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2009-11-11T21:30:22Z
As much as we talk the talk about patriotism, I think it's interesting how there is so much foreigner worship in Nepal.<br><br><span>"Oh, someone spoke to me today in Italian! How cool! He thought I was Italian". Or "this person I met at work today asked me if I was Filipino. I guess I look Asian!". Substitute Italian and Filipino for one of many countries in the world. I swear I've heard Nepalis say this with glee countless times now - there is something to this. Maybe it's a desire to look exotic, or maybe Nepalis automatically equate foreigners with wealth. I don't know. But I do feel that there is an under current of Nepalis who want to look and hang out with non-Nepalis. A party is more cool if you have some white/asian/hispanic/whatever folks in it. A fashion show is more legit if you have some foreign models. ANY foreign model will give you bragging rights - "come to Fashion Week 2009 - we have THREE MODELS FROM INDIA AND ONE FROM RUSSIA".<br><br><span>This would be funny if Nepalis didn't have to go to restaurants in Nepal and have the waiter drop taking their order to rush to seat and take the order from the foreigner who just walked in (no, this didn't happen to me, I read it on myrepublica - link </span><a href="http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=5635">here</a><span>). Ours is a nation that is racist against our own people. How messed up is that.</span><br></span>
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