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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 1, 2004 15:33:35 GMT -5
I drove to Sunnyvale yesterday to shop at CompUSA and realized how Indian (Asian Indian, that is, not Native American Indian) that city has become! I'm not complaining at all. I just noticed the plethora of Indian restaurants, grocery stores (five or so within a mile stretch of El Camino!), and residents. Almost every street, I saw an Indian family walking merrily to wherever it is they were going.
Then, I walked into an Indian buffet restaurant and lo and behold! one of the curry dishes had CORN! That's a no-no! Corn is not a staple of the Indian curry diet. My Indian friend educated me about this. He was very offended and walked out of the place, slamming his cloth napkin to the table. (cloth napkins don't make a sound so you have to wonder about this gesture)
But I guess this is better than walking into a Chinese restaurant run by white people.
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Post by Odin on Nov 1, 2004 15:41:44 GMT -5
Wolfgang, you are heavily pressing the issue of "no racism" on this forum.
Please stop.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 1, 2004 15:50:39 GMT -5
This is not racism.
When you walk down the streets of Honolulu (and I'm not saying YOU in particular, but the general YOU), you see a lot of Asian and Polynesian people. If I comment about it, it's racism?
If I said such-and-such race of people are smelly or dress badly, that would be racism, because I have injected a stereotyped and unfounded attitude toward that race of people.
One is fact which is NOT racism. The other is a negative attitude which IS racism.
I have not injected any attitude.
Gawd...
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 1, 2004 15:53:47 GMT -5
I point to exhibit A: volleytalk.proboards35.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1099338702In particular: [quote author= IdahoBoy®® link=board=general&thread=1099338702&start=3#0 date=1099340659]When you are someplace that doesn't care about your sports, you deal with it. Go back to the mainland, haole sports nut, Hawaii is volleyball country. [/quote] Now, IdahoBoor has just told a group of people (i.e., white people, haoles) to go back to the mainland, where they came from. Wow! That's a negative attitude toward a select group of people (arguably a race), is it not? It's more racism than what I put up. One can also argue that "haole" is a racist word.
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Post by Nutter on Nov 1, 2004 15:56:59 GMT -5
Wolfgang, you are heavily pressing the issue of "no racism" on this forum. Please stop. Hi Odin! Lighten up a bit!
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Post by Odin on Nov 1, 2004 15:57:26 GMT -5
This is not racism. When you walk down the streets of Honolulu (and I'm not saying YOU in particular, but the general YOU), you see a lot of Asian and Polynesian people. If I comment about it, it's racism? If I said such-and-such race of people are smelly or dress badly, that would be racism, because I have injected a stereotyped and unfounded attitude toward that race of people. One is fact which is NOT racism. The other is a negative attitude which IS racism. I have not injected any attitude. Gawd... I just asked for you to stop pushing the limits on it.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 1, 2004 15:58:36 GMT -5
I just asked for you to stop pushing the limits on it. IdahoBoor went past the limit; yet, he never received any warning.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 1, 2004 16:00:35 GMT -5
When you make an accusation, I should be allowed to defend myself. Banning someone or threatening someone with a ban because he is defending himself is, well, reprehensible. (YOU know what I'm talking about!)
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Post by Odin on Nov 1, 2004 16:03:17 GMT -5
IdahoBoor went past the limit; yet, he never received any warning. IdahoBoy has made it clear on many occasions that he himself is a white haole. You have pointed out many times that he often tells us too much about himself here. Is it racism when someone makes fun of themselves? You on the other hand have not made any declaration of your race-type on this forum, at least as Wolfgang, but have in the past day made comments about Indians, Asians, Chinese, and White people.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 1, 2004 16:05:13 GMT -5
IdahoBoy® has made it clear on many occasions that he himself is a white haole. You have pointed out many times that he often tells us too much about himself here. Is it racism when someone makes fun of themselves? You on the other hand have not made any declaration of your race-type on this forum, at least as Wolfgang, but have in the past day made comments about Indians, Asians, Chinese, and White people. You don't know for a fact that I'm not a mix of Indian, Chinese, and White. Also, what is the distinction you make about "Asians, Chinese,..." because you listed it as two separate entities?
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Post by Odin on Nov 1, 2004 16:07:32 GMT -5
Please stop.
I only asked because I received an IM about it.
Please respect that.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 1, 2004 16:08:39 GMT -5
Also, here's another one. A forum like this one is made up of various people of all races, colors, religions, and the like.
IdahoBoor may have said he's white (I don't know whether he did or not). But what if he is NOT white, but he only said he is white? Because you believe him, he's allowed to make all the anti-white jokes on this forum?
If I said I was Jewish, should I then be allowed to make all the Anti-Semitic jokes as I want, BECAUSE I said I was Jewish?
You get my drift?
You don't know anyone on this board. You can't go by what someone says. You have to set up a clear anit-racism policy and apply it uniformly across the board.
Gawd, what a dweeb...
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Post by roofed! on Nov 1, 2004 19:48:12 GMT -5
Back to the subject, I suppose that it is not suprising that Little India has grown in Sunnyvale considering the number of Indian-descent computer engineers working in Silicon Valley. In LA city/county area, there are many Ethnic towns -- there is Thai Town in Hollywood, Little Ethopia (I can't remember whether they call by that name) in Fairfax/La Brea, Little Tokyo in downtown LA, and I think the Little India is around Fairfax area too. There is also Little Saigon in Westminster in Orange County while Glendale city is also more of Little Armenia.
One advantage of having all these ethnic enclaves is that you get first rate ethnic restaurants. Simply delicious food. Plus many of the ethnic supermarkets, especially those in Little Saigon, are selling produces at just a small fraction of what it would cost in Vons, or Ralph's or Albertson. For example, you can buy a bunch of green onions or cilantro for only 10 cents!
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