Post by gato on May 23, 2020 7:19:57 GMT -5
Sometimes my brain just skips right over the obvious, in favor of preconceived ideas or beliefs.
For instance, it simply never occurred to me that there are white people indigenous to Jamaica. Hearing the lilting patois of someone speaking Jamaican, my mind's eye would automatically summon a picture of a black person speaking.
But then, this:
My built-in assumptions reminded me of the old riddle:
A father and son are in a horrible car crash that kills the dad. The son is rushed to the hospital; just as he’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, 'I can’t operate—that boy is my son!'
For instance, it simply never occurred to me that there are white people indigenous to Jamaica. Hearing the lilting patois of someone speaking Jamaican, my mind's eye would automatically summon a picture of a black person speaking.
But then, this:
My built-in assumptions reminded me of the old riddle:
A father and son are in a horrible car crash that kills the dad. The son is rushed to the hospital; just as he’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, 'I can’t operate—that boy is my son!'
