O Intermitente<br> (So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good-bye)

O Intermitente
(So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good-bye)

sexta-feira, maio 02, 2003

Choque Cultural e Preconceito

Eis alguns excertos de uma entrevista a um saudita, que estudava nos EUA e foi forçado repatriado devido às limitações impostas no pós-11/09.

“Not once have I been mistreated or racially harassed or abused in any way,” he recalled. “They were very kind and accepting toward me. If the equivalent of what happened in New York on Sept. 11 had happened here, I don’t believe that our people would have shown the same self-restraint and patience toward the Western expatriates living here that the American people have shown toward the Arabs and Muslims living there.”

Esta declaração é particularmente significativa tendo em conta os sentimentos anti-ocidentais que existem pela simples presença de ocidentais nos países árabes.

“Everything here is segregated — men from women, rich from poor, and foreigners from locals. This is a land of segregation. The majority of people try to justify this, but I feel that we should focus on integration, not segregation.”

As tão propaladas diferenças culturais, na minha humilde opinião, devem-se às sociedades árabes estarem atrasadas relativamente às do Ocidente. O mundo árabe vive na Idade Média. Não que tenha feita essa escolha livrentemente. Este foi-lhe imposta pela elite politico-religiosa.

"I am very angry at my people,” he added. “They have this terrible habit of blaming the world for their own faults.”

posted by Miguel Noronha 9:13 da manhã

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