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Doesn't the fact that I'm a person of the near east justify me trying to reflect upon my people? I mean, given that I live here, I get to, and have to interact
by gkya 11y ago
Doesn't the fact that I'm a person of the near east justify me trying to reflect upon my people? I mean, given that I live here, I get to, and have to interact with this people, that I walk among real islamic fundamentalists, real PKK terrorists, real corrupt politicians and their actual supporters? I agree that it's not reasonable to make blanket statements, but I do indeed show the people I make statements about. All I do is to reflect upon the society that I belong to, that I live within and that affects me in the most direct manner.
- afsina 11y agoI live in Turkey.
- noskynethere 11y agoNot if you seek objectivity. You have your own biases, which do not go away because you live/interact there. It is common for people closest to a subject to have the biggest blind spots. the wonderful nature of our own biases, perceptive and cognitive, is that it very difficult for us to see them.
- acqq 11y agoThere is another direction too: farher people should also be vary of not ending with thinking "let them eat cake," from the position of somebody not directly affected by the real problems of those who live them.