Some people think it's odd that i'm really into African American culture and history?, I mean dozens of my favorite artists are black, and all forms of music of the last 100 years have been from African roots. And yeah i liked reading about The Black Panthers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther & Black Cinema. I watched tons of films about black rights and just other regular types of black cinema.

I am really fascinated by Asian culture to, besides the fact i love asians to death and almost every person i have dated has been asian hehe , but the cultures and different types are just interesting to me, i like to learn about what other cultures are into, what the eat, there film, the look's etc.

I find it to be healthy but some people think i'm weird cause i'm a white boy and i don't know should only care about white culture psssh boring zzzzzzz.

Any who anyone else interested in other cultures besides there own?

I like other Cultures and love to learn about it but still love to learn about my own culture b/c Mine is so mixed up it's such a mystery being that I am a Louisianan Creole. Have u learned about us?

I am a history buff and in another life was probably an archaeologist.

A few years ago ("few" meaning back in 1996) I was at work reading an Ebony magazine b/c Prince was on the cover. One of my co-workers looked at me and said; "Uhm...do you realize that Ebony is a black magazine?" I asked him if only white people read People or Time. He said it was different.

I am proud of my hispanic heritage, and do enjoy learning about other cultures, societies and civilizations.

Also, it intrigues me to think of America in, say, 1,000 years and how the various areas of the nation will probably be unique "cultures" of their own. One day people in what is now "New England" and people in what is now "the deep south" will probably be distinct culturally and linguistically the way that Spain and France are.

Gunsnhalen said:

Some people think it's odd that i'm really into African American culture and history?, I mean dozens of my favorite artists are black, and all forms of music of the last 100 years have been from African roots. And yeah i liked reading about The Black Panthers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther & Black Cinema. I watched tons of films about black rights and just other regular types of black cinema.

I am really fascinated by Asian culture to, besides the fact i love asians to death and almost every person i have dated has been asian hehe , but the cultures and different types are just interesting to me, i like to learn about what other cultures are into, what the eat, there film, the look's etc.

I find it to be healthy but some people think i'm weird cause i'm a white boy and i don't know should only care about white culture psssh boring zzzzzzz.

Any who anyone else interested in other cultures besides there own?

Why do they think its odd? Hell, its reasonable

PurpleJedi said:

I am a history buff and in another life was probably an archaeologist.

A few years ago ("few" meaning back in 1996) I was at work reading an Ebony magazine b/c Prince was on the cover. One of my co-workers looked at me and said; "Uhm...do you realize that Ebony is a black magazine?" I asked him if only white people read People or Time. He said it was different.

I am proud of my hispanic heritage, and do enjoy learning about other cultures, societies and civilizations.

Also, it intrigues me to think of America in, say, 1,000 years and how the various areas of the nation will probably be unique "cultures" of their own. One day people in what is now "New England" and people in what is now "the deep south" will probably be distinct culturally and linguistically the way that Spain and France are.

ditto!

and

Same here, there is so much about all the cultures that people dont know

The way I see it, we are dropped in a candy store with the blessing of a short lifetime to ransack the place. Only a fool would stand still the entire time and sample merely what's in their immediate reach. And if folk choose to do so, Gunsnhalen, insist they move the hell out of your way.

Lammastide said:

The way I see it, we are dropped in a candy store with the blessing of a short lifetime to ransack the place. Only a fool would stand still the entire time and sample merely what's in their immediate reach. And if folk choose to do so, Gunsnhalen, insist they move the hell out of your way.

It KILLS me that there are people living here on Long Island who've NEVER hopped on the train into the city!

I am a hodge-podge of cultures... I enjoy learning everything I can about.. everything/everybody

especially if they have great music..

PurpleJedi said:

Lammastide said:

The way I see it, we are dropped in a candy store with the blessing of a short lifetime to ransack the place. Only a fool would stand still the entire time and sample merely what's in their immediate reach. And if folk choose to do so, Gunsnhalen, insist they move the hell out of your way.

It KILLS me that there are people living here on Long Island who've NEVER hopped on the train into the city!

PurpleJedi said:

Lammastide said:

The way I see it, we are dropped in a candy store with the blessing of a short lifetime to ransack the place. Only a fool would stand still the entire time and sample merely what's in their immediate reach. And if folk choose to do so, Gunsnhalen, insist they move the hell out of your way.

It KILLS me that there are people living here on Long Island who've NEVER hopped on the train into the city!

LMAO LMAO That is insane right? I couldnt see myself just staying in one area like Long Island and never getting out

Well, whatever you do, don't ask members of those cultures what their culture is about or you are in for a fun ride.

I get what you mean, though. I've taken long periods of time to study various cultures and ways of life, but I don't think I've ever studied just one and been an expert on that. I have a friend who is very into Japan and most east Asian culture, but he knows fuck all about, say, African culture or Caribbean culture, or AfroBrazilian culture, etc. (Just examples because east Asian and African cultures are pretty diametrically opposed, lol.)

I like being well-rounded and still open to learning more.

espirituguerrero said:

espirituguerrero said:

PurpleJedi said:

It KILLS me that there are people living here on Long Island who've NEVER hopped on the train into the city!

LMAO LMAO That is insane right? I couldnt see myself just staying in one area like Long Island and never getting out

I mean, the main reason for even living on this overpriced strip of sand is that we're so close to New York City. To think that a 30 - 45min train ride could get you to the Metropolitan, or to see a Broadway show or even just walk around Times Square or something...when I was in college and we had to go into the city one day, my head spun around Linda-Blair-style when a bunch of my fellow classmates didn't even know how to take the train into NYC!!!

PositivityNYC said:

I am a hodge-podge of cultures... I enjoy learning everything I can about.. everything/everybody

especially if they have great music..

So you like hispanic culture, eh?

PurpleJedi said:

Lammastide said:

The way I see it, we are dropped in a candy store with the blessing of a short lifetime to ransack the place. Only a fool would stand still the entire time and sample merely what's in their immediate reach. And if folk choose to do so, Gunsnhalen, insist they move the hell out of your way.

It KILLS me that there are people living here on Long Island who've NEVER hopped on the train into the city!

Yeah, a certain informed groundedness and simplicity has merits, I think. But even that is best appreciated with some cursory knowledge of life beyond that box. Context illuminates. An altogether wilfully ignorant eschewal of the world, though, just seems so unfortunate to me.

Spinlight said:

Well, whatever you do, don't ask members of those cultures what their culture is about or you are in for a fun ride.

I get what you mean, though. I've taken long periods of time to study various cultures and ways of life, but I don't think I've ever studied just one and been an expert on that. I have a friend who is very into Japan and most east Asian culture, but he knows fuck all about, say, African culture or Caribbean culture, or AfroBrazilian culture, etc. (Just examples because east Asian and African cultures are pretty diametrically opposed, lol.)

I like being well-rounded and still open to learning more.

Well...half of America seems to think that everything north of the USA is Canada, and everything south of the USA is Mexico.

PurpleJedi said:

espirituguerrero said:

LMAO LMAO That is insane right? I couldnt see myself just staying in one area like Long Island and never getting out

I mean, the main reason for even living on this overpriced strip of sand is that we're so close to New York City. To think that a 30 - 45min train ride could get you to the Metropolitan, or to see a Broadway show or even just walk around Times Square or something...when I was in college and we had to go into the city one day, my head spun around Linda-Blair-style when a bunch of my fellow classmates didn't even know how to take the train into NYC!!!

I have friends like that, not same scenario as yours, but the same in a sense that they're more comfortable with their own surroundings not to be bothered by outside ones.

I think its fear rather than some put on indifference.

Serious said:

espirituguerrero said:

LMAO LMAO That is insane right? I couldnt see myself just staying in one area like Long Island and never getting out

I don't get that either. When I am staying with my bf I am living in a totally different world so to speak. His background and culture is 100% different from mine and I learned a lot not only about a different culture, but also about life in general.

That is so unique, Its cool when someone else is alot has a different background since there is alot to find out

PurpleJedi said:

espirituguerrero said:

LMAO LMAO That is insane right? I couldnt see myself just staying in one area like Long Island and never getting out

I mean, the main reason for even living on this overpriced strip of sand is that we're so close to New York City. To think that a 30 - 45min train ride could get you to the Metropolitan, or to see a Broadway show or even just walk around Times Square or something...when I was in college and we had to go into the city one day, my head spun around Linda-Blair-style when a bunch of my fellow classmates didn't even know how to take the train into NYC!!!

LOL LOL WHAT!!!! I had people I knew in NYC that never left NYC......I just couldnt do it LOL

espirituguerrero said:

PurpleJedi said:

I mean, the main reason for even living on this overpriced strip of sand is that we're so close to New York City. To think that a 30 - 45min train ride could get you to the Metropolitan, or to see a Broadway show or even just walk around Times Square or something...when I was in college and we had to go into the city one day, my head spun around Linda-Blair-style when a bunch of my fellow classmates didn't even know how to take the train into NYC!!!

LOL LOL WHAT!!!! I had people I knew in NYC that never left NYC......I just couldnt do it LOL

Yeah, that's almost as bad.

PurpleJedi said:

espirituguerrero said:

LOL LOL WHAT!!!! I had people I knew in NYC that never left NYC......I just couldnt do it LOL

Yeah, that's almost as bad.

LOL well at least in NYC there are alot of things to do but its still bad. The Gay community in NY is so small lol its like everyone knows each other wtf. I met a few people offline there and they all were ex's to each other.....no comment

PurpleJedi said:

Spinlight said:

Well, whatever you do, don't ask members of those cultures what their culture is about or you are in for a fun ride.

I get what you mean, though. I've taken long periods of time to study various cultures and ways of life, but I don't think I've ever studied just one and been an expert on that. I have a friend who is very into Japan and most east Asian culture, but he knows fuck all about, say, African culture or Caribbean culture, or AfroBrazilian culture, etc. (Just examples because east Asian and African cultures are pretty diametrically opposed, lol.)

I like being well-rounded and still open to learning more.

Well...half of America seems to think that everything north of the USA is Canada, and everything south of the USA is Mexico.

I hate watching those videos of people failing to point to where obvious things on a map are. Or when people refer to Africa as a country, or when people don't know the relationship between New Zealand and Australia (geographically). I think to myself that these are not dumb people, rather they are victims of our culture that is obsessed with consumption (of things, not tuberculosis).

They've chosen to relinquish their responsibility to learn about this world around us (and likely weren't taught to find that to be important anyway) and have allowed their knowledge of the world to be replaced by whatever psychological junk food is relative to them.

This is akin to someone in America not being able to manage English conjugation (which is one of the simplest forms of it in the world). I get nauseated when I see someone mistake "you're" for "your" etc.

Spinlight said:

PurpleJedi said:

Well...half of America seems to think that everything north of the USA is Canada, and everything south of the USA is Mexico.

I hate watching those videos of people failing to point to where obvious things on a map are. Or when people refer to Africa as a country, or when people don't know the relationship between New Zealand and Australia (geographically). I think to myself that these are not dumb people, rather they are victims of our culture that is obsessed with consumption (of things, not tuberculosis).

They've chosen to relinquish their responsibility to learn about this world around us (and likely weren't taught to find that to be important anyway) and have allowed their knowledge of the world to be replaced by whatever psychological junk food is relative to them.

This is akin to someone in America not being able to manage English conjugation (which is one of the simplest forms of it in the world). I get nauseated when I see someone mistake "you're" for "your" etc.

(and ditto, everything else)

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Lammastide said:

The way I see it, we are dropped in a candy store with the blessing of a short lifetime to ransack the place. Only a fool would stand still the entire time and sample merely what's in their immediate reach. And if folk choose to do so, Gunsnhalen, insist they move the hell out of your way.

This is a fantastic quote your a very wise human being

Angelic1302 said:

I like other Cultures and love to learn about it but still love to learn about my own culture b/c Mine is so mixed up it's such a mystery being that I am a Louisianan Creole. Have u learned about us?

Yes!, and i know about some of the Creole music they have some good stuff

Spinlight said:

Well, whatever you do, don't ask members of those cultures what their culture is about or you are in for a fun ride.

I get what you mean, though. I've taken long periods of time to study various cultures and ways of life, but I don't think I've ever studied just one and been an expert on that. I have a friend who is very into Japan and most east Asian culture, but he knows fuck all about, say, African culture or Caribbean culture, or AfroBrazilian culture, etc. (Just examples because east Asian and African cultures are pretty diametrically opposed, lol.)

I like being well-rounded and still open to learning more.

Lol well Spinlight i have made that mistake before, about asking. Although i have dated a Thai, Korean & a Laotian and got to learn a lot of cool stuff about there culture from them

But it's fun and fascinating learning about other way's of life, not to mention i live in L.A so i mean we have just about every kind of culture imaginable here in small bits

PurpleJedi said:

I am a history buff and in another life was probably an archaeologist.

A few years ago ("few" meaning back in 1996) I was at work reading an Ebony magazine b/c Prince was on the cover. One of my co-workers looked at me and said; "Uhm...do you realize that Ebony is a black magazine?" I asked him if only white people read People or Time. He said it was different.

I am proud of my hispanic heritage, and do enjoy learning about other cultures, societies and civilizations.

Also, it intrigues me to think of America in, say, 1,000 years and how the various areas of the nation will probably be unique "cultures" of their own. One day people in what is now "New England" and people in what is now "the deep south" will probably be distinct culturally and linguistically the way that Spain and France are.

I've been surrounded by various ethnic/cultural/religious groups all my life, and still live around it today. I too feel like I was an anthropologist/archaelogist in another life. I remember when I was a kid that's what I wanted to be, but life didn't turn out that way, so I indulge myself in knowledge about the human species, human behavior, genetics, etc. I've always had an interest in Ancient Africans and Egyptians/Native American/Caribbean history/culture, and took a few college courses in some of them. In my very young years, Margaret Mead was my favorite cultural anthropologist, and in my later college years, I did a paper on her research of a specific African, ethnic group. Interesting topics, and one has to approach the study of various cultural/ethnic groups, with a matter of respect, and without prejudices, based on their own culture(s). Good luck with your research and interest. It will serve you well.

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