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was very touching for me to read. My kids are half Japanese half American and we live in japan. They look American and are different from everyone else. They are Japanese through and through and yet they are treated as American because of their looks. Some day they will be so proud to be both Japanese and American but right now they are constantly 'proving' their Japaneseness.
posted by
KaBooM62
on February 18, 2008 at 7:22 PM
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Soul Builder
That's an interesting reply.
If one were to assume that they would enjoy the company of only people like themselves... in jobs and their personal lives... that would be a form of prejudice.
Until you know someone a bit, you can't tell what things you may or may not have in common with them. And with the growing Asian and Latino communities, the US will not be an "anglo-saxon" country in the next 20 years.
Just something to think about.... 
posted by
Loribeth215
on February 17, 2008 at 1:58 PM
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Alien
Very thought provoking. People need to realize that the one thing that unifies us is that we all want the same things in life: love, success, support, friendship. We just have different traditions and different ways of going about getting the same things.
And there is beauty in difference. What would a garden be with only one type of flower?
posted by
Loribeth215
on February 17, 2008 at 1:52 PM
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posted by
contagion_publishing
on February 14, 2008 at 10:55 AM
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Thank you for leaving a comment to my blog entry
this entry is so true, I hope you enjoy lots of love today
posted by
Thomas_Cornish
on February 13, 2008 at 10:58 PM
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What joy, your son winning.
My son is also a basketball player and had many many victories. But, we were in our country. Yet, his height was a handicap for him, and still is when he is studying in the US and still wants to play basketball professionally. I agree with TAPS that most of all, racism or any kind of bigtory is because of fear and the fear of the unknown. However, we celebrate in the fact that we have the internal resources to deal with it and heal as times goes.
posted by
Greenfields
on February 13, 2008 at 10:40 PM
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It must be hard, Alien,
But just know that Blogit is totally friendly to all!! Glad you're here!
posted by
SpitFire70
on February 13, 2008 at 8:18 PM
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This is still anglo-saxon country. Many are not prejudiced but that does not stop them from preferring their own kind in jobs, conversation and much more!!!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on February 13, 2008 at 4:07 PM
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AlienFemale
Some things are mighty slow to change. My grandparents came to America in 1900 (108 years ago). They ended up in a small town in the midwest where there was a small community of Czechoslovakian immigrants, many of whom worked in nearby coal mines. There was much prejudice against this community by those who lived in that town. They were referred to as "Dog Town" and "The Dog Town Bunch". The children were picked on before and after school and there were often fights and name-calling. Prejudice does not always have to do with the color of ones skin. It presents itself in language difficulties, worship differences, cultural oddities, anything that is unique or different. There is always fear involved, disguized and buried deeply, but none the less, fear.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 13, 2008 at 1:23 PM
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Sad but true...
If only more people would realize this...then maybe things can start to change.
posted by
Hdiddle
on February 13, 2008 at 12:42 PM
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