Re: Fwd: Cultural Impressions or Reacting to people staring,name-calling, etc.

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Laurie wrote:

Perhaps SOME PEOPLE OF THAT OR OTHER CULTURE are

curious, rude, ignorant, etc., but maybe you are generalizing because

that is the primary " other " racial culture in your area so it might SEEM

like that.

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In addition to Laurie's comments, it's worth pointing out the obvious, that

people raised differently have differing ideas about what's rude and what's

not. Some people may not believe that they are being rude by looking at an

unusual person inquisitively. I can just imagine a typical LP thinking,

" What's up with those Cablinasians? They are so rude with their stares! "

Meanwhile the Cablinasian is thinking, " What's up with those little people?

They are so rude with their angry little attitudes. " And the LP then

thinks, " I've got a good reason to be angry. People keep staring at me. "

And the Cablinasian is thinking, " People have a good reason to stare at you.

I mean, look at you! "

Anyway, the bottom line is that not everyone in the world subscribes to the

typical American idea of politeness, that if you see a person who looks odd

to you, you're supposed to intently ignore them. I, for one, sometimes find

it disconcerting the way people will bump into me like I'm not there,

because they're trying so damn hard not to notice my existence.

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