Pretty much, yeah. Definitely on the white side, it seems to be about trying to maintain cultural, social and economic dominance. From what I can see here.
That's how some of our friends that came to visit this country felt as well, and then once they were here a while tended to view things a bit different. Sounds like the media is doing this job. lol that's how they want to paint it! I had no idea until they pointed this out to what extreme it was though. I figured it was shewed a bit, but I had no idea to what extent. Honestly? I think we were both surprised. I mean you have expect some of it.
I'm not trying to speak for the entire world. I'm trying to argue that one very narrow, very America-centric viewpoint doesn't exhaust the topic for the entire world.
Our friends again - whom would be considered minorities here - felt many of the groups that felt victimized here didn't know how good they had in considering the rest of the world. They do indeed have a very narrow view of things, and our friends felt didn't appreciate what they had. They were quite surprised at the amount of minorities that had seats of power, business, etc. How that is quite different where they live.
I didn't find that all that surprising when you look at the size and population of the country, and when you realize most aren't exposed to other cultures like many others in the world. People can be manipulated into believing a lot of stuff when you have nothing else to compare it too. We border two countries and two large bodies of water, and most don't even leave the country at all in their lifes. That's all they know.
On the other hand, my aunt and uncle who were missionaries and lived all over the globe for years also saw Americans had the wrong views of other places on this globe too. I guess 'how it really is' tends to go both ways. People only see what the media shows them, and feel that's just how it is. Then are surprised when they actually have to live there/visit there. It kind of makes sense when you think about it.
We have a gentleman on a public television station that does travel books/Tv Shows for different parts of the world, and when he speaks - he mentions these differences. He said it was more so in the past, and I'm sure part of it changed when he would point things out in his books and shows - and spoke about his early days giving travel tours. He would purposely expose his guests to things they wouldn't see on the normal tours, and showed out beautifully different and unique we all are.
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