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*high five* for being a 鍾 So your kids are Chin-gl-ian? Awesome! I have a HK child's ID card, and in 3 years time will need a full ID card and a Sha Tau Kok premises pass for crossing the restricted section. Ooh college? Which one?
Leicester is alright to be honest, chilling with friends at victoria park and that. Tis good.
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My wife went to Leicester Polytechnic which is now De Montfort University. She moved to London because of work. We still have a lot of friends there though.
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Small world eh? The only Chinese people I've seen around Vicky park are international students. As for me, I'm BBC and about as proficient at Cantonese as John Sargeant is at dancing, actually not that bad. Leicester Polytechnic? That must've have been decades ago?
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This is very strange to me. In my world, and in my industry, Asians of whatever origin are treated with respect. I have many Asian co-workers. What you describe is completely outside of my experience, and nothing like anything I've observed in California. Is it possible that you are talking about what I'd call a "bad neighborhood?" That's how it sounds to me.
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I think its an utter shame that politics is a no-go area on Head-Fi, there could be some enthralling discussions with the the breadth of decent members we have here.
Kirosia: I know what you mean, when you talk about the social disparity between discrimination of Chinese (Asian) ethnic groups compared to others, which I won't mention specifically for fear of being banned. It's not that much of an issue here in the UK - you're more likely to be stopped by a police officer if you're Asian (that is if you're from the predominantly Indian and Pakistani sub-continent rather than the American definition of Asian) or black but when it comes to racism towards Chinese people, society registers it as being less volatile and/or less offensive than if that same abuse was directed towards other ethnic groups. But if what you've said is true for your day-to-life then I feel for you.
Rangen: And on the flip side, I know exactly where you're coming from with your comments too. I once had a Big Issue vendor say to me that Chinese people have integrated so well into British society and why couldn't other members of society do the same? I walked away feeling quite humbled and bemused at his statement.
I'm ambivalent about making the closing statement I was intending to write, but where exactly does Head-Fi draw the lines about 'political' discussion? Its such a grey area and I really don't want to discuss the finer details of the boundaries because that will probably end badly if previous instances of 'political threads' are taken into account
