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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="2"> </font></p>From: <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#790619">Pat Barrett</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:pbarrett@cox.net">pbarrett@cox.net</a></span></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L "Etiquette" 2011.05.27 (01) [NL/DE]</span><br>
<br><div><font size="2">I read these with some interest in the fact that I
didn't see anything about American customs, which seem to be very different from
the European. We say hi to everybody and smile. If you don't, like at work,
people begin to talk about you, ask you what's wrong, etc. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2">An example of ethnic and urban/rural differences:
my wife's cousin in Oklahoma married a man from Tulsa. When we visited them, he
told us he was very confused when he first moved to Checotah, a very small,
rural town. He said in Tulsa, Blacks and Whites (he's Black) live in entirely
separate worlds and interact very little. Feelings between the two groups are
quite hostile.</font></div>
<div><font size="2">But driving around Checotah, he noticed with some
alarm that White guys in pickup trucks kept waving to him. Finally, he asked
some of his Black friends what was going on. "They're just being friendly" was
the answer. Very, very different atmosphere in the rural areas</font></div>
<div><font size="2">BTW, this "wave" is used where I live, too, because
my area still has small ranches and farms and you frequently run into farm
equipment on the roads. The wave is holding on to your steering wheel and
raising the four fingers of that hand. </font></div>
<div><font size="2">One of the generational markers among
African-Americans is the nod. Blacks ALWAYS acknowledged each other with a nod
when they were in a White environment. Nowadays, young Blacks will walk right by
you without acknowledging you. It drives my wife, who is 69 and Black,
nuts.</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Pat Barrett</font><br></div><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span>
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