Anti-Racist Nationalists

[Neith]

Okay thanks.

I was just wondering because two Thai's joined my school today, and were thus the topic of conversation on bus during the journey home. The most commonly used word in this conversation was "my pals" which I was quite surprised and shocked by. I think a lot of these racism may be because many of these people are not exposed to people of different cultures and colours, and as a result are racist and suspicious of any one who is not white and scottish. This is because there aren't many people of different ethincities where we live. I think if these people had been brought up in a city they wouldn't be so racist because they would be used to it.

The reason for this little story is that it made me think about this thread. I wa thinking that if everybody kept to their own countries and so on, then they would become racist naturally from a lack of experience to other types of people. Therefore it would be incredibly difficult for anyone to move to another country.

Or is my thinking flawed?

 

[Norsemaiden]

There's no problem with people from different cultures visiting. It's when they come over in their millions that the problem is intollerable.

 

[Neith]

I don't necessarily mean visiting. What about somebody permanently moving to another country?

 

[Norsemaiden]

I don't necessarily mean visiting. What about somebody permanently moving to another country?

Technically I would say a few thousand people from several different cultures living in somewhere like Britain would be acceptable. But what I have no doubt about is that there are far too many here now.

 

[Hubster]

But how would one logically propose that certain cultures be limited to settling into a country outside of that of their birthrace and also having it executed in a non-rascist or nationally socialistic manner?

 

[Necromunchkin]

Something else I feel is necessary to bring up is what about those who are of mixed ethnic or national origin? Is the assumption to be that a mixed person is automatically relegated to being of the minority population, rather than the majority? Much of the arguments for nationalism seem based upon an idea that nationality holds a significance beyond the constructed and assumed identity of a collective via geography, color, specific cultural traits and so forth even as those persons forget that their own origins were transient. To assume a national identity for the U.K. now is to assume one of race and/or color, rather than to examine the multi-various origins of the people living within the geographic confines. The reality is that nations, like people, evolve according to the dynamic of new peoples introduced into that collective. It is inevitable. Nations change, borders shift, and the content of populations never remain the same. The result can often be conflict, but even if a country were to remain entirely xenophobic and closed (such as Japan did for many years) this would not resolve the conflicts of the people within those borders, as conflicts of class, religion, and social perspective would take the place of conflicts of race, ethnicity, nationality, etc.