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**iceleliewBync** · 02-15-2010, 04:55 PM

Actually all the (amercian born-philadelphia bred) greeks I know tend to be extremely racist and won't even use "american" plumbers, lawyers, etc.

Also, they are super egotistical, and swear they could never be wrong.

I'm not shocked at all that the gov't of the motherland works the same way.

That really only applies to SOME US-born Greeks whose parents were recent transplants. That social behavior isn't generational.

To be clear, in Greece proper it's not racism but xenophobia, and it stretches far back into their history. They have a strong sense of nationalism (which also conflicts with their other desire to be an EU member).

If the US was a land that was taken over and ruled by several completely different types of government over much of our history, we would be behaving and acting a lot differently than we do now.

I always tell friends that happen to be going to Greece on vacation, "remember, Greeks invented the words chaos and drama. Remember that any time you get in a Greek taxicab or get on one of those island hovercrafts." (Greeks are notoriously reckless drivers)

02-15-2010, 04:55 PM	#19
iceleliewBync Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 605 Senior Member	Actually all the (amercian born-philadelphia bred) greeks I know tend to be extremely racist and won't even use "american" plumbers, lawyers, etc. Also, they are super egotistical, and swear they could never be wrong. I'm not shocked at all that the gov't of the motherland works the same way. That really only applies to SOME US-born Greeks whose parents were recent transplants. That social behavior isn't generational. To be clear, in Greece proper it's not racism but xenophobia, and it stretches far back into their history. They have a strong sense of nationalism (which also conflicts with their other desire to be an EU member). If the US was a land that was taken over and ruled by several completely different types of government over much of our history, we would be behaving and acting a lot differently than we do now. I always tell friends that happen to be going to Greece on vacation, "remember, Greeks invented the words chaos and drama. Remember that any time you get in a Greek taxicab or get on one of those island hovercrafts." (Greeks are notoriously reckless drivers)
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