Posted by chinesecanuck on June 12, 2008
I recently wrote about the Winnipeg mom whose daughter was taken away from her because the child wore clothes with a swaztika on it. Some may say that the woman has the right to teach her child to embrace her heritage. But this isn’t embracing one’s heritage. Let me tell you this: If the mother in this Winnepeg case is indeed the “proud Scottish chick” that she is, then she should be showing and teaching the little girl SCOTTISH CULTURE. No one is going to stop you from doing this. This might mean sending her to highland dancing lessons, teaching her the heritage of the clan’s tartan, etc, etc… You should be showing pride in your family’s heritage or heritages. This means actual countries/ethnicities, not an entire so-called “RACE.” If I don’t go around screaming aSiaN prYde (though I do celebrate Chinese New Year, the mid-Autumn Festival, etc), then you shouldn’t go around being proud of your “race” either. It isn’t ladylike (or gentlemanly), my dear.
Thanks.
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Posted by chinesecanuck on June 12, 2008
From Racialicious, posted by Eujunco:
Now Thats some sad stuff, if the Europeans just left everyone alone we probably won’t have as much problems as we do today, all we can do now is try to work things out with each other with violence being the last option, or not even an option.
I think it will depend on the country and the issues we’re talking about. Japan wasn’t a European colony, but it is certainly influenced by the west, especially after it opened to the “outside world” in the nineteenth century (there were westerners in Japan prior to 1854, but to my understanding, they were mostly missionaries). I mean, would we as a society, be playing Grand Theft Auto (I’m not playing this, but the boyfriend is) on our PS3s? Will we be driving Toyotas? Buying Toshiba laptops? Eating sushi? I don’t know of a single person who doesn’t own at least one Japanese brand. Even my grandparents, who grew up in China during WWII own a Japanese rice cooker, watches Chinese soaps on a Sony television and drives a Toyota!
In some cases, yes, there might be issues, especially in terms of ethnicity, but we might not be enjoying products we love without western influence!
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