[OT] odd cross cultural experiences

John Crimmins schrieb:
> > >Cross Cultural Wierdness:
> > >Sitting in a local Scots Pub on St. Andrews
> > >day. Used to seeing fairskinned folk a
> > >plenty, mostly fair or red-haired. Piper
> > >shows up (like me, dressed in the good
> > >black jacket, the high collar white shirt, and
> > >a lovely kilt and sporan) and is a very dark
> > >black skinned gent with a brilliant white
> > >mop of thick curly hair. Had quite a Scots
> > >accent too as I think he hailed from
> > >Glasgow. Now, as Alan said, this kind of
> > >thing shoudn't be all that surprising... but it
> > >was nonetheless. 

For Cross-Cultural weirdness, read:
Destined to Witness : Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
by Hans J. Massaquoi

Hans J.Massaquoi is the son of a Liberian consul and a German girl. He
was born in the 1920's in Hamburg and grew up there (his father
disappeared from Germany soon after his birth). Being quite impressed
by Nazi fanfare and the athmospere of the time, he actually wanted to
join the Hitlerjugend and the Wehrmacht ! Somehow, he survived the
times with his humor intact. 

Highly recommended !!!!!!!!

I especially enjoyed it because he grew up in the same corner of
Hamburg I did, but it is worth reading even without that.

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