Grouping_Together

Points-
 * Similar culture- familiarity/similarity draws people together
 * Sense of belonging- no matter what, always belong to that group of people.
 * Can't be rejected, and will support each other. (like "people smuggling")
 * People who go through the same experiences having to do with racism will look towards each other.

Why do people group together by race? One reason may be the sense of belonging. An example of this are the racial groups in the US that smuggled other people and family members into their own little “China towns". The first time i heard about this, it was an interview about a book on the radio called “The Snake Head” by Patrick Radden Keefe. In the book, a Chinese immigrant woman called “Sister Ping” smuggled people from China for years, and started making a business off of it. I thought this related to how people come to depend on people of the same race to help them out. You couldn’t really ask, for example, a white individual to do this; most, unless greatly exposed to Chinese people, wouldn’t bother, because they don’t have that sense of familiarity with these people; there’s not really a connection. They’re too wrapped up in their own race (that’s especially at home here in the US) and probably aren’t even aware of these people’s struggles.

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Another reason why they stick together is because of the familiarity of cultures; people tend to group together by what similar aspects they have, because they feel more comfortable that way. Approaching something new is hard for anyone, not only to come to understand but get used to. In general, we assume we'll find similarity in people who look like us, cause they may come from the same background. With similar background comes understanding, which we look for in each other for acceptance and a feeling of safety. This is especially apparent in places like China Town, NY or Little Italy, where a large group of people from the same origin have again been drawn to, and sort of cut themselves off from the rest of the world. People in these places depend on each other and are more comfortable in these societies, and also have the benefit of the rights they gain or the loss of other rights of this country. All immigrants have some reason to have moved or have been moved out of their home country, whether it was slave trade or looking for a better place to live. They live in a place with aspects they’re familiar with, instead of complete unfamiliarity with their surroundings and people who look different than them. Plus, in the case of the immigrants in The Snake Head, they gain the rights of the country as well, even though they’re with the same group of people. Another reason people of the same race may group together is because of hostile racism from other races against them; they are drawn closer together for protection and safety. People who have the same experiences with racism will stick together. When this happens, groups tend to gang up on each other and become even more and more biased against each other.

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Questions:


 * How hostility between races came to be- obviously where black and white hostility came from, but are there any others?
 * Where else in the world are these racial gathering points?
 * Are there any places like this for Americans in other countries? (unlikely but possible)
 * What different biases are there towards different races? What misunderstandings?
 * Efforts being made to get people to see past faces and colors and see into the people inside?
 * What countries have the most hostility towards little race groups from the outside?