Commentary on ethnic diversity
so manchester is one of the most diverse areas i’ve ever seen. you’ve got people from all over the world living in one [crappy] place, and it’s been a cool anthropological process of observation. what i’ve found is that there’s actually stronger prejudices between all the groups, it’s just quiet. there’s a huge muslim/hindu population in genereal around the city, and a large east- and southeast asian population among university students.
but everybody hates eachother!
“the chinese cook too much pork and don’t clean up”
“the arabs steal”
“the indians smell”
“the americans are loud”
“the brits are stupid”
“the germans/french are snobby”
and on and on. i’ve heard it all since coming here. what’s interesting is that everyone sticks to their own groups. i’ve always thought that’s dumb, but so far the pals i’ve made are american, german, scottish, irish and canadian. they’re white people. there’s many non-white people around, but the percentage is small among my classmates or my roommates. there are a lot of trust issues here. hmm.
more updates later. i sent in my absentee ballot voter application today. go dems!!!