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Friday, October 06, 2006

A Cultural Gap?

This is how one Chinese employer describes the tensions between African workers and Chinese management in Zambia.

I don't think so, buddy!

Unless he means that there is a culture of exploitation that treats people like animals and a culture of resistance to being treated like animals. In that case, I agree.

Funny how this word "culture" pops up everywhere these days. It's a chameleon word. Some people like to substitute it for many other words they'd rather suppress.

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