It’s a dumb bet as we have both already looked it up and all the main sources don’t show the US as most diverse. Maybe you are being a smartass and saying something like it is measured as people from the SE corner of Azerbaijan or something similar.
I really can’t speak for Russia as I don’t live there.
Czech racism isn’t quite as aggressive as American racism. Things are stated in a more casual, matter of fact sense rather than American racism which tend to have some kind of emotion behind it. It tells me that a good chunk of Czech racism is really just a lack of contact or interaction with people who aren’t Czech. After all, 95% of the country is Czech. Unless you’re in Prague, you’re rarely (if ever) interacting with non-Czech people.
On the other hand, about 65% of America is non-Hispanic Caucasian. A huge number of people are regularly interacting with people of different races. They know very well who they’re angry at and their hatred is born from just sheer bigotry rather than ignorance.
I would argue that the ignorance actually allows racism to go unchecked here because not only are the people saying the things they say unaware of their racism, but there aren’t a whole lot of people calling them out on it. In America, it’s chaotic because people are more aware of racism when they hear it, are aware of the negative consequences of it and act to stop it as a result whereas here it’s just something you say and move on with your life without a thought.
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No, reasonable ways to measure it. That would be the bet…at least one reasonable measure of a country’s diversity, with no smart-ass tricks…as judged by someone we agree on.
It’s not a subjective thing that needs a judge. It’s a factual statement.
There is no way to bet on this. Just show me your data which shows the the US is most diverse and I’ll concede I was mistaken.
I haven’t found it yet other than absolute number of foreign born people, which itself is a measure of diversity imo, but I have other things in mind which would be per capita.
Eastern Euros you mean? On average extremely racist and probably the most racist on the planet apart from the obvious #1racist meatheads in white South Africa.
My niece is Czech. The racism (mainly aimed at gypsies) is overt and much worse than you’d expect to find in the US I believe.Nationalism isn’t quite as big a problem there, and they have pretty low expectations after such a long period of malignant foreign rule.
I fear Poland is probably even worse.
Absolute numbers don’t mean anything. It would have to be per capita. Your a huge country of course you have lots of foreign born people. 
Roma and Muslims definitely get it worst. I’ve seen literally zero of either in Prague and I’m quite sure a large majority of people here who hate Roma and Muslims have never actually interacted with one either. Very different from America where people will get their car fixed by a black guy before running over a bunch of BLM protesters.
Regarding nationalism: there a small minority of people who are fiercely nationalistic but the political parties that represent them are weakening pretty dramatically. Wouldn’t be surprised if SPD doesn’t make the 5% threshold in the next CoD election.
My former flatmate’s from Poland and brought up the election of Duda when it happened. He’s mostly apolitical and generally a centrist when he is but he’s made it clear to me multiple times how grateful he is to not be there.
Like ok,
paraphrasing one of the most ridiculous parts:
A: Superhero movies, BP included, are for children.
B: No they’re not!
A: Ok well, here’s some critical analysis about the potentially unintentional regressive politics in the subtex-
B: How dare you! Don’t you know about all the children this movie inspired?
A: Um…
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Hahahahahahaha
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Ugh. I backed out of this because I wanted to do a better job understanding your PoV, but since you’re gonna’ double down then let’s make an effort toward practicing some reading comprehension and thoughtfulness before throwing around words like racism. Here’s the post you called racist:
First, unless you think I personally worked with “millions of people inspired by this film,” then I’m obviously talking about multiple overlapping groups here. I’ve even drawn a venn diagram below.
Second, some of the kids referenced in sentence #1 were from Africa. And yes, I do believe that adoptees from Uganda and Ethiopia - suddenly excited for the first time to share their culture with their white peers - deserve a voice re: the impact of this film.
I’m fine saying this film had problems. And I’m fine saying I probably misunderstood some aspects of your position and should have stayed out of the discussion. But this film meant a lot of things to a lot of people, and incorporated many African voices in its production. It’s unfair to characterize anyone defending it as someone not listening.
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I don’t mind people not using good grammar/punctuation in texts anymore. That was mostly just an OCD thing I got over. Like I hated seeing “you” written as “u” and had a strong urge to correct it. But now I don’t so much anymore. I usually don’t use perfect grammar and punctuation when I text (see, I’m not using a period at the end of this sentence)
As for being a Leninist, it depends what you consider a Leninist. The term often brings to mind either Maoists/MLs or Trotskyists. I am a Leninist insofar as I am an orthodox Marxist, and Lenin was just an orthodox Marxist working in the very unfavorable conditions of Tsarist Russia. I’m not a “Leninist” insofar as I don’t see the need to overtheorize Lenin’s political decisions into a blueprint for revolution today. In fact I think the term Leninist can be misleading as Lenin did not introduce many new innovations to Marxism. I recommend reading “Revolutionary Strategy” by Mike Mcnair-- I actually recorded an audiobook of it that should be coming out soon.
I believe in working to create a mass socialist party with majority support. I don’t believe socialism can just arise spontaneously in a mass insurrection, but I also don’t believe that a small group can just take power without support from the population through guerilla warfare or something along those lines (as some Maoists for example do).
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The Master said, Not to talk to one who could be talked to, is to waste a man. To talk to those who cannot be talked to, is to waste one’s words. “He who is truly wise never wastes a man”; but on the other hand, he never wastes his words.
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On the one hand people itt are saying “It’s a mythical state in Africa, why shouldn’t they wear traditional clothes and throw spears?” and on the other hand you, more nuanced, are saying it’s the same culture as specific East African countries because kids from there identify with it.
So I am confused about this.
No one’s disputing the positive effects it had on the kids you work with, which is great. I guess you’d have to be there and see it for yourself to know how the kids felt and reacted to the contentious scenes we’re talking about itt, and it does raise the question of whether kids in general are really the best arbiters of complex and nuanced cultural issues, but I’m glad they took a lot out of it and I hope someone makes a film with a similarly broad appeal that shows Africa in a naturalistic light (though I still haven’t seen BP yet).
I disagree with your blanket condemnation of critics. They perform a useful function (even if they do sometimes get it wrong and have to reevaluate later) of helping to weed out some of the bad art and overall I’d rather have them, warts and all, than not.
Come on man, don’t be this obtuse. Why do you think Clovis, who does not like superhero movies, has gotten zero “hate” in this discussion?
There’s a gigantic difference between the Clovis line of “superhero movies arent for me” but will not condescend to people who enjoy them, vs jalfrezi who has called them infantile, called people racist/imperialist for doing so, and saying others explicitly have “shit tastes.”
It’s not what, jalfrezi has said (although wookie and others have tried to get him to answer questions about his ignorance hes conveniently ignored), its how he’s said it.
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If Johnny said Canada sucks for Mexican food, I’d give him that.
I haven’t had any good Mexican food in Canada, but sample size is low.
everybody relax
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I still have no idea what it is about BP that you find so objectionable.
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Go back to the top and read down.
cliffs: I don’t find the film objectionable because I haven’t seen it!
I do find the views of some African critics interesting, and feel they shouldn’t be glossed over by the likes of some shallow people here because of THRILLS and THE KIDS LOVE IT.
I’ve been trying to get you to explain what this criticism is, and you won’t say. No one is glossing over anything, we don’t know what it is you’re going on about.
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