Re: About Fiji
I'm curious about this. When I first moved here, I heard it a lot. People yelling it across the street at me. I'm fairly certain I was the intended recipient. Then eventually it cooled off. Over time I'd hear it kind of in spurts. Now "go home" or "fuck him" have been pretty frequent as of late. "Give up" will appear occassionally.
The people in the house next to me are a family of Japanese descent, a couple and their two daughters. I only mention that they're Japanese as I've tried to figure out, over time, what this is about. Is it my race or something I'm doing or not doing? I honestly don't know. Anyway this guy will say, half-way under his breath, "go home". They seem like nice people, but . . .
I've lived in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, Oregon, and Georgia at different times and I've never encountered anything like this. It's completely outside of my frame of reference. Some of it is with no emotion. Some is clearly angry. I'd say much of it seems to me like people are enjoying the opportunity to be mean spirited. I get the impression that for some it's something of a game to see if they can push somebody out. They treat you like your an object, rather than a human being.
I'll say this, there's no "Aloha" in any of it.
Originally posted by Menehune Man
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The people in the house next to me are a family of Japanese descent, a couple and their two daughters. I only mention that they're Japanese as I've tried to figure out, over time, what this is about. Is it my race or something I'm doing or not doing? I honestly don't know. Anyway this guy will say, half-way under his breath, "go home". They seem like nice people, but . . .
I've lived in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, Oregon, and Georgia at different times and I've never encountered anything like this. It's completely outside of my frame of reference. Some of it is with no emotion. Some is clearly angry. I'd say much of it seems to me like people are enjoying the opportunity to be mean spirited. I get the impression that for some it's something of a game to see if they can push somebody out. They treat you like your an object, rather than a human being.
I'll say this, there's no "Aloha" in any of it.
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