Just come and join us. No registration or sign in before the meeting is requested. 1. Introduction： Bliss English Club is a wonderful and cool place running since 1997 where you can learn English, make friends and have fun. 2. Venue： Emperor Café in Emperor Hotel 1F No.118, Sec. 1, Nanjing E. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tamsui-Xinyi Line (R Line 2, Red Line) -> Zhongshan MRT station -> Exit 6 -> 7min by foot 3. Time： Almost every Saturday 14:30~17:30 4. During the meeting：English Only !! Hosts are the souls of BLISS meetings. Any member can host a meeting. The topics can be various as well as the ways conducted in the meetings We have group discussions, role plays, recitation, book reviews and so on. Other than English learning, we also like to make friends. We hold colorful activities such as dinner meetings, quarterly outings, and year end parties forming friendships. Bliss is not only an English learning group, but also using English to explore the world. Welcome to join with us:) 5. Topic: Any topic !! From Astronomy, world innovation, literature to art. Any topic that the host feels interested to share !! 6.Admission Fee： Minimum charge 120 NTD/ 10% service charge per meal/ Complimentary pastry 7.<Bliss Meeting Notice> Recap of “Xenophobia” by Kevin Ting on 3/4 Host: Kevin Ting Date: March 4. 2017 Subject: “Xenophobia Participants: Kevin Ting, Serina, Annie, Brian, Angel, Daniel Yang, Ellen Huang Meeting photo https://goo.gl/ko2Axh In the New Meeting Place, 國王飯店 , our ever-intellectual senior Blisser, Kevin Ting, arrived earlier and proceeded the meeting more fruitfully than expected. “Xenophobia” “Xenophobia” is an innate hatred toward foreigners or immigrants, regarding them as intruders, potential advantage-takers, horror-makers, burden-carriers, etc., the mindset of which is deliberately hidden among native adults but shown abruptly rude among the teenagers Examples of “Xenophobia” 1. Hilter’s Holocaust to Jews in early 19th century; 2. British News describing Irish as low-raced criminals; 3. Asian-faced people are usually taken as low-educated law-breakers. Unfair discrimination 1.Some participants said it existed when Asian-faced people role-taking shifted from cash-distributors to business competitors. 2.Others said it never happened when getting lost in Europe but receiving warm help from them. Anti-immigration attitudes in the US: 1. Defined Irish as “Foreign devils” filthy equally as lowest Blacks 2. In 1800s, Italian immigrants menaced in strip cartoons as “Italitanos” 3. Humiliate “Mexicans” to shove it as lowly-paid workers. 4. In 1963, Africa-Americans were racially segregated. 5.“Forced Acculturation” banning Middle-Eastern headscarves from imperiling public schools 6.“Social Exclusion” segregated in “ghettos”, a breeding bed for crimes. 2016 Global Peace Index: Terrorist-victimized Zone-covers Russia, Turkey, North Korean, etc., excluding Taiwan. What a relief! Refugees’ problems Many refugees died on the way while fleeing from Syria and Africa. When staying illegally in the host countries, they were vulnerable to sexual exploitation, labor abuse, and unfairly discriminating employment while lacking shelters, lawful protection, medical care, food and some others, sometimes enduring the traumatic split with family members. To pursue better lives, they need to apply for legal asylum in the host country. Asylum seekers-- role play: Immigration Officers VS. Refugees Scenario: Many Americans ran away from the USA because of the civil war and applied for a legal asylum in Mexico. 1.One failed: He begged for sympathy because he had low social status with low-paid job in the USA just having a new-born baby. The fact made him a financial and social problem to Mexico. 2.The other one possibly got the approval: She got a good job and housing offer from a prestigious Mexican Company and a highly-respected native Mexican as guarantees. This made her a definite profit-contributor to Mexico instead of burden-carrier. Homophobia or discrimination because of sexual inclination, which arouse the our heated discussion, however left more for deliberation later in some meetings if possible Reflections: Thank Kevin for his topic which attracted our attention and deepened our thinking about the apparent or lurking social issues. All the participants enjoyed themselves in such a fulfilling meeting, through the inspiration of which Even a new –blood Blisser, Brian, will host a meeting on Mar. 25, 2017!!! - Bliss English Club since 1997 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bliss.taipei?fref=ts Website: http://blisstaipei520.pixnet.net/blog Picasa: https://plus.google.com/101726755048448689917/photos Bliss 2017 Calendar: 2:30~5:30 pm every Saturday No meeting date: 4/1,4/29,5/13,5/27,6/3,8/5,9/30,10/7,12/16,12/23,12/30 Outing: 3/25 (Q1), 6/24 (Q2), 9/23 (Q3) Year-End-Party (YEP): 12/9 --

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