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Technically Vision is correct, he too has had some graduate study in sociology and everyone is a rascist to a degree. Fight it as we may, we can not fully and rightfully ever claim not to be. The same way I can never claim that I have never felt the emotions of hate, anger or depression. To be a rascist is just part of being human. As described in the posts above though there are varying degrees of the term. Just as with everything else there are different extremes that we display it or more drastic actions to not show it. That as he mentioned is usually the way to identify who is more rascist. Too the thought on who picks up on the rascism indentifying who is hyper-sensitive to it.

All these points were touched on my first year of study and never recycled or discussed in more depth until my 3rd year. Some rascism is expressed just internally by feeling uncomfortable a bit and other forms are as extreme as the toilet comment above. How we handle it though is usually how the rest of society labels us as rascists. Most of society is in the norm of keeping feelings as feelings and not expressing with signs or water fountain/ toilet rules.

Khun Don excellent reply! I am sure that bit of history was appreciated by all newcomers and maybe even some regulars. Great job explaining some of the reasoning behind the emotion.

Really though most disturbing of all is the fact that a new member would come into our "house" with disrespectful comments on parts of everyday life in many areas of Thailand, and try to to stir up things with a question of whether Thai people are rascist. Some woud call it rascist to say that so-and-so's girlfriend has no self-respect because they have no indoor plumbing, they sleep on the floor calling it dirty, and saying that the neighbors coming over on the new boyfriends arrival is their way of begging for a few shots of whiskey. All because the boyfriend is more accustomed to the city life in Bangkok? Then to top it all off saying that you feel they are out to cheat you and that you do not trust them?!! I think your best bet (if learning about the culture is not something you can do) is to head over to California and find yoursef an aspiring actress to date. You are obviously off to about the worst start one could imagine if you have already lost trust, so it is probably best to cut your losses early in the game and find something more suited to your taste and lifestyle prefrences? Before anyone questions why I say this, perhaps you would better understand if you were to read the other post.