Re: Why do Pakistanii men make the worst husbands?
Generalization such as the ones you’ve listed indicate a preference for gori women but not necessarily a hatred for Pakistani women. And a very decided hatred that refuses to budge is not healthy.
None of us here are above making stereotypes/generalization about various groups of people even though we may have not expressed them on GS. All of us are aware of both the positive and negative tendencies in our culture. For example, we know that our culture is generally lax with time/punctuality. A positive generalization would be that we tend to be a hospitable culture. It becomes a problem when your mind is not even open to acknowledging the good characteristics that exist. In lectures, scholars advise that the best way to negate the the poor image that Muslims have is to act in a way that contradicts the stereotypes rather than confirm them. That said, for people who are already biased against a race, they are likely to harden even more if we respond in accordance to their perceptions/expectations of us. We don’t realize (and this includes me) that our pattern of actions not only lead to development of stereotypes about our race/religion/etc…but that they also lead to assumptions about things on a much a smaller scale such as our family and upbringing etc. I am not defending Candy’s comments; I don’t agree with her posts…but this is another perspective to look at the issue from.