Since we had a post about the most friendliest countries, we should look at countries that have unexpected friendly people, not the usual answers like Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Taiwan, etc. For me it’s Montenegro. Londoners are considered to be cold and rude but I find them to be very pleasant with me.

        • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 months ago

          No, the only one approaching racism here is you, as you’re the only one equating culture to race. A black German is the same as a white German.

            • StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net
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              2 months ago

              Race/ethnicity is an immutable physical characteristic. Culture is a set of norms and attitudes that people choose to (or not) adhere to. Nobody would fly off the handle if you said new yorkers are stand-offish. It’s generally true - even if it doesn’t necessarily apply to the whole.

              “Judge people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

                • StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net
                  5·
                  2 months ago

                  You’re tripping dawg. Your argument is weak, which is why you’re trying so hard to twist people’s words into something they’re not.

                  Culture is a set of norms, attitudes and behaviors. It’s not racist to predict behavior based on whether said people self-identity themselves as members of those cultures. It’s not a difficult concept to grasp, so stop intentionally misinterpreting what people are saying. What you’re doing at this point is trolling, and you know it.

            • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zipEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              I tried to find the correct word or phrase to use, and the consensus seems to be “cultural racism”, so I guess it’s technically a kind of racism, even though it doesn’t directly relate to race. “Culturism” would be a more accurate word, I think.

                • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zipEnglish
                  1·
                  2 months ago

                  It’s as similar to racism as any prejudice is. It’s just a lazy term coined, I’d bet, for the sake of quick understanding within the context of its era, rather than for semantic accuracy.

    • RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      It’s not racist.

      If you paint an entire population with the brush of the experience/anecdote of one person, that’s generalization.

      But this thread is NOT doing that. This thread is only asking people to share their experiences of places they have visited and people they found to be friendly. It is not meant to pass judgement on everyone from that place.