I just got back from one of my normal trips to market and I realized that my community does not really see me any differently than the rest of the people in town.
While it is a goal of PC to have you integrate into your community in my case it is a little more difficult since my community has about 17,000 people in it and they don't get all that may "blofonos" that come to visit. (Blofono means white person from over the mountain or visitor.)
When I was at the market today I think I only heard 3 people call out to me "hey white person" or "blofono" and when I was leaving I had to push my way to get by the tro-tro just like everyone else. A few months ago people would have been screaming at me or would have been helping me get through the crowd. Now they just expect that I can handle myself.
It is saying something that they think a white woman can take care of herself because here they think that most white women are frail and need someone to help them do everything. I think that I have passed a milestone here.
It is also worth noting that if I don't go to market for a week or so my regular market ladies will ask about me when I come back to make sure that I am ok and that I have not been sick. It is nice to know that I have been accepted.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment