[at-l] Racism on or around the AT

[patv@ukans.edu (Pat Villeneuve)]

Mara Factor wrote:

> Well Kelly, try going to China sometime  :-).  Then you'll really find out
> what it's like to be stared at...  Not just stared at, but I went to places
> where people would FOLLOW us around, point, and forget whisper, they would
> just plain talk out loud about us.

Oh, yeah. I went to China, Macau, and Hong Kong with a rather large friend.
There was blatant staring and pointing at her hips. Gasping and giggling. And
people actually got off elevators if we got on. I even felt huge there--and I'm
5'4", 120-something.

Let's all be nice to each other...
Chocolate