can we not be just plain honest? what's shameful if you haven't climbed any mountains? i have found many whites, at least where i live (in south), who haven't been to NYC or other major cities all their life. some have spent their whole life serving for a single company in the same city where they were born and brought up and they are not shameful about it...

happens...what's the big deal? reminds me of some of my friends in india who used to regard me as "royal' just because my country had monarchy...hahaha