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<p>Lol, Happynow, you really got a chuckle out of me with that line :). Too funny!</p>
<p>Yes, I understand your point and it is well taken. I appreciate your comments. And I must say, she’s somewhat of a novelty here at home as well :). I really don’t mean to sound naive about it - just glad she’s having a positive experience during her time there. We know it could easily be very different. </p>
<p>But my point is that she is challenging certain perceptions people may have, even if only to a small degree, and I think that’s important. Just as I also think it’s important the theories offered by the OP be challenged in this thread (although I do believe much of the negative connotation springing from it was unintentional). </p>
<p>For example, while I do not doubt that many Chinese people may be racist, that is very different from making such assumptions about every Chinese person I meet, or addressing a group of them as such before I even know them. Thus, my awareness of certain potential conditions does not cloud my judgement, cause me to unintentionally offend. or prevent me from being open to other possibilities. </p>
<p>I believe AAs and Africans must also be aware of such sensitivities since there is plenty of muck to be thrown by and about both groups if that’s going to be the measure of how we choose to define one another. I think that is something we ought to avoid at all costs.</p>