A lot of negative feedback is made against expatriates or residents of a country. in these instances its worth reflecting on who is the racist. Often you will have a foreigner making a statement about a country or its people, and some local citizen labelling them a racist because they have passed a negative judgement.
It is most often the proud nationalist that is the racist, more so than the person who makes a positive statement which is regarded as a 'generalisation' out of context. Logic is afterall based on generalisation and differentiation. Its natural to make generalisations when engaging in a discussion of culture and its behavioural traits. Only is blatant dogmatism inappropriate.
--------------------------------------------------It is most often the proud nationalist that is the racist, more so than the person who makes a positive statement which is regarded as a 'generalisation' out of context. Logic is afterall based on generalisation and differentiation. Its natural to make generalisations when engaging in a discussion of culture and its behavioural traits. Only is blatant dogmatism inappropriate.
Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
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