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Originally Posted by shinerbock
What I meant by taking anybody is that the multi cultural orgs I've seen often tend to value the "multi cultural" aspect than anything else, and thus just take anyone who wants to be a member.
Regarding the cultural issue, I'm not quite sure I follow. What I meant is that people like myself, who were in all white fraternities, who prefer upper class neighborhoods with fewer minorities, are often considered to be hiding from the world, or "uncultured." What people fail to see is that many, if not most of us, are better educated and traveled than the large majority of people. We're not hiding in our own corner of the world, or unaware of the big world out there. We've seen it, and we also have found a part we prefer.
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A person can travel the world and still not see very much of it. A rich person staying at the 5-star hotels and visiting all the touristy/clean/air-conditioned places (museums, ornate temples or mansions, department stores, malls, etc.)so as to avoid the unwashed masses isn't going to be able to get the real, authentic feel for that country that someone else would get by staying in a less touristy area (staying with a nice family, staying in a hostel, staying in a cheap hotel) and getting a feel of how people in that country really live...seeing the outdoor market they buy their food and clothes at, seeing their small/plain/humble house of worship, etc.
This isn't a personal attack on you. I really don't know you or the people you hang out with or how you guys travel. My point is that just because you grow up rich and can travel the world doesn't automatically make you worldly...just like how hanging out with people like yourself doesn't automatically make you narrow-minded. I think narrow-mindedness is when someone refuses to even listen and consider other points of view and if they consider people that are different from them to be lower than them and treat those people as if they were lower.