Are Thai people really racist

[madjbs]

What "race" would that be?

[Norton]

What "race" would that be?

Many would say Asian. Specifically "Mongoloid".

[mao say dung]

Mongoloid ain't a race; it's a ANTHEM!

[theface]

I don't think so .I have been in Thailand for 3 month now ,thinking adout doing a tefl cource in ban phe . Just feel like staying in Thailand and do volunteer work teaching childrens in villages , to give them a chance for their future.

[StrontiumDog]

I have read on Teak door that some people who post here feel Thai people to be racist against farang. I personally have not experienced this, could some of those who feel this way give me some examples.

A taxi driver told me recently...

"Most Thai's don't like farang"

He went onto say that they like our money though. He was completely nonchalant as he spouted this drivel. Totally unbothered and lacking in affect, as if it was common knowledge and of little significance.

[mikeroberts]

You might ask the ones that believe themselves to be innately superior, what have they done in the last 100 years? Without the Americans, the Brits, and the Ausies, they would be speaking Japanese...or Chinese.
Who invented the personal computer? Two college drop outs from San Jose, California.
Who invented the operating system used world wide. Windows> Bill Gates
The World Wide Web.
ATM machines.
Discovered elecricity, invented the telephone.
Mass produced the auto>Henry Ford
Television...not sure about this one,
It is true that the Thai's domesticated the chicken, 3,000 years ago
the pig 3,000
What have you done lately?
In every race there are the genius, the saints, the inventors, the artists, the musicians...and the cooks...thanfully.

think you will find it was a Brit who invented the web and a Scot the tele , ow and an English man the jet engine Frank Whitle and the hover craft not( Frank ) sory no time for more....

[Smug Farang Bore]

Wheres Tud? He'll tell you who invented what..!

[StrontiumDog]

WikiAnswers - Which country has produced the most inventions

[Michael]

Wheres Tud? He'll tell you who invented what..!

I thought you were him.

[Michael]

If you want racism, try to apply for a holiday visa to England as an ordinary Thai tourist. It's nigh on impossible.

[kmart]

I have read on Teak door that some people who post here feel Thai people to be racist against farang. I personally have not experienced this, could some of those who feel this way give me some examples.

A taxi driver told me recently...

"Most Thai's don't like farang"

He went onto say that they like our money though. He was completely nonchalant as he spouted this drivel. Totally unbothered and lacking in affect, as if it was common knowledge and of little significance.

He might have been winding you up?

Thais are equally dismissive of each other and their places of birth, education, social standing, etc. A lot of Thais don't actually seem to have a lot of self-respect at all, tbh.

[Rural Surin]

What "race" would that be?

Many would say Asian. Specifically "Mongoloid".

They all look alike anyway, Norts

[DrAndy]

They are racist to the extent that so many of them think that face and image are the most important things in life,

so not racist at all then?

I do not think the indigenous Thais are at all rascist against us farangs

oh right.

In fact, many Thais are very racist. As was stated earlier, racism is a natural feeling that tends to strengthen your group ties and discriminate against other, different, peoples

In the modern world, racism has become outdated and stupid, but without education it continues.

I am sure most Thais are racist without hate, unlike many groups in the west.

[Norton]

They all look alike anyway, Norts

Sure do. When I get separated from the wife at Tesco and go into a panic search it's impossible to find her. Very embarrassing to come up behind a complete stranger and say, "Let's get out of this bloody place."

[Rural Surin]

Would xenophobic be a more appropriate word ?

Bingo! Nationalist might be used as well.

Lao, Burmese and Cambodian all of which Thais have the greatest amount of discrimination are the same "race".

Ironically, 65% of the population is made up of these groups and other off-shoots. Contributing significantly to language, customs, cuisines, music, and art.

[DrAndy]

They all look alike anyway, Norts

Sure do. When I get separated from the wife at Tesco and go into a panic search it's impossible to find her. Very embarrassing to come up behind a complete stranger and say, "Let's get out of this bloody place."

not if she is cute and says "yes"

[Spin]

If you want racism, try to apply for a holiday visa to England as an ordinary Thai tourist. It's nigh on impossible.

Rubbish. It has nothing to do with racism but merely filtering out people who have little incentive to return to Thailand at the end of the visa.
This basically means that if the Thai applicant has never had a steady job, doesn't own land, has no money etc etc then the visa isn't going to get issued. Thats just the way it is. Not a lot you can do about it, other than get married and go with a different visa.

[Rural Surin]

If you want racism, try to apply for a holiday visa to England as an ordinary Thai tourist. It's nigh on impossible.

Rubbish. It has nothing to do with racism but merely filtering out people who have little incentive to return to Thailand at the end of the visa.
This basically means that if the Thai applicant has never had a steady job, doesn't own land, has no money etc etc then the visa isn't going to get issued. Thats just the way it is. Not a lot you can do about it, other than get married and go with a different visa.

Yep. Practical.

[thaidiscovery]

I dont think Thai's are any more racist then any one else. You see many traveler in the touristy area's treat Thai's like dirt and talk down to them.
When you get treated like that for a few years it would probably get to you a bit.

Also the young holligans who get drunk and abuse Thai people that I have seen on many ocasions would give us a bad name too.

[dirtydog]

I dont think Thai's are any more racist then any one else.

For a start in a normal country you would be imprisoned for over charging foriegners, in a normal country police extorting money or taking bribes would get them jailed, how do you think people are going to react to Thais like that?

[dirtydog]

I dont think Thai's are any more racist then any one else.

I assume your basing this on your upbringing during the troubled times in South Africa, either that or you have no understanding of Thai people at all, you are a white African I take it?

[thaidiscovery]

I dont think Thai's are any more racist then any one else.

For a start in a normal country you would be imprisoned for over charging foriegners, in a normal country police extorting money or taking bribes would get them jailed, how do you think people are going to react to Thais like that?

What is normanl is in the eyes of the beholder. While the policies in Thailand are in question. I am taling about the general population of Thai people.

We all have different experiences so will have a different view on things. For my I have never experienced any racism in Thailand yet, but my Thai wife has experienced a lot in Australia, she has had food thrown at her and also told to go back to her own country etc.

There is racist people all over the world

[thaidiscovery]

I dont think Thai's are any more racist then any one else.

I assume your basing this on your upbringing during the troubled times in South Africa, either that or you have no understanding of Thai people at all, you are a white African I take it?

Having no understanding of Thai's at all? You came to this conclusion because I don't think Thai's are anymore racist then anyone else?
I think you have the understanding problem here my friend

[dirtydog]

^I think your an idiot, Thai people are extremely racist, when I first met my girlfriend she was told by her boss at work to either dump the farang, ie me, or be fired, is that normal behaviour in Aussie land? Would that even be legal in Aussie land? She is and was a school teacher by the way.

[thaidiscovery]

^I think your an idiot, Thai people are extremely racist, when I first met my girlfriend she was told by her boss at work to either dump the farang, ie me, or be fired, is that normal behaviour in Aussie land? Would that even be legal in Aussie land? She is and was a school teacher by the way.

You think I am an idiot? For what? Please explain.
It would not be normal in Australia, and it is not normal in Thailand. But is that racist?

You may of had some bad experiences in Thailand, but it does not mean the rest of us have. Like I have said before, everyone will have a different experience.

By the way, I'm an Aussie, not South African.