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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 aware of other cultures and the feelings of members of other ethnic groups and minorities. Now I guess I'm not. At least my union newsletter,the BEA_Messenger, says I'm not in an article on multicultural awareness. I for one take pride in our nation's history in regard to minorities. Minority groups founded this nation. The religious groups who felt the pressure of persecution in their ho!melands came here to begin new lives,and eventually a new nation. The ethnic groups that came in a great floodof immigrants came to escape the economic oppression of their homelands. Those groups, too, found a way to become part of th
think that women are the weak!er sex. It's called Summer Camp for the Multiculturally Without a Clue. But if he was, I still wouldn't want him acting like a savage when we are supposedly civilized. It's just as silly as the other points made in the article. By the time I got, "sit on the floor cross-legged, etc. " So I can't tell them to "sit Indian style" for a while and behave themselves. They are now mayors, governors, and jud!ges. Yes, I do become "impatient with elderly people who drive more slowly" than I do. So, too, is saying that he and his friends are "acting like a bunch of savages. The February 21, 1992, issue of the Messenger, however, suggests that I am not multiculturally aware enough. The experience of their years has taught them that half the cashiers in the country don't know how to make change, and they're just making sure they don't get gypped. They never take root in our psyches.
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Clan Messenger,
Messenger Saying,
Roller_Derby Yes,
Multiculturally Clue,
Culturally Unaware,
Native American,
Ninja Turtle,
Unaware Maybe,
Nicklaus Admittedly,
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indian style,
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elderly people,
eating dogs,
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impatient elderly,
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