[lit-ideas] Re: 21. century European anti-Semitism
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:04:28 +0100
We seem to have stopped discussing the other (The Other). A pity. Eric had
a point. I think I'm somewhere in-between him and John (McC.), though I
still do admire John's post, a salutary reminder.
***
Today I saw a black man in the Health Food store, basket full -- as I
commented -- of goodies. He gave me a classic Brit warm smile. We met again
at the till; this time his white girlfriend was with him. He asked the
manager to serve me first (I only had one item) but I needed something else.
His girlfriend spoke to me too. Not English, her accent made clear. Austrian
perhaps? No, she said, she was from Kuwait, they both were. I apologised
for asking, but she didn't mind at all. Then she and I had a sceptical look
at something the manager recommended to her, and I told her the other thing
he'd recommended was good but could react with certain medicines.
The Other/s, cunningly disguised as a mouse-brown hair, very light tan (I
suppose, very light olive skin), young woman in jeans and a windbreaker and
light backpack, no Muslim-dress-stuff in sight, + a British black man in a
nifty woolly hat?
They seemed more like me to me... middle class...
Judy Evans
jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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