Foto: © Anke Illing
Samstag, 4. März 2006
Different or not?
urmila, 19:17h
The other day I went out with some friends. We talked about this and about that. I explained my research project and why I am fascinated by it. We were talking about the experience of othering and I mentioned my 'Indian' father. The friends were very surprised. They had not seen it.
Others do. Or think they do? Once an elderly women quite inquisitively demanded to know where I am from. I did not want to answer and tried many methods to avoid answering. But she kept on insisting. She would not be convinced that I am German and argued that my name, 'skin colour' and way of talking clearly marked me as a 'foreigner'. Since then I wonder when and how I adopted a foreign accent.
And I wonder how much of the others' ideas about me are really related to me.
Others do. Or think they do? Once an elderly women quite inquisitively demanded to know where I am from. I did not want to answer and tried many methods to avoid answering. But she kept on insisting. She would not be convinced that I am German and argued that my name, 'skin colour' and way of talking clearly marked me as a 'foreigner'. Since then I wonder when and how I adopted a foreign accent.
And I wonder how much of the others' ideas about me are really related to me.
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