Sick of ignorant people re my religion

Why would the Danes have to research & understand OPs culture to make it easier for her to visit if she's not willing to learn about Denmark s history & its peoples culture.

I don't think the op has indicated she expects danes to do the former , or that she's not willing to do the latter.

No she expects not to be accused of or called out on stuff based on simply her skin colour.

Shes not asking them to host Sikh holidays and change anything they do in day to day life except to stop telling her she is muslim when shes not.

All 'brown' people are exactly the same = racism.

Its not much to expect people not to be racist in this day and age.

Are you normally this racist? I simply asked closer to what, closeness geographically, in time, in culture? And to closeness do whom? It’s not difficult, it is not my fault that you immediately whip out inaccurate racist comments about the English when someone asks you to explain your very vague statement.

But the OP expects Danes to know about all other cultures? Listen to yourself

How are we racist? I dont get it - because some of us assuming religion based on skin colour? Or what?

I lived in Denmark for more than a decade. Religion is a surprisingly integral part of the culture, despite a relatively small minority people going to church regularly. I chose to opt out of the church tax, and I had some less than pleasant comments about it.

Unfortunately, being a small country, there is a huge amount of racism in Denmark. It's not the image that the rest of the world has of the country because in so many ways it's socially forward-thinking and community-minded. But I found it more racist than the UK overall.

Because she wants to visit Denmark!

Why would the Danes have to research & understand OPs culture to make it easier for her to visit if she's not willing to learn about Denmark s history & it's peoples culture.

I would have thought in 2024 people would be accepting of the cultural differences between countries and the way they communicate. But hey, as long as you are only being judgmental and condemning a nation online rather than to their faces that's ok. I think the Danish would prefer you didn't hide behind your fake politeness and were honest with them.

Fuck me. English people really do skip straight from 1066 to Henry 8th to Queen Vic to WW2 and stop there in history lessons don’t they!
Britains colonial history stretches right into the 1900s, partition of India was 1947 - there are plenty of people
alive who remember it.

Does the same go for Geography or History? So no need to teach about say volcanoes in the UK education system because we don't have them. No need to teach about any wars we weren't involved in. Perhaps we can write off foreign authors too

But it’s not reasonable to expect strangers to know - or care - what religion you were born into whether you’re Danish or not, to be honest

That's the OPs point! wtf are they bringing up religion just because she's brown?

Regardless of anyones opinion, if that’s the way it is in Denmark then you’ll need to decide whether or not it’s going to drive you mad correcting people all the time?
Of course it’s annoying that people make assumptions like that. Will it drive you mad?
I have spent 30 years living in England and saying ‘ no actually I’m…’ but it’s something I have come to accept and I feel like at least I’m changing perceptions bit by bit in some way.

I'm still not buying this 'culture of direct questions' as an excuse for casual racism.

The thing is, this sort of thoughtless assumption and 'direct questioning' was the norm in the U.K. not so long ago. Decent people have mostly moved on a bit and moderate their natural curiosity by having some basic consideration for the feelings of the person they're questioning or might be making assumptions about.

A lot closer to what?

And what is the point?

Except they DO care enough to pass comment on how she lives her life. If they didn't care, they'd just be "ah, nice beer! Cheers!"

Yes, but when it comes to India and the partition etc… it’s a lot closer isn’t it?

Can you tell me about some of African religions? Where do they hold their worship services?

No o meant Koolaid. It’s an adopted phrase.

Ok, let's tell all the people in Denmark what they are or are not allowed to ask in their own country. Their directness is only appropriate when it is approved by someone else. In a majority white country they may assume that a white British person was of the same religion (or non religion) as them and not ask. In fact, all white British people should be offended that they have any silent assumptions made about their religion and get annoyed about not getting asked. You can force your tiptoeing on cultures that don't tiptoe around people who are different to their norm.

My new neighbor is from Bosnia. I asked her so Many questions 😂 she is muslim - wouldnt have a clue if i didnt ask if she was religious. I had no clue what religions is from there, but if i did know, i Would have asked if she was that particular religion.

I understood your point and agree 👍

But I’m guessing white people (let’s say British in for this example) won’t get asked this in Denmark

So if religion is not a thing in a region…let it not be a thing.

Have you been taught enough not to offend Japanese people in general? Their customs are very specific. Or is the only way of offending them that matters the one that offends you? I guarantee you don't know enough not to offend them without realising it. But you don't care, it's just about using them as an example to justify your offense.

It's completely ridiculous to expect all other cultures to bow at our feet and change who they are or 'get taught RE in school' so they don't offend a person visiting their OWN country. The level of entitlement on this thread is high. I suggest you don't move there, if this is your attitude to direct people you will be offended on a daily basis where no offense was meant.