Inter Racial Armenians-Blacks Families: (Small?) Bridges To The Important Black World

[TheSARSVolta]

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http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=322859&apc_state=henh

“I don’t feel comfortable in Yerevan,” added Michael, who despite owning his own business, an Internet café, wants to take his family away from Armenia to a more multi-racial society.
Despite living in Armenia for nine years, Michael has not integrated well and speaks only a few phrases of Armenian.

There is something wrong with this. I'm sorry Michael, but of course you won't be embraced by Armenians when you have lived in the capital city for nine years and make insufficient effort to learn the language; especially considering you own a business in Yerevan which involves serving the public. Additionally...he is married to an Armenian woman whom he has 2 children with. So wouldn't it be sensible to get a basic grasp of the language?

No, this does not warrant any severe/malicious displays of racism nor does it justify prejudice. However it is most difficult to assimilate yourself wherever there are severe language barriers. It is fair to assume one will remain an outsider--in any culture that is not their own--until they pick up the dominant language. Here in the U.S. the Armenian community is not known for being especially xenophobic/hateful toward different ethnicities.

& not trying to be a hypocrite: I am 50% Armenian and I don't speak it/was never taught. But like I said I live in the US. I do not need this language to get by in my environment, thus haven't picked it up.
If I was about to be living in Armenia, or France...even Japan for that matter, best believe I would try hard to be able to communicate adequately.

[hipeter924]

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I do not think it is racist to say that Armenians should marry other Armenians or at least other Caucasians. I do not want to see Armenia become like the soulless nations of western europe who could care less about history, tradition, and culture. What will France or the Netherlands look like in the next 50 years? It certainly won't be that French or Dutch if they continue with their liberal and pro globalist policies. Economic progresson does not have to came at the expense of ones own ethnicity and culture.

I agree, globalization can be a negative and submerging force. If Armenian's stopped marrying Armenians then Armenian's as a people would cease to exist. In the end though its the choice of individual people, it wouldn't hurt if a few people married people of different races and ethnicities but it would hurt if most Armenian's did.

[Haykakan]

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The very few may benefit but even those a-holes have to live in the same society so they dont really benefit either.

[Armanen]

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There is no good excuse for racism! Racism wont help Armenia nor its people. Justifying racism by linking it to globalization or anything else is unexcusable to put it politely.

I do not think it is racist to say that Armenians should marry other Armenians or at least other Caucasians. I do not want to see Armenia become like the soulless nations of western europe who could care less about history, tradition, and culture. What will France or the Netherlands look like in the next 50 years? It certainly won't be that French or Dutch if they continue with their liberal and pro globalist policies. Economic progresson does not have to came at the expense of ones own ethnicity and culture.

[KanadaHye]

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No it does not work for anyone. In the end racism hurts us all.

But in the beginning, people get rich off of it.

[Haykakan]

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Seems to work for most other countries.

No it does not work for anyone. In the end racism hurts us all.

[KanadaHye]

Re: Inter Racial Armenians-Blacks Families: (Small?) Bridges To The Important Black W

There is no good excuse for racism! Racism wont help Armenia nor its people. Justifying racism by linking it to globalization or anything else is unexcusable to put it politely.

Seems to work for most other countries.

[Haykakan]

Re: Inter Racial Armenians-Blacks Families: (Small?) Bridges To The Important Black W

There is no good excuse for racism! Racism wont help Armenia nor its people. Justifying racism by linking it to globalization or anything else is unexcusable to put it politely.

[Armanen]

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I see that you have failed to simply read the article. If you had, you would have noticed that your statement of "They are adding to her population, economy, diversity, strength", is ridiculous due to this excerpt: "Despite living in Armenia for nine years, Michael has not integrated well and speaks only a few phrases of Armenian".

No matter what, a weakening of Armenian ethnicity will ALWAYS ensue after a mixed marriage; being true no matter how far the non-Armenian side assimilates.

Let us differentiate the debate between racial tolerance and preservation of culture. It is not racist to contend that one wishes to see, more often than not, marriages between Armenians; which would, on average, more successfully preserve our dying culture. (Yes, dying)

I couldn't agree with you more. Unfortunately, one negative aspect of Armenians living outside of Armenia is their adoption of so called progressive ideals which are really propaganda mechanisms of the super elite of the world. As globalization spreads it will make its way into all parts of the world, but at the same time globalization is not an unstoppable force.

[Haykakan]

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I wonder if Michael was more accepted by people like you if he wouldnt be speaking a few more phrases and feeling more intigrated? It is sad that instead of choosing to be open minded and accepting many are choosing to be biggets and racists. I think people like you are the rediculous ones not the fact that people like michael are adding to armenias population, economy diversity, strength... If preservation of culture is based on bigetry, discrimination and racism then that culture is not worth preserving. A person, a village, a town, a city, a country can only grow by accepting others to be a part of him/her/it. Racism, prejidice.. will only ensure the death of the very culture you claim your trying to save. It really does saden me to see so much racism in this forum especially since armenians have many times been the victims of it. I hate isreal because it is based on hypocracy, the people who have been the victims of itolarance have decided to be intolorant themselves and embraced racism as their credo, this is not what i want for Armenia. Education is the best weapon against racism and ignorence and obviously many here lack it badly.