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Re:Tech workers flee Belarus as IT haven takes authoritarian... by skissane on Sunday September 06, 2020 @06:49PM (#24395264)
I'm an Australian from a Catholic family of British and Irish descent. My aunt married a Muslim man of ethnic Albanian descent (not actually from Albania, his family come from the Albanian minority in North Macedonia). I've met members of his family on a number of occasions over the years. I never thought of them as "other". I've never really thought about the question of whether he is "white", but his skin has always been paler than my own
Re:Tech workers flee Belarus as IT haven takes authoritarian... by usego on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:15AM (#24405148)
Australia and US are historically a mix of immigrants from all the world so things are much different there than in "solid culture" countries where xenofobia is a part of life as a result.
Re:Tech workers flee Belarus as IT haven takes authoritarian... by joelbluminator on Sunday September 06, 2020 @06:59PM (#24395319)
He's probably not super religious or you're super progressive. While I respect and appreciate what you said, many many people still think in terms of us and them.
Re:Tech workers flee Belarus as IT haven takes authoritarian... by skissane on Sunday September 06, 2020 @07:05PM (#24395358)
Most Albanian Muslims are not "super religious". His family is about as Muslim as my own family is Catholic (i.e. not very devoutly), but I believe his family's degree of religiosity is pretty much the norm for Albanian Muslims both in Australia and in Europe.

I am definitely not "super progressive".