TAG : Thai Prejudices
Ajarn.com supporting ageism?
Sent in by K.Dempsey
In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 3rd October 2009
Surprisingly, a respected top university in Thailand was one of the first to promote this kind of blatant prejudice against teachers. Someone there has decided for some reason that anyone over 50 is braindead and incapable of teaching English to undergraduates!
Tags: teacher problems teacher recruitment thai prejudices age discrimination
African Americans in Thailand
Sent in by Rae
In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 13th August 2009
I just want to say that prejudice is everywhere and some whites who traveled before me had definitely tried to pollute the waters and some, I know for certain, actively campaigned against hiring African American teachers.
Tags: finding a job racism black teachers thai prejudices black american teachers
The word farang
What does this strange word really mean?
In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st February 2009
Many foreigners in Thailand seem to even wear the term Farang as though it were a badge of honor…Thai people will call you it while you walk down the street, your native friends will call you it, and other foreigners even refer to themselves as “Farang.” I do not believe that this term is generally meant to be an insult, this is simply our title in Thai society, and, if we do not like it, there is nothing we can do about it.’
Tags: thai culture thai attitudes thai characteristics thai stereotypes thai generalisations thai language thai prejudices definition of farang
Black American teachers in Thailand
Sent in by Evan Majors
In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 2nd July 2008
Throughout my travels I did very much get stared at. Heads often turned as I walked down the street. When I was in Ko Samet I definitely felt the hesitation and/or fear of dealing with me by some of the Thai people, even at restaurants.
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