It was an interesting lecture today on orient and the misconceptions embedded in the western society about that part of the world. Being born and raised in the part of the world (Pakistan) I was aware of the problem but I always wondered if the general public or scholars from the west are aware of it or not, and if they are why don't they widely acknowledge it or do something about it? After today's lecture I came to understood more clearly the reasons behind these misconceptions.
But now I wonder if only white people do this or is it something that we all share as humans? In Pakistan, people have misconceptions about the west that they believe are true. After coming to the west and experiencing the culture first hand I found out that a lot of those conceptions weren't true. Or what if the orient were to trade places with the west, would they have done anything differently?
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