians), Filipinos and a few Chinese, too.
I feel very comfortable in this environment.
In America, I like places like Alabama or Georgia, which have a nice diversity going for them, better than all-white areas like Maine or Central Pennsylvania. In most of AL and GA, Caucasians are in the majority, true, but I don't think I would mind living in Detroit because of the racial make-up of the city. (the poverty and lack of safety I would mind).
I had to grow up in a place that wasn’t even 5% black at the time, and it SUCKED sometimes. I had more good experiences than bad, but there was plenty of bad to go around. I resented my dad for a long time for moving us to Scottsdale. However, I got over it and moved on. My brothers and I had to knuckle up a whole lot during our formative years. Things got much better over time though, and now I love my hometown although I no longer live there.
I made sure to raise my kid in a much more diverse place. That’s a lot easier to do in Arizona now than it was when I was a kid. Every place was either all Hispanic or all white. Few places were mixed. Black enclaves were SUPER tiny back then.
The thing about culture is interesting. I have no problem buying sushi from a place owned by a white or black person or order egg rolls from Jack in the Box. But I would never order anything "Cajun" outside of Louisiana (except maybe to see how badly they screwed it up.)
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