Do we shoot ourselves in the foot?

[Raphael]

I never got defensive when people called my kilt a skirt because they are right for most parts. Kilts look skirts. I can't fault people for that. AFter all, kilt is not a every day word for most people.

Just approach the question with a sense of humour. you will live longer.

[Raphael]

I never got defensive when people called my kilt a skirt because they are right for most parts. Kilts look skirts. I can't fault people for that. AFter all, kilt is not a every day word for most people.

Just approach the question with a sense of humour. you will live longer.

[Rigged]

I hope this isn't going to be the end of your kilt wearing at work.

I can't imagine that a woman would make an issue of a guy wearing a kilt... well, actually I can.

[Rigged]

I hope this isn't going to be the end of your kilt wearing at work.

I can't imagine that a woman would make an issue of a guy wearing a kilt... well, actually I can.

[Rigged]

I hope this isn't going to be the end of your kilt wearing at work.

I can't imagine that a woman would make an issue of a guy wearing a kilt... well, actually I can.

[Magnus Sporrano]

I didn't get anything today that would get me to stop wearing a kilt at work; if anything, I am emboldened to step it up a bit and get some more kilts. In fact, I put down a deposit on kilt #2 with Rocky today.

One of the guys that was giving me the worst attitude about it today wrote me a private email tonight after he got home, put his prejudice aside, and asked me respectfully to tell him more about it. This was a big change from the "cute legs" and "aren't you in the wrong bathroom" comments.

I took him at his word, talked a little about the cultural side of why I wear a kilt, and about the practical side. To try to help him understand the cultural connections a bit, I pointed out that as a black man his cultural connections probably span the African continent just as mine as a white man span the European continent, and there are traditions all over Africa of men wearing unbifurcated garments such as the Great Bubu. This really hit home with him, and emboldened him to consider wearing garments celebrating his African roots to work without concern for the reactions of the small minded. I think it helped that maybe he saw he was being petty with me earlier and I didn't let it get to me at the office.

If nothing else, I've opened the floodgates a bit to make it easier for people to celebrate their various cultural backgrounds and maybe liven up the office a bit. It's really depressing to see people of all different ethnicities all wearing the same bland khaki slacks and polo shirts day in and day out.

[Magnus Sporrano]

I didn't get anything today that would get me to stop wearing a kilt at work; if anything, I am emboldened to step it up a bit and get some more kilts. In fact, I put down a deposit on kilt #2 with Rocky today.

One of the guys that was giving me the worst attitude about it today wrote me a private email tonight after he got home, put his prejudice aside, and asked me respectfully to tell him more about it. This was a big change from the "cute legs" and "aren't you in the wrong bathroom" comments.

I took him at his word, talked a little about the cultural side of why I wear a kilt, and about the practical side. To try to help him understand the cultural connections a bit, I pointed out that as a black man his cultural connections probably span the African continent just as mine as a white man span the European continent, and there are traditions all over Africa of men wearing unbifurcated garments such as the Great Bubu. This really hit home with him, and emboldened him to consider wearing garments celebrating his African roots to work without concern for the reactions of the small minded. I think it helped that maybe he saw he was being petty with me earlier and I didn't let it get to me at the office.

If nothing else, I've opened the floodgates a bit to make it easier for people to celebrate their various cultural backgrounds and maybe liven up the office a bit. It's really depressing to see people of all different ethnicities all wearing the same bland khaki slacks and polo shirts day in and day out.

[Magnus Sporrano]

I didn't get anything today that would get me to stop wearing a kilt at work; if anything, I am emboldened to step it up a bit and get some more kilts. In fact, I put down a deposit on kilt #2 with Rocky today.

One of the guys that was giving me the worst attitude about it today wrote me a private email tonight after he got home, put his prejudice aside, and asked me respectfully to tell him more about it. This was a big change from the "cute legs" and "aren't you in the wrong bathroom" comments.

I took him at his word, talked a little about the cultural side of why I wear a kilt, and about the practical side. To try to help him understand the cultural connections a bit, I pointed out that as a black man his cultural connections probably span the African continent just as mine as a white man span the European continent, and there are traditions all over Africa of men wearing unbifurcated garments such as the Great Bubu. This really hit home with him, and emboldened him to consider wearing garments celebrating his African roots to work without concern for the reactions of the small minded. I think it helped that maybe he saw he was being petty with me earlier and I didn't let it get to me at the office.

If nothing else, I've opened the floodgates a bit to make it easier for people to celebrate their various cultural backgrounds and maybe liven up the office a bit. It's really depressing to see people of all different ethnicities all wearing the same bland khaki slacks and polo shirts day in and day out.

[RockyR]

Great Magnus

You might want to show him the normal dress in Fiji for men. According to a Fiji web site, this is also the main clothing they wear to church.. The Sulu.

[RockyR]

Great Magnus

You might want to show him the normal dress in Fiji for men. According to a Fiji web site, this is also the main clothing they wear to church.. The Sulu.