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> When you were out and about in these places with, were you afraid of being stopped by the police? Somewhat, yes. Foreigners in said country are frequently st
by aianus 10y ago
> When you were out and about in these places with, were you afraid of being stopped by the police?
Somewhat, yes. Foreigners in said country are frequently stopped by the police so they can extort you for bribes.
- DanBC 10y agoAre you trying to say that your experiences of being a foreigner in some other country are somehow comparable to his experiences as an American in America?
- reddytowns 10y agoOh no, how shocking to say being treated differently due to skin color is not just a problem in America
- mst 10y agoHe was originally responding to a comment talking about: > I've been in a few countries where Asians are rare (yes, rarer than in Iowa) I think experiences of being a white american visiting a country where white people are rare are probably at least somewhat comparable to experiences of being an asian american visiting a country where asian people are rare?
- balls187 10y agoSo you enjoyed that attention of being stopped and extorted?
- aianus 10y agoOf course not. But the person I replied to wasn't black in America, nor was he complaining about police harassment, mistreatment, employment discrimination, or anything of the sort. It simply made him uncomfortable to be an outsider at whom people stared. Something for which I find it hard to fault the residents of Iowa or the other unnamed country.