lenija already mentioned the bicultural aspect that comes to play in discussions on race, for example, because the German discourse on racism is very different from the American one. I generally try my best to learn everything I can about the American/British aspects, but it gets really tricky when I try to explain the discourse I'm used to because I either can't explain them very well or the person I'm talking to isn't recognising that I'm talking about a different discourse/culture at all.
I also think it's really interesting that I've had tons of comments (it's a bit overwhelming, really) from people all over the world here, and that all our experiences are somehow similar (funnily enough, it's other Germans who disagree the most). I'm kind of curious how English native speaker view this discussion, but so far, only two spoke up.
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Date: 2009-05-04 12:58 pm (UTC)I also think it's really interesting that I've had tons of comments (it's a bit overwhelming, really) from people all over the world here, and that all our experiences are somehow similar (funnily enough, it's other Germans who disagree the most). I'm kind of curious how English native speaker view this discussion, but so far, only two spoke up.