[feupan]

What a weird comment full of assumptions and hatred.

Nothing in the parent comment warrants what you said. What happens in practice is that being white in poorer countries makes you stand out and sometimes this comes with negative feelings of being unwanted there.

This is just a fact being told and it doesn’t justify a “you guys and your politics” comment. It’s just to point out, perhaps, that some places are more welcoming of foreigners than others.

[mrwnmonm]

Arabs are mixed-race my friend, some of them are white.

Your comment reflects your lack of knowledge about us.

I don't hate western people for being western or white. I respect a lot of them and would love to learn from them.

Some places are more welcoming because people have more knowledge about dealing with foreigners and know more about their culture. So it comes back to education and being open to other cultures as I said, which dictators will never care about. They take money and weapons from you, then tell the people a lot of nonsense about you. People don't really know you. Then when someone tries to tell you this, you say your comment is full of assumptions and hatred.

Also, your media plays a big role in making people see us like animals, watch "bad reel arabs" and it should tell you more about that.

[feupan]

Hilarious. You continue making assumptions about everyone here. You don’t know my media and you don’t know what I know. You assume I’m talking about Arab countries while I just mentioned “poorer countries”, as if you’re the only one around.

I’m talking out of my own experience in Africa, Asia and South America. I don’t go flashing out money around and I know exactly how I’m seen and how I’m treated in every place I’ve lived in. And no, I‘ve never been in a resort and I live in local housing trying to learn the language. So kindly go f yourself.

[LightG]

From my point of view, I could say "What a weird comment full of assumptions and hatred" about the parent comment.

I've travelled back and forth from Dubai for business and other emirates and countries and never had that experience.

When you say "fact being told", you actually mean "anecdote being shared".

Nothing from my experience indicates an automatic feeling of hatred towards me and my wife when going to these countries. In fact, the opposite.

And don't get me wrong. I have my issues with these countries and their governments, just like I have my issues with many other countries, but that doesn't mean you dismiss the entire population.

Maybe it's time you engaged with the cultures. I'm sure it'll be "No thanks". Surprise me.

[feupan]

> Maybe it's time you engaged with the cultures. I'm sure it'll be "No thanks". Surprise me.

I’ll surprise you: English is not my first language, I haven’t been in my home country since 2015, I speak 3 languages fluently, I’m currently living in Indonesia and can already speak my fourth language (although not well). I lived 3-15 months each in more than 10 countries.

You got the wrong person. I know what I’m talking about because I’ve lived it.