Essay Archive - Culture Awareness
Culture Awareness
I was planning to take a leisurely trip this summer, but now I think
I'll have to change my plans. Instead I'll probably have to take a crash
course in Sensitivity for the Culturally Unaware. Maybe it's because I grew
up in Chicago, perhaps the most culturally diverse city in the country.
Maybe it's because I have a mulatto niece and nephew. Maybe it's because my
cousin's last name is now Hernandez. Maybe it's because my wife's cousin
is a Native American. Or maybe it's because we Poles have borne the brunt
of more jokes than any other ethnic group, but all this time I thought I
was....
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