I worked late today. This morning, at AEON I read an interesting essay by Gregory Khezrnejat. He is a native English speaker from America, but now he chooses to write his novels in Japanese (in short, he is a bilingual person.) The essay explains his interesting episode at a city office. There, he was talked to by an officer "in English" from the first contact without asking if he used English or Japanese because he seemed like a foreigner.
TBH, as an employee of a department store, I sometimes meet foreign customers with different skins and hair. But, in my case, I don't talk to them in English in advance. Because, as you might already see this, from their appearances I can't see if their native language is English (they may be native Japanese with different skin and hair.) Therefore, if I decide to talk to them in English, it could mean that I have decided to treat them as true "aliens (in Japanese, they are called 'gaijin'.)"
Recently, on X, I've read various arguments (almost "battles") about handicapped people. How should you care/help them (for example, in various public places such as movie theaters) and show thanksgiving to the people who help you? This must be a sensitive, difficult topic for us to think about. But, I guess (or I simply believe) that a possible solution is to ask someone who has been in serious trouble to learn what help they need.
I'm an autistic person, and therefore basically need a certain, least help from others. But, following the logic I have written above, I need to declare what kind of care I want/need to others clearly with clear, decent expression. I guess this certainly means an "open" conversation. Yes, it can contain various silly mistakes/errors, therefore you would be hurt by them. But, I need to try to be patient, and not give up so easily.
Oh, today I've learned another good lesson from that Gregory Khezrnejat's writing... Not being afraid of making mistakes too much, but having a certain courage to face myself toward other people. That must be a clue to becoming a great, "global" person... I guess.
