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<blockquote data-quote="The New Holliday" data-source="post: 990521" data-attributes="member: 3122">. Lotus, I sense you are embarrassed that it has been observed that you chose a very white and very non-religiously diverse country to emigrate to. You shouldn't. I hear it's a lovely place, will suit you and you will be, and are happy there. All of my adult life I I lived in ethnically/racially diverse communities, starting with my move to the urban section of Oakland which at the time was 2/3rds black and much more so in my neighborhood. In my work life I worked with more foreign and non-white people than white Americans by far. Of course my very early years were in a white suburb till about 18 YoA. Today though, like most older people I feel more content, at ease with people who share some similar background - formative, that is. My town is a full 60% white Americans and if I make a cultural reference such as &quot;homina homina homina&quot;, no one calls the police or complains to HR that I had been inappropriate in speech, threatened or propositioned them due to their ignorance....and, according to studies, it's quite normal for people to seek that latter in life. It's okay that you prefer to be around people that &quot;look like you&quot; (to borrow a bit of campaign rhetoric from OAC). Whether the choice was conscious or under the cognitive radar is no matter. It was a good choice and you can be pleased with it w/o reservation.[MEDIA=youtube]cpK1JjB8yJ4[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The New Holliday, post: 990521, member: 3122"] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]. [/COLOR]Lotus, I sense you are embarrassed that it has been observed that you chose a very white and very non-religiously diverse country to emigrate to. You shouldn't. I hear it's a lovely place, will suit you and you will be, and are happy there. All of my adult life I I lived in ethnically/racially diverse communities, starting with my move to the urban section of Oakland which at the time was 2/3rds black and much more so in my neighborhood. In my work life I worked with more foreign and non-white people than white Americans by far. Of course my very early years were in a white suburb till about 18 YoA. Today though, like most older people I feel more content, at ease with people who share some similar background - formative, that is. My town is a full 60% white Americans and if I make a cultural reference such as "homina homina homina", no one calls the police or complains to HR that I had been inappropriate in speech, threatened or propositioned them due to their ignorance. ...and, according to studies, it's quite normal for people to seek that latter in life. It's okay that you prefer to be around people that "look like you" (to borrow a bit of campaign rhetoric from OAC). Whether the choice was conscious or under the cognitive radar is no matter. It was a good choice and you can be pleased with it w/o reservation. [MEDIA=youtube]cpK1JjB8yJ4[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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