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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by neither_color on Thursday November 18, 2021 @04:05PM (#29270544)
That's common throughout Asia, also bookings getting canceled when they realize you're not "that" kind of American. As a non-white American who's traveled extensively throughout Asia and Europe I'm very confident when I say that the US is one of the least racist places in the world. Not saying it's perfect, dont want to hear your thoughts on the "the system." The kind of candid in your face "I dont like your skin color" that you read about in school actually is more prolific outside of the US than in it. We've overcome a lot and America is great for that. Thank you civil rights movement.
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by 2143 on Friday November 19, 2021 @01:17AM (#29274371)
I have a theory about this: in America people seem to be aware that at least some of them are racists. Therefore, they're doing something about it.

In the places I've been to in Asia, racism is not something that's actively thought about. People still have biases within them, but because it's not something they ever discuss or think about. Hence they don't even realize they have those biases.

Perhaps one reason could be that some those places aren't very racially diverse to begin with, at least not as much as America.

I'm from Asia, and I've lived in America for a few years. Trust me, I was treated more politely in America than I would've been in my own home country lol.

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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by CanceledAccount on Friday November 19, 2021 @12:38AM (#29274177)
The police kill innocent people of all races in the US. Look up Tony Timpa. We have a police violence problem for sure. But we are still one of the least racist countries in the world.
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by sjwalter on Thursday November 18, 2021 @05:23PM (#29271396)
You know, I've thought this same thing for a while now. I'm an immigrant to the USA and I've traveled extensively. All these woke folks that try to make it seem like America is the world's most racist hellhole crack me up. They're clearly the kinds of Americans who never got passports.
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by dang on Friday November 19, 2021 @04:47PM (#29282987)
Please do not take HN threads further into generic ideological flamewar. It's tedious, repetitive, and nasty. The comment you replied to was on the right side of the line, while yours pushed the thread into hell. Not cool.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: it also seems like your account is on the border of using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. That's the line at which we ban accounts, because it's the line at which they start being destructive of the site. If you'd please fix this, and use HN as intended (for intellectual curiosity and thoughtful conversation), we'd appreciate it.

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by refurb on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:06PM (#29273025)
No, he's saying the people claiming the US is a "racist hellhole" don't know what a racist hellhole actually is.
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:28PM (#29273115)
OK, but "these woke folks" don't say that we've come a long way from the 1950s or 1850s. They sound like we're still a nation that has legal slavery.

I'm not saying that they should settle for where we are now. No, we need people who keep pushing us to make good on the check that Jefferson wrote when he said that "all men are created equal". But when you talk as if we've made no progress, people who are at least nominally on your side are going to start tuning you out. That may not be good strategy...

Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by zokula on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:59PM (#29272982)
Says the person who never had guns drawn on them just for their skin color.
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by dang on Friday November 19, 2021 @04:47PM (#29282985)
Please do not take HN threads further into generic ideological flamewar. It's tedious, repetitive, and nasty.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by dang on Friday November 19, 2021 @04:46PM (#29282981)
If you post another personal attack to HN, we will ban you. We had to warn you about this just recently.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by zzzzzzzza on Friday November 19, 2021 @08:02PM (#29284606)
i am sorry i will try to reflect on my negativity recently dang :P
Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by dang on Friday November 19, 2021 @10:46PM (#29285381)
Appreciated!

Btw, we all, save maybe a few enlightened ones, have negativity to reflect on. Probably the enlightened ones do too. The goal isn't to get rid of negativity—that's would be setting the bar far too high. We just want to prevent negative swipes from making it into the comments here. You can take care of that via the 'edit' link after you post; that's what I do. You can also set 'delay' in your profile if you want time to review your comment before it gets seen; I do that too.

Re:Singapore’s tech-utopia and surveillance state by whynaut on Friday November 19, 2021 @12:17AM (#29274068)
that last sentence comes off extremely rude