Unfortunately, it takes one idiot to make one forget the 999 reasonable people you meet on your travels. I'm also sorry that was your introduction to the U.S.
I will say, though, that being incredibly dense is something one can encounter anywhere in the world. About 15 years ago, I was at a wonderful, multi-cultural seder hosted by a Jewish woman and her black, Unitarian husband. Among the guests were a gay couple, one Portuguese, the other German, and a couple of the latter's friends from Germany, a very sweet couple in their early 20s. After the reading of the Haggadah during dinner, one of they young Germans remarked, "You know, we have never been to a seder before. We don't know any Jewish people in Germany."
No one said anything, and they would doubtlessly have been mortified if it had been pointed out *why* that might be. But it goes to show you that the incredibly stupid things people say stick with you.
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on 2010-02-15 05:57 am (UTC)I will say, though, that being incredibly dense is something one can encounter anywhere in the world. About 15 years ago, I was at a wonderful, multi-cultural seder hosted by a Jewish woman and her black, Unitarian husband. Among the guests were a gay couple, one Portuguese, the other German, and a couple of the latter's friends from Germany, a very sweet couple in their early 20s. After the reading of the Haggadah during dinner, one of they young Germans remarked, "You know, we have never been to a seder before. We don't know any Jewish people in Germany."
No one said anything, and they would doubtlessly have been mortified if it had been pointed out *why* that might be. But it goes to show you that the incredibly stupid things people say stick with you.