Re: Christmas Greetings from friends in Detroitmarie_pcDecember 21 2005, 11:26:37 UTC
On dialects: there are many. The volunteers who went down South to Chittagong and Cox's Bazaar are a little at a loss, as are the Sylhet folks. Along the hill tracks on the Eastern side of the country are many different indigenous communities with not only different dialects but different languages altogether. They are from the Burmese language family I think, and the people themselves look more Burmese or Thai than Bengali.
Anti-Americanism: hard to tell. Some people say that certain regions are more religiously conservative and are thus more anti-American. I don't want to spread rumors. The best way all of us have found is to get to know people personally and they will have a better idea about Americans. The general consensus is that the U.S is the richest country, everyone there has a job (a great one) and we have a very detached family life. Ethnic and religious minorities in the U.S are generally not thought of. American Women are considered open to the idea of "free sex" because arranged marriages aren't customary in the U.S and what they see on tv. Bangladeshi's view of the U.S is a love hate one: many Bangladeshis want to go to the U.S, but almost none have respect for American foreign policy. The two in my mind aren't impossible to put together or is hypocritical. The American dream of starting off fresh and having a chance at success is very much real here. It is what the U.S does abroad that pisses most people off.
Anti-Americanism: hard to tell. Some people say that certain regions are more religiously conservative and are thus more anti-American. I don't want to spread rumors. The best way all of us have found is to get to know people personally and they will have a better idea about Americans. The general consensus is that the U.S is the richest country, everyone there has a job (a great one) and we have a very detached family life. Ethnic and religious minorities in the U.S are generally not thought of. American Women are considered open to the idea of "free sex" because arranged marriages aren't customary in the U.S and what they see on tv. Bangladeshi's view of the U.S is a love hate one: many Bangladeshis want to go to the U.S, but almost none have respect for American foreign policy. The two in my mind aren't impossible to put together or is hypocritical. The American dream of starting off fresh and having a chance at success is very much real here. It is what the U.S does abroad that pisses most people off.
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