tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post2223474615758177521..comments2024-03-26T19:47:09.310+08:00Comments on Lao Ren Cha - 老人茶: The ethics of being a foreigner writing about TaiwanJenna Lynn Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-56650203697142148712017-08-26T20:38:32.312+08:002017-08-26T20:38:32.312+08:00I agree we can do better, and we may or we may not...I agree we can do better, and we may or we may not. There is no gatekeeper, no editor, no publisher, and (thankfully) no censor - just individuals with full access to the same publishing channels as anyone else. My hope for the future is that eventually some of the "newness" of all this self-publishing technology will wear off and the day-trippers will feel like they can't make a Harald Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982257844112976006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-15935030379002122002017-08-26T20:04:53.936+08:002017-08-26T20:04:53.936+08:00Re: young white kids who come to Taiwan (or wherev...Re: young white kids who come to Taiwan (or wherever, this is a global phenomenon though it seems to be especially common in The Mystical Far Ea---sorry, Asia) and post their pedestrian, white-guy-finds-himself thoughts on Life In Asia - sure. And I admitted in the post that there is a chance I was one of them, but I hven't gone back into the archives to look. On one hand, if the majority Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-29548947342849151402017-08-26T19:22:02.638+08:002017-08-26T19:22:02.638+08:00I'd just like to point out that the white peop...I'd just like to point out that the white people who come to Taiwan and post stuff about their experiences and expat thoughts are, for the most part, writing for a white audience (the chief target viewer being - in many cases - themselves, followed by other foreigners living in Asia and their friends back home). They also tend to be young and prone to the same youthful infatuations and Harald Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982257844112976006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-87828498337837242182017-08-26T18:02:25.372+08:002017-08-26T18:02:25.372+08:00I would argue with you rationally about the approp...I would argue with you rationally about the appropriateness of rational discourse, but that plays into the hands of The Man. On the other hand, you think that I am writing English, but it is entirely possible that this is written in a different language entirely, whose lexemes, by coincidence, happen to resemble those of English. So you could be reading this in one language, while I am writing itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-10456802879895268042017-08-26T09:36:39.651+08:002017-08-26T09:36:39.651+08:00Few things:
Minority groups can't be racist ...Few things: <br /><br />Minority groups can't be racist *against white people* (even in Taiwan, there is white privilege that we can't escape - we still come from a world of comparative advantage). I can name several ways, some of which might surprise you, that I still have white privilege in Taiwan. But, they certainly can be racially discriminatory (not the same thing - the first, as Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-81975636326208711862017-08-26T04:47:51.857+08:002017-08-26T04:47:51.857+08:00Silly multiculturalists. Don't they realize th...Silly multiculturalists. Don't they realize that minority groups can't be racist? "no they can't racism requires power and prejudice...A subjugated group cannot be racist – they can only be prejudicial." <br /><br />https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1901544/google-promotes-controversial-claim-its-not-possible-for-ethnic-minorities-to-be-racist-against-white-people/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-52840372493973590692017-08-23T21:54:43.144+08:002017-08-23T21:54:43.144+08:00OMG, I just love reading your blog - It makes me t...OMG, I just love reading your blog - It makes me think of things from a perspective I've never considered before. Thank you!Harald Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982257844112976006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-82714435567676962562017-08-23T15:13:54.032+08:002017-08-23T15:13:54.032+08:00Being of Taiwanese descent, born and raised in Eur...Being of Taiwanese descent, born and raised in Europe, I think I do have a dual perspective on Taiwanese issues. My opinion is that Taiwanese could definitely use more outside insight. There is a German expression that goes like "you can't see the forest because of all the trees obstructing your view". In essence, some things cannot be seen with a "clean perspective" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787160466001253837noreply@blogger.com