re: #359 wheat-dogg

Hardly at all. The Han congregate in the newly built neighborhoods, and the Uighurs in the old neighborhoods. There’s a lot of mistrust between the two groups, to say the least.

It’s probably been mentioned here before, but the Han Chinese consider themselves superior to everyone else in every way, and they try to gaslight the population to make sure that myth remains unchallenged. The “5,000-year history” so often referred to glosses over the invasions and dynasties begun by the Mongols and the Manchu, who had as much to do with Chinese history as the Han. Chinese scientists push the theory that there was parallel evolution in China, so that Chinese can imagine they are not descended from prehistoric African migrants. (Genetically, they are, but fossil records can be creatively analyzed to argue otherwise.)

At the same time, the Chinese people envy Western culture and young women elect to have cosmetic surgery to get “double eyelids,” IOW “Western” eyelids.

How the fuck do the Communist-led party expect social cohesion and harmony if there’s that much fucking separation between the two? I know it goes both ways since there are some Uighurs who are hesitant on learning Mandarin but it seems that a lot of it was forced upon them by the Han elite.

That being said, I wouldn’t say China is anti-Muslim since the Hui are awarded generous privileges that make Uighurs blush with envy. It also doesn’t help that Hui are also becoming more despised (if not already) by the Uighurs who see Huis as collaborators with the Han establishment.