I am writing with regard to Faisal Al Yafai's recent column (Calling all those who voted for Donald Trump 'racist' is wrong, November 14). We have to bear in mind that Donald Trump's election may be the result of attacks that have been happening around the world since September 11.
The Paris attacks, the Nice attack, Charlie Hebdo and not to mention incidents in London and Germany have all influenced the course of politics around the world and in America.
Diplomacy has not worked in mending the wounds these attacks have opened. The uneducated masses of Trump supporters, however, don’t realise that people are suffering around the world from the same problem of extremism.
Trump represents many people and he is now in charge of a powerful office with the ability to change world events. To think that he is in charge because many Americans were scared to place a woman in power reveals the misogyny that exists in America.
No single person is to blame for this problem. That doesn’t mean that we can sweep it under the rug and pretend that it doesn’t exist.
In the Trump era we need to focus on bringing peace education into schools so that we can teach our young people tolerance and respect for their fellow human beings.
All of us here enjoy privilege and we should never forget how lucky we are for it. The best thing to do going forward is teach tolerance and peace.
Tanya Milbourne, Abu Dhabi
It’s the Left that started the
post-fact, post-truth climate where feelings are placed above rational discourse. They began the idea that what a person feels must always be true and believed, the more emotional you are the more true something must be. The reliance on emotions to guide people will just lead to more polarisation and extremism.
Chris Reid, Dubai
This piece follows the same line as other outlets when they said that Donald Trump would lose to Hillary Clinton.
Media outlets are taking revenge on Mr Trump and not accepting the result of a democratic election.
Rajeev Rajapalan, Abu Dhabi
Training is key to bank success
Regarding your report on the Banks Federation (Banks Federation examines guidelines on dealing with customer complaints, November 14), I think the banks are missing an important part of the story.
The solution to customer complaints is not to make all transactions more digital or more social or whatever term is currently used in branding.
The solution for better banking is better staff and that happens through proper training and the creation of clear procedures and responsibilities. It also requires better hiring metrics in place.
For example, if I ask my bank simple questions, why do I always end up getting five different answers from three different agents? Streamlining the process with better-educated staff and clear protocols would solve this problem once and for all. The sad truth is that this is a problem for all banks, not just one or two.
Raphael Augenstein, Dubai
If you don’t know anything about banking, it is not a good idea to go into the banking profession. Instead it is better to study and learn the trade. Customer satisfaction in the banking sector is deplorable.
Matthew Litty, Dubai
How to prevent autism in kids
I am writing about your piece on autism (Disabled centre in Fujairah struggles to handle increasing number of autistic children, November 11). Autism is increasing around the world at an alarming rate. Some reports say that pollution and chemicals in food and water are causing babies to become ill.
Those findings are far from conclusive as yet but parents prepare themselves better by checking labels on foods, cleaning with natural products, avoiding foods that are not organic – or are at least coming from a good source without chemicals – and drinking filtered water.
Brigitte von Bulow, Abu Dhabi
Trying to catch the supermoon
I spent an hour hunting for an opportunity to photograph the supermoon. It wasn’t possible but the moon was incredible.
Kwoji Komuri, Dubai
