ext_99479 ([identity profile] mouseworks.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] nancylebov 2005-09-12 03:32 am (UTC)

There's a Kentucky writer...

..who more or less said that love of one's own land (small scale) didn't mean not supporting the love other's had (small scale) for their land. His brothers were Siberians hunting on their traditional grounds, whether they met or not.

The problem with these sorts of affinity arises when you use ingroups to get economic leverage over others. And whether that's culture or ethnic inclusiveness, when and if it happens, is a whole big bundle of possible problems.

A couple of people in my family have married Jewish men or half Jewish men. In one case, the Jewish family tried to break up the relationship. That's not a useful thing.

Some of what I want to see is a respect for core cultures being allowed to be something separate. There should always be places tourists can't go, much less buy land in.

Mixed feelings here. The Koreans who didn't hire blacks had more problems than the Koreans who did.

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