My roommate is taking a multicultural psychology course in her graduate program, and she told me the section in her textbook on dealing with Asian Americans reminded her a lot of dealing with me. I hope "dealing" was in the non-pejorative sense. If so, I'm highly amused.
I swiped her textbook tonight to find out what she meant. There was a part about selective directness, something about allowing for pauses in conversation, and a bit about the client's need to establish trust and context before easing into difficult (especially emotional) topics. I might concede those points. Maybe that means I'm more ready for my China trip than I thought.
Sometimes I have to look up things like "pejorative" when I read your blog. Yet another reason why I love you.
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