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Care to expand this? I went to Switzerland once (I was young, 20ish) and I spent only one day at Geneva. It didn't look xenophobic, but very strict. I am intere
by 101008 6y ago
Care to expand this? I went to Switzerland once (I was young, 20ish) and I spent only one day at Geneva. It didn't look xenophobic, but very strict. I am interested in knowing more about this, thanks!
- DetroitThrow 6y agoMost people who travel to japan as tourists don't see the underlying xenophobia either, and that's very well documented. As far as xenophobia towards non-swiss - I think the popular referendum to add a constitutional ban on minarets in their country is a good example of how that reared its head in somewhat recent history. However, the corporate culture that is much more liberal in Geneva is very different than the vast majority of the country as well. I felt more welcome there than in a few places I visited in nearby Germany.
- layoutIfNeeded 6y agoSure, there are tons of foreigners in Geneva, since e.g. CERN is there. But native Swiss people will never consider you their equal. You can live and work in Switzerland for your whole life, but they will never consider you Swiss. Of course, they are also very polite about it. I’m not talking about US-redneck-tier xenophobia.
- wsc981 6y ago> But native Swiss people will never consider you their equal. You can live and work in Switzerland for your whole life, but they will never consider you Swiss. But it's the same in many countries. I don't necessarily see a problem with that. Do you view this issue as problematic and if so, why? I live in Thailand and Thai people will never consider me a Thai, even if I would speak fluent Thai and would conform to all societal norms. I've moved to Thailand and decided that regardless of this, it's a decent place for me to stay, better than The Netherlands where I came from.