Re: Cultural differences and how to handle them
On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 11:17:50PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 11:21:03PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > People in the US are used to minority quotas in various places.
> >
> > In most European countries it would be considered unacceptable racism
> > if skin color would play any role in university admission.
> [...]
> > Children in the US grow up learning that they are living in the greatest
> > country in the world, an example for the world.
> >
> > Children in Germany grow up learning that "I am proud of being German"
> > is an unacceptable antisemitic expression, nearly synonymous to
> > "I am proud of the holocaust".
> [...]
>
> This. This and the rest of your post.
> You nailed it.
I fully agree with Adrian. We have a cultural issue here.
Greetings
Marc
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