Dear Amy: I occasionally made jokes and said things that in retrospect I realize were inappropriate. She finally set me straight.
I occasionally made jokes and said things that in retrospect I realize were inappropriate. She finally set me straight.
I know there are other men who have been even guiltier than I, but they have never apologized. Do I need to? Maya Angelou said it best: “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” First, I urge you not to see your own cultural background and habits as a “handicap,” but as an asset.
However, reinvention is baked into the American experience, and so if you want to affect “American” mannerisms, I suggest you become a student of American culture. Take a history course at your local community college. Follow up with a class on cinema and popular culture. Read Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Sherman Alexie, Gary Shteyngart, and Jericho Brown. Listen to Dolly Parton. Watch “Singing in the Rain,” “Goodfellas,” “Barbershop,” “13 th,” and “Ramy.
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