Yesterday on the way to work the old lady who has been asking questions made a statement instead. As we walked towards each other she pointed at the exposed skin of my arms and said, “You are so white, aren’t you?”
I was at first taken aback, and didn’t really have a response ready. In the absence of my response, she said that her skin was very dark. I just smiled and said goodbye, but only later when talking with one of my students did I understand what she was trying to say. My student said that she was commenting that my skin hadn’t tanned in the sun compared to her. I guess I understand. It was an interesting topic for a walk-by discussion.
Other than that, it was a pretty normal day. One of my students mysteriously didn’t come to class, so I’ll have to get his excuse later on. Hopefully he didn’t just forget the class.
