I would like to close by saying that my intent is not to demonise Danish culture, nor am I trying to victimise myself. These are simply the facts of living as a minority in a historically racially homogeneous society. Part of living as a minority in Copenhagen is learning to accept that I will be subjected to ignorant behavior at times, and that few people will be able to understand why it upsets me. I’ve had to learn not to get jaded, learn to understand and accept where that ignorance comes from, and also to learn to remind myself that the Danes that do understand. Most importantly, I’ve come to realise that ignorance is not always an expression of malicious intent. In fact, the opposite usually seems to be the case. It took me almost a decade to recognise that I could be both Danish and foreign-looking: it would be unfair of me to expect the same of others. But, it sure would be nice.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:40:20 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015