Last night, the 11 of us who are heading to the Philippines on Habitat for Humanity gathered to get to know one another. One of the volunteers suggested that we fill out this questionnaire about our thoughts, our stories, our future aspirations and things of the like to help us better understand each other.
As much as I that activity was meant to serve as a "don't judge others so quickly" exercise, I really couldn't help but get frustrated.
We read each section anonymously.
One person said they met relatives they never knew existed when they made a trip to Europe and the this one dude said, "Well, it must be the white people in here." never thinking that people in this world migrate and that Asians, Blacks, whoever CAN live in Europe. It turned out that those relatives belonged to the guy who is the Vietnamese-Canadian.
And then, one of my answers was read out loud. This same guy who had made the earlier assumption about only white people existing Europe raised his voice again to say that the I had "thought too much" about my question.
Honestly, I was insulted and annoyed, and thought this person to be ignorant of many things in LIFE.
So much for an exercise to learn about each other, huh? I learned that I would rather not hear from this guy- at all. Hahah....ok, I will try. Patience. Must breathe.
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