No wonder English is such a hard language to learn.

C1ay · 09-09-2005

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Originally Posted by Ps2Huang

As a matter of fact, I had obstacles to communicate with Hebrews, plus they are mean. So that makes me hard to learn English.

Are you saying that you are prejudiced?

Dark Mind · 09-09-2005

I don't think that's exactly what he means...

Dark Mind · 09-09-2005

Uhhh, why isn't this in the Social Sciences Forum yet?

Buffy · 09-09-2005

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Originally Posted by Dark Mind

I don't think that's exactly what he means...

Well, he may not want to admit that that's what he means...

Diplomatically,
Buffy

Dark Mind · 09-09-2005

As a matter of fact, I had obstacles to communicate with Hebrews, =Language difficult to learn... self explanatory.

plus they are mean. =Probably met a few Jews who discrminated against him for being Asian

. Since Japan was on Hitlers' side in the war they might have thought that he also discriminated against Jews

. Or maybe they just got frustrated with him because holding a conversation in English was a difficult task

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So that makes me hard to learn English.=Doesn't enjoy learning English due to above presumed experience(s).

Just what I think may have happened

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As you can tell from all the shrugging going on, I really don't know anything concerning this matter... So I'm in the same boat as all of you

. I just thought I'd try to put a positive spin on what was being interpreted as a racist/prejudiced comment

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Ps2Huang · 09-09-2005

I am not a racism. But I don't know why, Jewish people tend to treat their own people nicely; but to others, they make us as their enemies. I am easily to get along with British, French, German, and Swedish. Plus, I had been to Europe, I love the castles built in Germany and Italy.

C1ay · 09-09-2005

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Originally Posted by Ps2Huang

I am not a racism. But I don't know why, Jewish people tend to treat their own people nicely; but to others, they make us as their enemies. I am easily to get along with British, French, German, and Swedish. Plus, I had been to Europe, I love the castles built in Germany and Italy.

Who said anything about racism? Judaism is a religious belief, not a race. Further, there are jews in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and across the rest of Europe. Are you saying that you can easily get along with those jews? Just which nationality of jews is it you have trouble with? Like other groupings of people, there are members at both ends of the spectrum, some mean and some kind. To claim all members of the group are mean because of your experience with the few is simply a stereotype.

Fishteacher73 · 09-09-2005

Most all groups exhibit some form of xenophobia. It is simply more comfortable with "us" than with "them". How this expressed and to what degree depends on the individual, and as C1ay said.

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To claim all members of the group are mean because of your experience with the few is simply a stereotype.