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By globalistgirl, on April 23rd, 2008

Racism and Essentialism

A few days back, I found out in my cultural psychology class that it is true that those expats who believe in essentialism (with respect to either culture or race) have more problems integrating. A study was done at Bei Da of foreigners in Beijing (by sending out researchers to talk to foreigners at Sanlitun, [...]

By globalistgirl, on April 2nd, 2008

Minorities

Something that I rarely hear mentioned in the West regarding xenophobia and discrimination is the existence of China’s minorities, except for Tibetans. (張惠妹 (A*mei) is a Taiwanese minority.) Especially in the US, people seem rather unaware that 汉族 (Hànzú) or Hàn nationality people, who are the ‘ethnic Chinese’ people, have been busy conquering and oppressing [...]

By globalistgirl, on April 1st, 2008

Integration help for Sweden

If anyone is interested in integrating themselves into Sweden (Herculean task, I must admit), reading Mig äger ingen by Åsa Linderborg will tell you very, very much about the Swedish people. It is a very well-written book and Linderborg won ABF’s literature prize in 2007 for it. Mig äger ingen is her autobiography of her [...]