I had to comment on Lisa Jones’ article “My
Sensitive Man meets culture shock on the range” (HCN, 10/27/03: My
Sensitive Man meets culture shock on the range). My immediate
reaction when I read the article was to laugh. After I thought
about the article, however, I realized that Ms. Jones’
rantings were exactly the thing that creates one of the greatest
divides in this country: stereotypes.
If we ever want
“redneck ranchers,” “tree-hugging environmentalists,”
“money-grubbing politicians” and other “groups” that hold the
future of the West in their hands, to sit down at the same table on
a more regular basis, we had all better start treating each other
as individuals and not as stereotypes.
Keith
Scoular
Tempe, Arizona
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Drop the stereotypes.
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