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Do not be rude Dr (Mrs) E Abreu, Assagao This is with reference to Josephine Richardson's letter "Treat us as equals'' Herald 27/2/2006. Ms Richardson should realise that the antipathy growing against the white skinned tourist is mainly because of their behaviour and the dilution of the Goan ethos, by them. Most of us resent their 'high and mighty' attitude of the average tourist. They do not respect our laws – drive recklessly on two wheelers without wearing helmets, throw their garbage into our fields, and treat us as if we our second class citizens in our own state. They have brought in the drug menace and paedophillia and they have taken over the prime beach fronts in north Goa. In 1981 when I visited England I was asked whether I was going to Scotland or Wales, in a very rude manner. I told the female immigration officer that I had a tourist visa for the UK – I presumed that covered Scotland and Wales. She retorted "we WOGS like to sneak into the country.'' She then asked me wait in caged enclosure for a virginity test despite me telling her that I was a mother of three. She then sent me to another official who read me a lecture on "unschooled Indians coming to their country in droves'', despite my passport showing that I was a doctor in medicine. Recently I was nearly knocked down by a helmetless, bare chested white skinned rider on a two wheeler who shouted "black devil get out of the way'' instead of apologizing. If you are suffering rudeness it is a reaction to the general treatment we get in our own land, from the whites. You claim you employ Goans probably as domestic help but back home you would probably not be able to employ a charwoman or maid. Why are you on an extended visa? Would we be allowed to get one in your country of origin? -- TUMCHER AXIRVAD ASSUM; DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
