u/Comfortable-Table-57

Just wondering if anyone else seen the incidents.

Last week there had been incidents involving fights and some violence involving a large figure of 14-16 year olds during two days on Frobisher Drive and Buckhurst Park, on one of those, a girl (her name is Jas (full name not disclosed for priacy)) was confirmed to have been beaten.

The next afternoon, a pair of boys tried to wrestle (they look like they tried to dryhummp her) one teen and were fighting infront of my house. I told them to stop and they threatened me before they left after telling him to f off.

Both involved around 20 of those both happening at around 21:00 and 18:00 hours respectively.

I post things that do not violate the rules and they get removed. I ask them on the mod mails and they ghost me or they ban me.

I was banned from the Tory subreddit, banned from the Sociology subreddit when I negotiated as to why they removed my question posts.

They are so ugly in real life, atleast over half of them. All dorks with pimples who never bath. They are filthy.

Figures like David Cameron and Badenoch (I know she isn't One Nation but mainly Thatcherite) believe a racially and ethnically diverse society is better than a multicultural one.

I actually agree with those claims, especially when they mentioned about the fact that there is more tribalism and we "do not need fragments of society we need shared loyalties" and from my personal experience of multiculturalism in my town.

But what do they think of materialistic aspects like dishes and music like the popularly planted kebab and Asian restaurants in places like East London? And how would they view different religions in a nation - do they believe this should be a private matter?

It is so tribalistic over there, gosh. They make some false assumptions in the comment sections and conspiracy theories. Not to mention whataboutism. Half of the users are those boomers who shite on younger generations.

Niche I know but there is no dedicated sub but obviously the noodle bar is present here and it is splendid.

But do they serve chopsticks? I seem to receive sporks.

Considering the fact that the Syrian opposition and people fought for 13 years against the Burgeoisie regime want a liberal, representative democracy, I wonder how democratic would Syria be after the next presidential election.

Of course I doubt it will be very successful considering how Syria sadly is caught in another war in the Middle East right now (the conflict between Iran and Israel, with Syria receiving several strikes, mainly by Israel), but things are unpredictable.

Would Syria become a viable democracy by then, would it be a mixed system?

In the past few days, I had repeatedly been spammed with stranger posts from Bangladeshi users on my snapchat. None of those have comnections with my friends obviously as they are all White and Black British. I had a cousin who used snapchat but she deleted her account.

I initially thought that political education can cut partisanship and to ensure centrists are more representative and vocal. But in reality however, it certainly looks otherwise.

Of course, we are in a democracy, we can have any views as long as they are ethically justified and not dangerous (e.g. fascist level). However, it does feel like some partisanship is being indirectly placed on students.

Here in the UK there is the Education Act of 1996, in which sections 406 and 407 address the issue. Nevertheless it looks like classes are forming part of the us vs them action. I have an A-Level Politics teacher who acts, quite frankly, very charismatic and in a partisan tone, because the way she speaks and acts does sound like she has an indirect political perspective and often generalizes things e.g. all negatives of dictatorships - don't get me wrong, dictatorships these days are dangerous and corrupt, this is a cause of undevelopment in many nations but historically there were some dictators that kept the country stable and progressive for example Bangladesh's Hasina regime was one prominent example. Some irony is there because I remember one time when our lesson discussed about voting behaviour, she asked us to put our hands up if we are more centrist and i proudly admitted to say so and I was the only one to admit, likely most of the others are left leaning. Again, not an issue, but I seem to be treated like the third wheel because of this.

On another occasion, someone in my Politics A-Level class made an allegation against me of apparently searching up far right content and advice on google. This was obviously not true because I know what I was doing, because as a moderate I have a mix of both right and left wing views and I frankly have right wing views on immigration, multiculturalism and the economy (I believe in a multi ethnic society than a multicultural one while favouring progressive meritocracy) and I googled to ask if I would get sanctioned if I were to express a view that is centre right or right wing. Likely my teacher was the one behind it because she had gotten so condescending towards me whenever she speaks to me - on top of talking over me when I did not even finish my spoken statement. And whenever we contribute, classmates often speak as if they want to go against other nations. I understand many other nations are dangerous but soapboxing makes things worse and it looks like my teacher has favourites on the soapboxing partisan ones.

I picked politics because one of my careers is to be a home affairs or social affairs news reporter, not to forcefully become an MP or to join a political party - besides, there are no political parties that match my political perspectives, I thought the Liberal Democrats or the Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch would do so but the Lib Dems favour more open borders while the other party is more paternalistic and patriarchal.

This is also why in the United States there is the divide between democrats and republicans, as if the borders are like the electrical telephone wires on the London Underground - if a republican or democrat date one another, riots will occur likely.

Really, being educated does not necessarily mean you would become a good person. I guess your centrist views remain intact if you choose a variety of subjects for your careers because I do Politics, Sociology and Economics A-Levels - many economic students are centre to right wing. Even though Sociology is mainly left leaning students and teachers, my Sociology teacher, who is very lovely and supportive, understands my perspectives, both left and right wing views so this is not an issue.

Cronyism and nepotism are in which people exclusively hire someone because they know them, one of them is via community, the other kinships. Capitalists see this as a disadvantage of a socialist economy, though a horseshoe effect can occur as unregulated capitalist societies can let this happen too. This goes against meritocracy where someone who is passionate about the job or has experience, right qualifications enter - hard work is actually worth the effort.

I wonder what cronyism and nepotism are like in urban areas like Dhaka in recent years. Corruption is very high for sure, and it is worse if they happen in larger public firms like banks, politics, law, health care, police sanctions, etc. Bangladesh is also heavily collectivist where family honour and patriarchy is valued so it is no surprise. As a result, young people and teens just endlessly study but not for a career, but rather to retain the honour of the family as often fathers and grandfathers would be the one out doing the work. I also believe this causes youth unemployment and this is an issue in my country.. But this is overlooked as a factor.

So what is it like in urban Bangladesh?

Seeing the fact that son preference is universal in the country with femicides being the norm, I wonder if female infanticide and sex selective abortions are considered "good" in society.

The 2006 study said about how sons are good and daughters are seen as a burden or dishonour.

I have been living in Walcot since 2018 and after the pandemic, things had gotten more sketchy since then. Higher rates of gangs and antisocial behaviour take place.

So I want to know if there are other outer sububs that are nicer but less costly.

I know joint families are stopping but still very patriarchal and hierarchical, where mothers just be the homemaker and men be the breadwinner. But what about the size of the family? Are nuclear families still large?

Definitely much larger than my one as I am an only child with divorced parents, mother in healthcare, initially as a social worker and my father in IT both studied in Eden and Dhaka respectively. Sylhetis in the UK still are joint and live in the older variants of terraced houses (those with flats stacked above each other densely in a row close to the town centre or above cornershops) and overcrowded

So what does it look like in urban areas today?

Came to find out that bars are the remaining industries where teens can just walk in the bar (assertively and durably of course) to ask if there are any roles available. The place where I live has many bars like the Merlin or Messenger. I am 19 now so I should be able to have a role.

But does it still mean I need to hand in some CV? If so, what should it look like? I am considering amending my indeed CV.

And is the risk high in terms of name discrimination

Especially for the Jubilee Line, it looks like they are starting to show their age. The Northern Line sounds modern with their motor, but not sure how much they aged.

I predict that by the late 2040s, the 2024 stock may expand to those lines after the refurbished 1992 stock trains will eventually retire from the late 2030s.

People say that the Bangladeshi diaspora especially in the UK (mostly Sylhetis) are culturally and socially conservative. It is no doubt that this is the case as with many other British Asians they often preach both materialistic (dishes, names, and music) and non materialistic (values, behaviour, clothing, language, mindset) for mostly political gains and privilege. Also more religiously conservative.

They said that Bangladeshis at home are more "modern". But I want to know in recent years, has it really gotten more modern?

Much like with the rest of Gen Z, Gen Z im Bangladesh seems to be recessing the society: they are more strictly religious than before, they tolerate less of non-Muslims, more girls wearing niqabs and burqas, younger women believe they must be second class. More aggressively mentions and references to Islam are vocal in Gen Z than ever before. Nuclear families at one point climbed but due to more conservatism, Gen Z seems t favour joint family collectivism.

Likely they are part of that international survey that was reported on the BBC in which 18% of teenage girls believe they must respect everything the husband or boyfriend does and to retain the family's honour as opposed to only 6% of older women.

I believe Bangladesh was more modern in the 2000s as the normal gorgeous dupattas and sarees were there before the burqas, niqabs and keffiyehs.

So is Bangladesh really becoming more modern than the UK diaspora or is it regressing back to the same level?

I am half way through my A-Levels doing Politics, Sociology and Economics. One of my careers is to be a local journalist, covering social affairs, home affairs or political affairs locally.

Some beats I am interested include corruption, serious crimes, or social welfare (e.g. young people and children)

I may start doing this when I finish my A-Levels as it is only recently I found out this route that should tackle the competition, though I may need to find out people and make connections in the industry, but sadly know acquaintance or friend in my college is entering this career path.

I make my own piece of writings and articles on a range of topics, mainly social and criminal and once political. But obviously this is not enough.

How do they enter free-lancing?

There had been a recent femicide case where an 18 year old woman was killed by her parents because her relationship with a young man in Khulna was seen as a sin to the family's wishes.

You see discussions in other South Asian nations like India and Pakistan.

Bangladesh is still very heavily patriarchal.

For broader femicide information: UN says globally a woman or girl is killed on behalf of her gender at an interval of 10 minutes by their partner or family members (birth family, step family, in-laws and offsprings), this case is now among this figure.

Sure there are cases in the diaspora, but it means likely it happens in the homeland itself.