<Bliss Meeting Notice> Recap of “Xenophobia” by Kevin Ting on 3/4
Host: Kevin Ting
Date: March 4. 2017
Subject: “Xenophobia
Participants: Kevin Ting, Serina, Annie, Brian, Angel, Daniel Yang, Ellen Huang
Meeting photo
In the New Meeting Place, 國王飯店 , our ever-intellectual senior Blisser, Kevin Ting, arrived earlier and proceeded the meeting more fruitfully than expected.
“Xenophobia”
“Xenophobia” is an innate hatred toward foreigners or immigrants, regarding them as intruders, potential advantage-takers, horror-makers, burden-carriers, etc., the mindset of which is deliberately hidden among native adults but shown abruptly rude among the teenagers
Examples of “Xenophobia”
1. Hilter’s Holocaust to Jews in early 19th century;
2. British News describing Irish as low-raced criminals;
3. Asian-faced people are usually taken as low-educated law-breakers.
Unfair discrimination
1. Some participants said it existed when Asian-faced people role-taking shifted from cash-distributors to business competitors.
2. Others said it never happened when getting lost in Europe but receiving warm help from them.
Anti-immigration attitudes in the US:
1. Defined Irish as “Foreign devils” filthy equally as lowest Blacks
1. In 1800s, Italian immigrants menaced in strip cartoons as “Italitanos”
2. Humiliate “Mexicans” to shove it as lowly-paid workers.
3. In 1963, Africa-Americans were racially segregated.
4. “Forced Acculturation” banning Middle-Eastern headscarves from imperilingpublic schools
5. “Social Exclusion” segregated in “ghettos”, a breeding bed for crimes.
2016 Global Peace Index:
Terrorist-victimized Zone-covers Russia, Turkey, North Korean, etc., excluding Taiwan. What a relief!
Refugees’ problems
Many refugees died on the way while fleeing from Syria and Africa. When staying illegally in the host countries, they were vulnerable to sexual exploitation, labor abuse, and unfairly discriminating employment while lacking shelters, lawful protection, medical care, food and some others, sometimes enduring the traumatic split with family members. To pursue better lives, they need to apply for legal asylum in the host country.
Asylum seekers-- role play: Immigration Officers VS. Refugees
Scenario: Many Americans ran away from the USA because of the civil war and applied for a legal asylum in Mexico.
1. One failed: He begged for sympathy because he had low social status with low-paid job in the USA just having a new-born baby. The fact made him a financial and social problem to Mexico.
2. The other one possibly got the approval: She got a good job and housing offer from a prestigious Mexican Company and a highly-respected native Mexican as guarantees.This made her a definite profit-contributor to Mexico instead of burden-carrier.
Homophobia or discrimination because of sexual inclination, which arouse the our heated discussion, however left more for deliberation later in some meetings if possible
Reflections:
Thank Kevin for his topic which attracted our attention and deepened our thinking about the apparent or lurking social issues. All the participants enjoyed themselves in such a fulfilling meeting, through the inspiration of which Even a new –blood Blisser, Brian, will host a meeting on Mar. 25, 2017!!!
2017 Bliss Staff :
Bliss 2017 Calendar: 2:30~5:30 pm every Saturday
No meeting date: 1/28, 2/4, 2/18, 2/25, 4/1,4/29,5/13,5/27,6/3,8/5,9/30,10/7,12/16,12/23,12/30
Outing: 3/25 (Q1), 6/24 (Q2), 9/23 (Q3) Year –End—Party (YEP): 12/9
Bliss New Meeting Place: 國王飯店一樓咖啡廳:台北市南京東路1段118號。中山捷運2號出口;從南京西路往南京東路走585公尺,約7分鐘即達。低消NT$120,餐點加一成服務費,下午贈蛋糕一個。
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