Thusfar, I have had no less than three colleagues tell me, no, announce to me that they hate Muslims. One woman saying, "I hate the way their eyes look behind their scarves, like they are evil."
Today on our cab ride home, our Thai driver asked where we are from. He then regaled us with tales of his family, one niece who owns a restaurant in L.A., and another who married an American man. He said, "The Americans who come to Thailand are very nice. The Arabs are not nice. The Arabs and the Africans, they just cause problems. The Africans, the women come here just for sex, and the men they come for bad business. Yes, the negros are bad, but the negros from Africa. Not the negros from America. They are good."
I probably shouldn't get into my opinion about the Thai government's treatment of the minority Muslim Karan refugees, fleeing massacre by the majority Buddhist Myanmar government, or even allude to a relationship with this treatment and fact that Thailand is 97% Buddhist. Nope, not gonna touch that one with a ten foot pole.
If I get thrown into a jail cell for libel, please send Bill to come get me.
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