Terrified of being thought racist, imperialist, arrogant, elitist or ``too Western,'' we averted our eyes from (and sometimes even supported) barbarisms of all types.
Aterrorizados de que se nos considerara racistas, imperialistas, arrogantes, elitistas o "demasiado occidentales", distraímos la vista de (y a veces hasta apoyábamos) barbarismos de todos tipos.