My husband, a first generation immigrant, and I were talking about a mutual friend the other day and he made the statement, “For a person who was raised in the US, she’s very polite.” I asked him what he meant and when he didn’t elaborate, I assumed he has the feeling that Haitian children who are [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Expressions of good will
Last week, I greeted someone who I’ve been working with professionally for about year with a kiss on the cheek. Another colleague came up to us immediately following that and did the same. Even though the other colleague and I usually don’t greet each other that way, she didn’t want me to feel left out. [...]
