them A friend who is Chinese who has never before been to Norway told me about her welcome to Norway recently. She said she was the only non-Norwegian arriving - judging by appearances, I guess. At customs she was stopped and asked the usual series of questions: why have you come? what is the purpose of your visit? who have you come to visit? where does he live? do you have the actual address? what will you do when you are here? where will you ski? which mountain will you ski? what is the name of the mountain you will ski on? Then the bag search what is this? what is it for? why did you bring it? The customs officer see her USA passport. "Oh sorry, I didn't realise you had a US passport. Please pass through customs." END OF STORY NB All diary entries are based on my own perception of a situation or event. They are subjective reflections and often written well after the fact. Other people I mention will have their own version of the events I describe and might disagree with their portrayal. This project is not about libelling people or stigmatising them but about recording my own perceptions of racism as a person sensitized to racism, both as a victim of racism and as a racist. Previous Month Next Month Jun 2004 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May 2004 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Apr 2004 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri  Sat         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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