waerth Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Racist Maejo University Lecturer Blames ‘Farang’ for Thailand’s Problems – Her Message: Go Home Foreigners http://www.chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=2765 CityNews - "Why you stay here now. Get out!"… "I think Thailand not peaceful for a long time when Farang come to my country." These are some of the things written to David Chisholm during a conversation with a senior Maejo University lecturer with whom Chisholm, an Irish expatriate teaching English in Thailand, had thought he was on friendly terms with. The lecturer, whose name we cannot publish due to libel concerns, is a senior lecturer at Maejo in the Biotechnology department. She is currently just finishing up her PhD, according to Chisholm, and is highly respected at the university. The recent online conversation he had with the person in question Chisholm sent to CityNews this morning. Part of it is below. We have not corrected the grammar and spelling in the comments: Chisholm: “Khun ******, I would like to know if your comments on my Facebook page like "Farang is not good" and "Why you stay here now. Get out!" and "This is my country. Don't be so nosy!" are meant to be serious or are you joking?†******: “Serious, very serious. In fact, I hate forienge for a long time. You come to my country for use my resource. You is not mean Dave but forienge.†Chisholm: “Please explain how I use your resources and why you hate me.†******: “You used English for excuse to imperialism. Haha, you stay in Thailand now. That's right. You eat my rice. You stay on my land. You used my water river. Why you don't go back? If your country is better than Thailand. Why you stay here for getting a little money. Why? Please ask yourself. I hate forienge people. Chisholm: “You eat my rice - And I pay for it. You stay on my land - I stay here and pay rent to Thai people for living here. I can never own land in Thailand. You used my water river - I pay for that too. Why you don't go back? Because I have been living here for seven years, working and paying tax, trying to help students to improve at English so they can have a better future. I'm very sorry that you feel this way. It makes me very sad to hear how you really feel in your heart. ******: “Don't pay for this if you go back. I don't want forience money that pay for this. But i am very happy that forienge not saty in my home. You pay a little bit when compared with your country. Please, told your friend that more Thai people think like this. You catch our job.†Chisholm told CityNews that he was shocked to read her comments and how she views foreigners in Thailand. “These comments were not made by an uneducated person,†said Chisholm, “They are from a very well-educated person who works in a university, who I have worked with before and have had lunch with. I have helped her with English classes for her students and I never suspected that she harboured such hatred for foreigners. I am absolutely stunned by this ignorance and racism.†In a later conversation Chisholm added that he hoped, “this is not representative of Maejo as a whole but of one individual,†in spite of her statement that many Thai people feel the same as she. “This woman is not only a racist but she is dangerously placed to influence young minds at Maejo University and she should not be,†Chisholm concluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Well, he is in red shirt country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I've had to endure some fairly ordinary written English from some of the Chinese lecturers at the University I worked at for 4 long years, but this is seriously poor - regardless of the message behind her replies. Given that many academics have to master French and German, depending on their chosen field of study, how has this woman progressed to the point where she is a PhD candidate with no real grasp of the English language ? FWIW, I didnt have a great deal to do with the only Thai lecturer on campus, but her written communication to my team was exemplary. Perhaps the difference lies in the number of years an academic has spent outside their comfort zone - clearly not an option for a xenophobe like our lady friend in the above exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Of course the farang are at fault...like some Thai is going to take the blame :rotl: :rotl: :rotl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Well if you think about it both Takky and Yingy are very white, and last I heard, Chinese are not indigenous to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huumlaar Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I'd be very careful going down the "Red Territory" and who's white paths, I've heard the same all over Thailand, from Top down regardless of colour, which if people want to be honest they'll admit, Regarding who's white, look at all the real leaders, and examine their colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I take your point, I wasn't trying to target any political group, just who's in power. I'll rephrase that sentence: Well if you think about it, most of those, in a position of power and wealth, in Thailand, are very white, and last I heard, Chinese are not indigenous to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huumlaar Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Far more realistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Yes, don't take my dislike for the Takkies as a dislike of Isaan or anywhere else, I prefer people over politicians... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashiling Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Being American (in a liberal state even) I hear about how the Mexicans are stealing our jobs, Obamas a Muslim, and if I don't believe it, i'm not a "real American" and i should just move to Canada. I pity them for thinking like this and i pity this Thai Professor too. It's just human nature, base instincts to want to exclude minority Phenotypes that compete for resources- when we were dumb monkeys. Evolve or die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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