Culture Shock

In a previous blog entry, I mentioned the predominance of heavily accented people in Seattle. I noticed this, including Eastern European accents. A coworker told me she was in "culture shock" when she went to Seattle, because she was used to the Hispanics of West Texas, but not the Asians which seem to predominate Seattle.

I realized that I noticed the Asians, but was not particularly shocked or surprised by this. Perhaps because I have read many novels about Seattle, and one, in fact, was about Asian Americans in Seattle.

Sometimes, I wonder about my cultural sensitivity. These predominances are not particularly apparent to me. So, I am either obviously unaware of cultural differences, or I am aware but not affected by them.

I am not sure which is better.  I am sure it seems not to be important to me.  Maybe, I should be more aware.