This is really really relevant and important to talk about and also really complex and confusing too.
I started to write a comment but it got way too long, so I will make a full post responding to this and leave you with a "short" version for now.
I respect you a lot for bringing up these issues, a lot of people don't like to talk about uncomfortable topics unless they are the ones dictating the conversations, and at hive, that tends to be the ones with the biggest upvotes or the support of those people. And most of these people tend to come from certain countries OR have certain world views due to certain life experiences or financial realities.
People are really stuck in tiny bubble realities, and yet most of the world seems to conform to the cultures of 3 major super powers. Those cultures aren't always bad, but it's really one-sided. An American can expect most people who speak English to understand their culture, a Nigerian can't, right?
There may be some racism in the world, but I believe that for many people, it's less about race or nationality and more about your ability to understand all their cultural references and share their beliefs with someone.
The thing is, you (or any Nigerian or Filipino or Serbian) should not have to be the only one making an effort just because you come from a place that didn't produce Netflix or K-pop or because some countries have more issues than others (many of which may have been caused by other countries).
I really think the solution is to change how we see culture, to realize we create it with our behavior, and make efforts to do it with whoever we can. It's fucking fun to share and create and play with culture too. Man, I love checking google and coming up with funny pidgin to make Naija friends laugh, but the really really cool part will be when we naturally start to make new words and languages together across borders with the Africans and South Americans and Middle Easterners being just as much a part of it as the Europeans and Americans. It may just be a tiny minority at first, but I'm game. I think it's happening in crypto, and also in tiny pockets around the world.
This is why I focus on culture so much and it's one of the main reasons I'm doing my podcast now.
Thank you for taking out your time to read and reply. It's a courtesy I plan to return soon. My offline life has most of my attention now, pardon me.
One of the things I enjoy about our exchanges is that there is mutual respect. I dunno, but hive has a way of turning one into a judge--judge of content;judge of opinion. Rather than having meaningful conversation we tend to judge (maybe because of the financial implication of our judgement).
It's one thing to judge and another to understand. With understanding comes empathy.
When will you invite me?🤡
I totally understand man, I’ve only been reading posts the last two or three days. I was barely on chain for a month. IRL has been demanding.
Mutual respect for sure. I also like how you don’t get overly emotional but you really say what’s on your mind and dig deep into stuff sometimes. It’s powerful, you make more of a difference here than you know.
You wanna be on the podcast? I was thinking of asking you at some point but I was worried you might be too intellectual for my crazy hippie show 😆 that’s less than half serious, mostly a joke. If you are interested we can talk about it and figure out a topic to start with. I’m sure we have a lot to talk about.