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Thank you SO MUCH for your comment, Celia. Two of the best things your comment does is to remind me how others face similar prejudice/stereotyping and how closed-mindedness takes many forms and is directed at a variety of things people know little about. And you’re also reminding me of the value of all I’ve been blessed with especially my online community and how those people help me meet many people from different cultures whom I can know deeply and how THAT defeats my own misunderstandings and doing so slowly and gently and lovingly – as opposed to antagonistic and demanding a tweet-length reply. Thank you again! And give Karen a hug for me 😉