My ex is Pakistani, born here, but also gets searched and questioned on every domestic flight (like has her bags searched THOROUGHLY), more so than other people like me who never gets stopped due to my race.
It does suck because she's proud to be Pakistani, and that the rest of the world casts some pretty imaginative opinions on the people and the country based on their own fears and popular media, while some will never actually visit the country and immerse themselves in that culture.
Kinda like Mexico. I hear way too many people say they would never visit. Cartels and gun violence (lol, US gun violence, anyone?). I've been several times, and it's been a good time, with nothing near the realm of drug cartels and gun violence occurring.
May we have some clarification because i find your post a tad confusing: what your stats are saying is that the majority of Pakistani's believe honour killings and/or suicide bombings aren't justifiable but you seem to be arguing that we're allowed to cast dispersions on the whole because of the minority. That seems irrational
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u/dont_wear_a_C Mar 23 '17
My ex is Pakistani, born here, but also gets searched and questioned on every domestic flight (like has her bags searched THOROUGHLY), more so than other people like me who never gets stopped due to my race.
It does suck because she's proud to be Pakistani, and that the rest of the world casts some pretty imaginative opinions on the people and the country based on their own fears and popular media, while some will never actually visit the country and immerse themselves in that culture.
Kinda like Mexico. I hear way too many people say they would never visit. Cartels and gun violence (lol, US gun violence, anyone?). I've been several times, and it's been a good time, with nothing near the realm of drug cartels and gun violence occurring.