Hints of racism?

Not sure if trolling...

But in case you aren't...

Your post is clearly racist and exaggerated. Let's get some things straight.

Yes, the European's treatment of the Native Americans was appalling. But tell me a country where the majority group treat the indigenous minority groups in a humane way. Look at how indigenous peoples are treated in China and Myanmar, just to name two examples.

No one condones white enslavement of black people. But let's not forget that Arabs took many black slaves as well- in fact, considering they were involved in the slave trade for much longer than Europeans, they probably took more Africans on a whole. But no one seems to remember or care about that.

Oh and what about the fact that Africans were capturing and selling other Africans into slavery? Again, I'm not trying to condone the historical behaviour of Europeans, but it is ridiculous to only hold them accountable and to exonerate other peoples involved in the same sorts of activities.

"The white man is ignorant and naive of other cultures". Fair enough. But who isn't? As someone who has lived in Asia for a few years, I can tell you that most Asians are ignorant ant naive of other cultures as well. Most people in this world are simply because they might not have had a lot of exposure.

"They bitch and moan about Asian culture of [sic] eating dogs and cats". Fair enough, but Singaporeans also bitch and moan about people from China eating dogs and cats. But of course it's ok when Singaporeans bitch and moan because they have yellow skin?

Oh, and Muslims, at least in Singapore, bitch and moan ALL THE TIME about other people eating pork. Just so you know.

"The Indians and Muslims are wise enough to not meddle in other culture's business". Really? Not sure if trolling here, but it's a very hard argument to make that Muslims do not meddle in other culture's business. Unless you believe that Islam just *happened* to arise in countries like Morocco and Indonesia- thousands of miles away from the Muslim holy land-, without the forcible conversion of the natives. Oh, but when non-white people convert people, it's not meddling at all is it? Then what is it?

As for the Indians.... ALL of southeast asia has historical Indian influence. As far as out as the islands of Java and Bali. The latter is still Hindu today. Do you think the religion just spread there by accident?

"The white man has invaded more countries, destroyed more cultures, and raped more woman than any other culture in the world." Lotttts of problems with this statement.

Firstly, "white men" do not make up one culture. They make up dozens of cultures. It was only a few that ever went out "Destroying" other cultures- namely, Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, Belgian, Dutch and German. What about the Irish? They are victims just like other people- their culture was almost destroyed by the British. What about the Polish who have been invaded and colonised by many different countries over the years? What about the Jews, who have been persecuted, enslaved and murdered for thousands of years? Or do they just not count.

Secondly, non-white people have been invading, destroying and raping for centuries... JUST LIKE white people. No more, no less. Many sub-Saharan African societies were in a perpetual state of tribal warfare until recently (and some still are). The Aztecs and Incans pillaged, raped and conquered their countryside- which is how they got so powerful. And to be fair, they were HATED by most other natives- which is why the latter were willing to ally with folks like Cortes.

Honestly, I don't blame you for your post. It's easy to have these unfortunate beliefs. Just like Hollywood's occasionally racist portrayal of Asians, Africans and others, the racist portrayal of white people is what has led to worldviews like yours. But it's not really logical... it's reaffirming the view that white folks are evil based on the assumption that white folks are evil. My position is not that white people are in any way superior... but if you're going to use the historical argument, than other peoples did things that were just as bad, but it's only the white people who take the heat.

@DiggJigg ..excuse me but you left out HAWAII. This documentary about what was done to my ppl by the grandchildren of the missionaries will make you PUKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpsmUCtsd2oIt wasn't until our Queen met slaves for her first time on the back of a train to England, where she was put due to her "negroid" features after being invited to England by their queen, that she found out how nefarious and deceptive they were. After hearing the stories from the slaves of how they were kidnapped from Africa ..our queen raced back home but it was to late. They had already infected low wage chinese workers w/ deseases and released them to rape the women and dumped 2000 Hawaiian boys and men at sea(after promising their parents and wives they would be taken to to the mainland to earn plenty money, then brought back. The males never made it to the mainland. They also spread Leprosy amongst the ppl forcing the queen to colonized those infected on the island of Molokai (until few years back)Kalaupapa, Molokai -- The Last Leper Colony link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbdWsNJm83U

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What you have just said basically, is that the white man/caucasians, were stronger and smarter than the other races and cultures and took what they wanted, when they wanted because they were stronger, smarter and has a superior culture which enabled them to move into areas of the world to garner raw materials, slaves, gold and other goods with little to no futile resistence.
It's the white/anglo saxon culture that enabled them to do so; white people basically rule the world and would still do so except for periods of abject stupidity and cowardly appeasement by self-hating liberals who extoll and glorify failed and horrible cultures over their own. All this to appear cool and intelligent to their packs of similarily deficient in basic intelligence oung and ignornat liberal tools.
You do know that the northern "chinese" were mostley celts and it was the white man who invented the wheel, gunpowder, looms and animal husbandry in the steppes of the world? The modern chinese government had to confiscate and stop archeological digs becuase of the facts uncovered by scientists that showed that most of the mongols were caucasian, most of the early inventions were caucasion and it was only after the mongols settled down Beijing area as the Manchu dynasties in China, that they interbred with locals over time, the real mongloid races, that most of modern day chinese "look" chinese.
When you actually study genetics, anthropology, history and archeology, get back to me to further discuss this interesting topic.

Wow, "The white man is ignorant and naive of other cultures." I think you are the ignorant one here. Don't generalize, fool! Yes, "the white man" did/do horrible things, but not every white man. You can't generalize because of someone's skin colour.

Thanks to people like you (generalists), there is still racism in the world.

Playing the race/nationalist card is what 'media' does in certain environments. It feeds off the public. Look at yellow journalism during the turn of the century (having nothing to do with skin color, but the color of the paper it was printed on). It was an era of silly exaggerations and simplifications that only the most naive and ignorant would truly buy into.

So, after several hundred years of infinite suffering, the Chinese people are treated to their own versions of simplistic images. I would guess that a good number of them don't believe such easy caricatures (though images of sadistic Japanese soldiers can ring true).

Every nation needs it's 'enemy' to rally the people, to deflect blame. Many Westerns truly share the blame for this period in China. But at least they also show that much of the blame rested with the Chinese and their lack of will.

I don't see the racism so much, as I see simplistic stereotypes (and western actors in Chinese movies over and over again). At least, in this case, the Western bands pulled their loan and helped push the revolution.

i'll never understand how white ppl cry racism for anything

the fking world belongs to you, quit crying

Wow, some of the comments here are unbelievable. Anybody who doesn't understand racism as it exists everywhere, especially asia and then attributes it as some sort of White Guy Only phenomenon is simply ignorant.

Like the original poster I live in Asia and have for several years. You want to see some hard core racism then head over here. And if you can't do that then just make the effort of learning something about this part of the world's history. I mean, it's easy to start with Chinese, Japanese and Koreans with their long history of killing each other but how about just seeing how people within individual countries treat their fellow countrymen who live in the hills or work on farms. My god, this is the real deal.

But I haven't actually seen the movie. Mainly because everything I've read describes it as embarrassingly bad and a really clunky nationalistic piece of propaganda. Sure, you can take that and go off on western, clunky nationalistic pieces of propaganda but that doesn't make me want to see this one any more than before.

I'm always amused by people that have assumptions about westerners or Americans more specifically as if their failings are unique to that part of the world. It's again coming from profound ignorance and really a sort of racism as it presumes that darker skinned people do not share the same capability in the human experience.

But what is most rewarding is when some new person rolls into town and utters something about how westerners (again usually Americans) are so jingoistic and then I get a chance a year later to see what they think. That usually gives them an opportunity to realize that the natives aren't the innocent savages that they expected but human beings capable of being as bad as anybody.

Finally, I can't imagine that I'd be upset with the portrayal of white people in this movie because asian movies are famous for such ridiculous stereotypes of the white devil. My girlfriend is Korean and I always joke with her about how no Korean movie is complete until the white devil makes an appearance.