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You know what I noticed most about the parade of all the different nations at the olympics? The lack of racial diversity in most countries. It was almost disturbing for some reason.
Monique said:Why would that be disturbing?
Wouldn't it be terribly boring if everyone and everything would be the same everywhere? All the riches we have with the different world-cultures!tribdog said:I'm not sure why it bothers me. I suppose it just shows that people aren't moving much, but I just felt like it separated nations too much. Maybe I'm just in one of my hippie moods. I'd rather see the world mix it up a little bit more.
tribdog said:Hey I didn't say i was right. I just said how it felt.
B. Elliott said:The 13 original US colonies were formed only 232 years ago. Every single person which is currently in the United States can only go back, at most, eight generations before someone in their family came from another country.
rootX said:Indians?
B. Elliott said:I thought someone would pick up on that. I didn't consider them since there wasn't a country here when they occupied North America.
*edit* That's also why in my example with China, I only went as far back as the earliest dynasty when there's actually been people occupying the area for well over 300,000 years.
That's true, the histories are completely different.WarPhalange said:America is actually pretty unique in that regard. You look at places like Eastern Europe or Scandinavia or Africa... most people who live there didn't move there, they were born there.
Well, given any single country I guess most people have no reason to go there either. But don't mix up imigration with racial diversity. Actually quite many people have a reason to go to e.g. Sweden. In total about 1,2 million (first generation) imigrants out of a population of 9 million. Most of them (~700000) are from other European countries and usually don't look very "unswedish" though.Most people have no reason to go there.
Jordan Joab said:I agree. I'd like to see more Chimpazees and Bonobos.
tribdog said:They'd kick butt on the uneven parallel bars
Monique said:Wouldn't it be terribly boring if everyone and everything would be the same everywhere? All the riches we have with the different world-cultures!
WarPhalange said:America is actually pretty unique in that regard.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...lative-stabbed-death-Chinese-man-Beijing.html... A knife-wielding Chinese man has stabbed to death the father-in-law of the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball coach at a popular tourist site in Beijing.
fourier jr said:Not many countries would deliberately try to provoke the Chinese by making a Sudanese refugee with little athletic ability (unlike Carl Lewis or Edwin Moses) their flag-bearer!
There wasn't a "country" here. :tongue2:B. Elliott said:I thought someone would pick up on that. I didn't consider them since there wasn't a country here when they occupied North America.
That's what I was thinking, poor guys.tribdog said:Those Indians could tread water like it was nobody's business
Evo said:Seriously, am I the ONLY one on this forum that notices that the smilies keep moving?
rewebster said:I missed the 'opening'---I hope they do a rerun---some have already touted it as 'something comparable won't be seen again' due to the complexity and grand scale.
I always roll my eyes at the American white-supremacists that you sometimes see on television "they're taking over our race, they should go back where they came from", .. yeah, following the same logic so should yourootX said:Indians?
The Olympic Opening Parade of Nations is a traditional ceremony that marks the official start of the Olympic Games. It is a symbolic representation of the unity and diversity of the participating countries and athletes.
The countries and athletes are chosen based on their participation in the Olympic Games. Each participating country is allowed to send a delegation of athletes to represent them in the parade.
The countries and athletes are organized in alphabetical order according to the language of the host country. The exception is the host country, which always enters last and is announced as the host nation.
The flag bearers are chosen to represent their country and lead their delegation in the parade. They are often well-known athletes or representatives of their country and carry their national flag with pride.
The parade usually lasts around 1-2 hours, depending on the number of participating countries. However, the length of the parade may vary depending on the host country's cultural performances and other ceremonial events.