TiK ToK girl felt racial DISCRIMINATION in Asia....Was it?
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2024
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While Scrolling Tik Tok I cam across an upset girl ranting about her mistreatment in Vietnam. She made the conclusion that it was racially related. Im not so sure but I would like your opinion. Are people of color discriminated against in Asia? Was she barking up the wrong tree? Could this situation be related to other factors?
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Hopefully, eventually, this young American lady will realize that the world does not care about her feelings. Her expectations and entitlement are a common symptom of her generation.
Not the first Tik toker I’ve seen like this. May be a new addition to the channel
Attention seeking Oxygen Thief!
(Dale Perth Australia)
lol. Thats a good one
You've nailed it with a platinum nail Dale. (J Hayward, Hong Kong.)
Their country, their ways. As an American there is something Americans must learn. The American way isn't always the "right"way. I was on a baht bus some years back in Thailand and this old lady looked at me and said "you fat", which of cousre I am. I didn't take it personally. It is what it is. One of the many things I love about Thailand. They say it like it is. Thanks Greeny.
Agree 100%
Mister Mitchhow are you doing, haven’t seen you on any videos? Hope you’re doing well
True Mitch. They a very authentic here
Dang! I didn’t believe the Thai lady that told me that I was the most handsome man ever! I’ll listen the next time I hear this 😉
In Thailand I saw a sign at a clothing shop " PIGGY SIZE XXXL"
several American FB friends took offense lol 555
Mental health care is greatly overlooked. She's smiling through the weeping tears.
Sort of odd
How am i being treated this way???? I’m pretty god damn it!!!!
😂
I thought you’d appreciate that one BG.
Wow. A white person telling a brown person that what they're experiencing is not racism and that they should get over it. You must have been a hoot during the "Me Too" movement. 😀
Has anyone seen the various "what it's like to be black in Thailand" videos on UA-cam? I really wish they wouldn't bring the race war nonsense from America over here.
Race war? Do you think racism is carried in carry-on luggage and brought to different countries? Do you have a problem with all the videos where people share their experiences? Is it only when people of color make videos about their experiences that bother you?
then it wouldn't be attracting people to click on it. if no click, then no revenue. our society is ever more profit driven.
Yes. Many videos for entertainment purposes. Like this one 😂. I think her feelings were really hurt though. Although I feel the anger directed towards her wasn’t because she isn’t white
@@GreenyTravels to be fair, her situation merely shown that she grew up in a good environment, better than most of the developing world. because she hasn't been hit by the reality of the cruel world. many americans never truly realize how great and blessed to be living in america as opposed to the rest of the developing world. but because most americans don't realize it, or realized it but don't appreciate it, americans are throwing it all away by letting the current political climate and the top 1% to dictate how things will be.
It sounds like there was some issue with the subrental agreement, maybe she was the victim of a scam. The people there couldn’t communicate with her. This kind of stuff happens sometimes when traveling, hopefully she doesn’t go to Egypt, I’ve heard lots of rude and aggressive behavior towards tourists there.
I know. Crazy she equates this to white privilege
@@GreenyTravels Everything is White Privilege these days like everyone chose at birth what skin color they have. Every country and culture treats certain classes, races, and ethnicities differently. They even distinguish between places people live, like here in Mexico they call people that live in Mexico City chilangos.
She is for sure putting it on.
I don’t know. Who would do that
I agree with you 1000 percent Greeny !
Thx Tommy
If you’re a cash poor person just say I’m poor….
Greeny I spent almost 30 yrs in the military and have traveled to almost every country. Unfortunately every country has different values on this subject. Some times you just have to suck it up. Stay cool bud.
Yea. She got way too emotional about it.
This chic is wacked part if this new generation God help us.
I found her take quite odd
@@GreenyTravels She is amongst the millions of aspiring TikTokers trying to figure out how to go viral with her videos. Were those crocodile tears or sweat?
Micro aggressions flying everywhere.
She is kinda cute though… a bit touchy, but cute… and with some serious issues. 😅🤯
Yea she look like a nice girl. A little touchy
She was illegally subletting the apartment.
By law, Vietnamese have to inform immigration with passport details of any tenant.
The owners let the apartment to somebody else, not her!
I knew more to it. Thx
I think VN are usually pretty fair with rental, but you may have to shop around to find the landlord who'll be fair.
Yea. Definitely.
So let's start with the words "culture shock". Next did she call the person she rented from and ask them to call the landlord for her? No! Did she try to get a translator? No! Did she try to slip them some cash(dong)? No! Remind me to not call her up for a date! 😮
lol. She may be a lot to deal with.
I get to tell what your laws and customs need to be. What’s their problem? They are so rude.
Maybe Tik Tok should be banned after all!!
No. I need it for content. Responding
Nothing that sex or money wouldn't solve. 😂
😂
@@GreenyTravels
There is an old saying 100’s of year old that one definitely non guilty woman’s pubic hair has the power to pull more weight than 10 🐎
These people, especially Americans, need to realize that no one outside of the US cares about your feelings. Discrimination is alive and well throughout the world. I've lived in Japan (for work) for the last three years with my Thai wife, and we experience discrimination daily. At the customer service level, we are treated pretty well, but outside of that, we are nothing more than an inconvenience to them. We have been denied entrance into restaurants and bars because we don't speak Japanese. Imagine that happening in the US, the left would have a field day with something like that. I also work with other Americans who are married to Japanese spouses, and they are treated differently than traditional Japanese couples. Their children are also treated differently at school. Your entitlement is only important to you, no one else.
I could see that in Japan too the 2 short times I was there. Some people just don’t want to deal with outsiders.
She's a drama queen and wants views. But she is adding to the false problem of racism going around. Morgan Freeman even said the problem is not what they are making it.
True
I would not let a person into my building unless vetted, woman or not, also she looks like she is full of drama
Exactly. No clue how the real world works
Perpetual victim 😅
Poor thing 😂
I call B S. There are always two sides to a story . Another victim 😒 what a surprise.
Definitely.
Brian is she talking about Vietnam if so I’ve been going to Vietnam for decades and never an issue maybe an language barrier but otherwise I’ve never seen racism with me or other tourists in Vietnam she’s wrong
that's why she's complaining about white privilege. because you the WHITE guy never had an issue while she got the rudest experience in her life and she's brown.
Yea. There was a lot more to it. She just mad assumptions about race. No reason to put that out there
Seems to me like some kind of a mixed up girl. There are always two sides of the story and it would have been nice to hear what the landlord had to say about her. Maybe she turned her friend's apartment into a loud party pad, maybe or disrespect ed people there? Or some issues with her that may have been affecting the well being of other tenants perhaps. She needs to work on her vocabulary though, like, like, like, like.....
Yea. Weird story.
Sounds like she was treated like a Gaijin. Half Asian and Half US Military. Brian an Asian will treat you with more respect as a Farang versus her as being mixed.
That probably true
She is a liar and wants the clickbait. I have been there 6 times. Never ever saw that in all my travels there.
She got me to watch.
She sounds a little whiny 😂😢😅
First,in Vietnam i always get a rental agent to advocate for me or stay in a reputable hotel. We just came from DaNang 30 days.....shes off base. I doubt her Japanese subletter had permission to sublet. Standard rental agreements don't allow sublets
That’s what I was thinking. I’m sure other girl was happy to take her money and run. Probably should have had a meeting to with the landlord
Love your videos Greeny
Thank you.
She's leaving out so many details, all just to play the victim card. I've been to the far east many times and I've never ran into this problem. If she's in Vietnam she has to think about the fact that our country was involved in a serious military conflict with that country that ended only a mere 50 years ago. Many Vietnamese people were killed in a conflict that lasted 20 years, so maybe she ran into someone who lost loved ones due to this conflict. So many western women have problems outside of the west, why, because they've been spoiled and coddled by the gynocracy in the west. It's sickening how many westerners believe the rest of the world has to operate by their standards. When you are in someone else's country act like a guest and assume nothing. I seriously doubt if what she experienced was racism but was more like a reality check. If she went to France and didn't attempt to speak French she would be treated as bad, if not worse, so I doubt if her perception was correct. Maybe she just hasn't traveled enough to understand that the extreme coddling that occurs in the west doesn't carry over to the middle east or the far east (thank God). This woman might have just been scammed and couldn't communicate with the owner well enough to clear up the matter. Sure, there is some small degree of bias in many places around the world, but racism is a whole different beast. Great reaction video, keep 'em coming.
Someone also said the landlord is required register her with will be a big pain if they already registered someone else to the room.
Sure racism exists, but what I’ve seen more often than not are people claiming racism as a way to shift blame on something they can’t control. Playing the victim tends to gain sympathy from others and that nurtures their own insecurities. In my opinion there was no racism here.
Maybe she just need some affirmation. A little homesick
Get used to it, mate. This is what the new generation is like. 🤗
Maybe I will make it a weekly video
Were it not for social media we'd be none the wiser of who she is. I listened to the first 20or so seconds. During my journeys I've had to put up with the occasional 'like her template' and suffer them at the occasional social gathering. I've been called all sorts and how easy it is for me. It wasn't but that's another story.
“I don’t know if it has anything to do with me or how I look, but I just know like they wouldn’t be doing this to some like white chic.”
Where to begin? First the second statement contradicts the first. Next I’m assuming she’s never seen how the family treats “white chics”. Third, and in my experience, Vietnamese people are very much to the point when they’re dealing with people they don’t know. For her to chalk up a situation in which she felt slighted (whether real or imagined) to racism is purely anecdotal. I don’t know her, but based on her little rant she sounds very entitled. And if she’s never been treated worse than that then she still has a lot of living left to do.
That’s what I thought. I have been shood like that there.
I haven't been to Vietnam, but there's a Viet community in my US city--Philly and I went to school with Viet kids once upon a time. They're just not friendly. I go to a Viet market every month or every other month (as well as Chinese and Korean...) none of them are friendly. Philly is a savage place. I'm not used to people being friendly anyway.
People in Hanoi were not all the friendly to me.
The country without ignorance is the country without racism. There wasn't enough information shared to come to a conclusion on either side. She did not share enough information to reach a logical conclusion in support or to oppose her claim.
Agree
She is young and immature. If she had any level of maturity she would realize that you shouldn't take these things personally. You're a guest in their country and culture and no culture or country on the planet has the same rules.
@@Resmith18SR This isn't really a rule issue or culture issue. We can assume that she is young and immature and nothing was meant to be taken personally. However, those are assumptions not facts. Possibly the owner intended for her behavior to be taken personally. Simply not enough information for a conclusion unless you are fine with assuming multiple things.
@@BR-bd1nv You know I couldn't care less and to sit here and analyze something as trivial as this is crazy. There's so many more important things in the world than her feelings. As you get older and more mature hopefully you learn that the world dosen't revolve around your ass or feelings.
@@Resmith18SR don’t see how anyone was making you respond to comments or analyze anything. So… Okay do you buddy
Always a victim just go home
Direct flight
She is such a faker.
lol. She something
She is a drama queen, if they want to travel learn and move on don’t be a cry baby 😭, poor little thing 😂
Definitely ups and downs when traveling to multiple countries
How Hanoi-ing!!!
lol. Best comment ever.
Why is she calling Vietnamese white?
I know. I don’t get it
Ask her if she showed up under the influence 😂
Thank Greeny. I have never been to Vietnam so cannot comment, but you described your experience there. Every Country is unique in its culture.
Side note: Many ladies in South Africa lie on the beach in the sun all day to get a colour skin like hers.
Cheers from Durban, South Africa.
Thanks. I hope the rest of her trip worked out ok
This poor girl's feelings were hurt 😂. She's literally crying, poor thing 😂😂😂
She's probably from California...
These people just make me laugh!
Thanks for sharing this 🙏
lol. Thx. I found it share worthy
Yes, it can be true it's a different racism it's call colorism Thailand has it too, not all people in Asia but some at least enough for some melanin women to feel it, my advice for her his grow a backbone and do not give people who don't treat you wrong your hard earn money !!
They do pay less attention to what me offensive here. Different culture. Gotta deal with it
she's assuming the landlord/landlady is literate.... maybe the owner already doesn't want to rent out the property, and when the current renter subleased, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I get people wants to save money and has a tight budget, but why sublease.... there are plenty of other affordable places you can lease directly. my rule of thumb for picking places to travel is that if there are any hint of anti-american, I don't waste my time with that place, I don't care how "great" or how "beautiful" that place is. case in point, the 3 idiots (2 men and 1 woman) decided to go hiking near the iranian border a number of years back and ended up getting arrested by the iranians and the u.s. government had to pay a random to get them back. it's interesting that back in the States, when you go to a vietnamese restaurant and a thai restaurant, you'll get a much better receptive and friendly experience from the thai restaurant than the vietnamese restaurant. it may not be a fair representation of each's country and their people, but hey, it's my money and my life, I chose to spend it all in thailand instead of vietnam just basing those initial experiences. don't get me wrong, I had encountered racism in thailand. a few years before pandemic, I was staying at the le bue state tower. and I had issues telling the taxi drivers to take me back to that hotel. so I would take out my phone and bring up the picture of the building, most taxi drivers immediately knows where I wanted to go and take me there. all except this one old thai taxi guy, he took 1 look at it and then told me to get off and also said "my taxi is for thai people only". I left, no fuss about it. but that didn't change my positive view about thailand.
Definitely some bad apples everywhere but I agree. I like the vibe more in Thailand more than Vietnam
Definitely some bad apples everywhere but I agree. I like the vibe more in Thailand more than Vietnam
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Greeny, remember what I told you about women, 2 words, baggage and drama.
Any woman that expressed herself with the word "like" 2 out of 3 words you can take her at face value. Total wokism.
Follow the rules of engagement and you can avoid unnecessary trouble.
😂
Classic victim
LOL my wife is from Vietnam and I am white from the US when we were in Vietnam when they seen me the price would double 😂. White privilege I guess
Yep. They attempted the short change scam on me the first day. I also had numerous people shoo me away like she described when I asked too many questions
I been going to Thailand for 25 years and Vietnam for about 10 Thailand wins for my retirement much better infrastructure than Vietnam
@@alar1967 I agree, Thailand wins hands down.
One encounter Vietnam doesn't make the country racist. As a white man in the USA, if she wants to see white privilege she needs to come here. 🤣
Hey she said it the most white privilege place anywhere
She comes off to me as a fake victim. Her supposed crying seems orchestrated. Anyone who uses white privilege in a statement that also claims to be a victim, automatically loses every ounce of credibility imo. Maybe she needs to return to Cali, Portland, or whatever safe space she left.
I know. Weird. Like Vietnamese are thinking about black and brown people lol
Sounds like solo traveling isn’t for her and needs an excuse to go home and able to blame others. America has destroyed it’s own future with the new generation that’s not able to cope with anything
Tough times there
This woman sounds like she has a difficult time dealing with life in general, definite victim mentality. I've been to Vietnam several times and have never had an issue. Different culture, different world views. Deal with it, respect it or stay home. The tears were a bit much.
I felt no love there but still love the place. Great food
Some people need to find an answer to why they were wronged. This is what happens when you remove bullying from schools. You need adversity to make you strong.
Oh my these poor people. The people of Vietnam can prefer whichever race they like. White people like them too (the women!) and we get along well, if that wasn't true we wouldn't be in Asia. Interestingly I recently saw an Indian in Vietnam's YT channel and he was really upset about this so-called white privilege. Fair enough but if they don't like Indians maybe not a good country to be living in.
Interesting. Maybe anti Indian there? Who knows. I just know I wasn’t shown any extra privilege there
@@GreenyTravels it's all in peoples head. HE think he see's whites getting treated better too but is that true or they're insecure about themselves? that's the question.
Off base and very sensitive. As you said especially if you travel,your going to need a thicker skin(different shades of black and white lol). Great video by the way
Thanks. I sort of feel bad for her for being clueless
Women crying on their steams? Come on.... Probabky to get support or sympathy. Don't blindly believe it, think critically and just keep an open mind.
Yea. Shit happens. Nothing to do with race
ask your girlfriend if you were a dark skin man would she date you they don't like dark skin that's the reason why Ithai white their skin.
My dark skinned friends here in Thailand don’t seem to have any problems dating. I think in Thailand money outweighs skin tone
Didnt america lose a war there?😂
lol. Pretty much
We have lost every war the past 80 years. But that wont stop the idiots in DC from starting more. They all have joint citizenship with Israel so that's who pulls the strings.
Get a backbone
😂
Have to say bro, dont enjoy this content. Best thing about south east Asia is its not Woke. 👎
Yea. I like that too
she does know that she IS WHITE right???
I was wondering. That’s what shocked me
In Central Africa there are three races: black, white and Chinese. Pick one😂😂😂
Well Greeny, since you asked people to "help you out", here it goes...
But first, I agree with you on a couple points. Vietnamese culture is definitely more curt and less customer service oriented than places like Thailand, and that likely contributed to the TikToker's takeaway of the situation. Also, this single incident is not necessarily evidence of a wider problem; it may have simply been a misunderstanding further complicated by the language barrier and saving "face".
That said, your reaction to her reaction--taking to UA-cam to say she's wrong--might be equally oversimplified and rushed to judgement. The term "racism" isn't only applicable to situations where people intentionally treat certain people with hate or disdain; it also describes situations where, even unintentionally, the OUTCOMES experienced by people vary along racial lines. A good way to explain this is to describe a less politically-charged "ism": ageism. While a society or person might profess to respect its elders, the data might show otherwise in that elderly people are more likely to be discriminated against when applying for a job or renting an apartment. Such a society isn't "we-hate-you" ageist, yet it's still ageist, as demonstrated by the measurable disparity in outcomes.
So back to the TikToker, she repeatedly made it clear that she was describing the latter type of racism, not the former, specifying "white privilege" in which that group simply doesn't have to deal with some hassles that are all-too-commonly experienced by non-whites. Again, a less politically-charged example may help: think about how some cultures may insist that women not lift heavy items or engage in physically strenuous or specially unpleasant chores; regardless of how that came to be, it still amounts to a privilege that many women may take for granted, much to the chagrin of men who don't get to enjoy the same treatment/benefits.
In summary, I'm not saying that the TikToker was right...but I'm also not saying that she's wrong either. Every society has a pecking order, and a person would have to be blind to miss that, in many but certainly not all regards, it's REALLY good to be a white dude in many parts of Asia, whether we're talking Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, or Japan.
Great take on it. You may be right racism or maybe Nationalism could be at play here. What caught my attention was her use of the term white privilege. In Vietnam? Maybe should should have said Asian privilege then I might have concurred
Looks like Fai
lol Nid Noy
She is so correct.
lol. Not
Don’t tell me you never heard a Thai talking down about Arabs and Indians
Please educate us.
I love the Kyle Rittenbaugher tears
lol. That guy