Yeah-- on one level it's difficult, because cultures are different and toes are always there to be stepped on, but on the other level, how can you not want to pay attention to the people around you?
Sadly our initial response to difference is to fear it, and therefore try to eliminate it rather than try to understand it. Also I think we completely underestimate the pressures to conform that occur simply by living within a society. To stand out in a crowd is one of the hardest things ever to do so who can really blame the transplant for trying to assimilate.
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lady_ganesh) wrote2010-09-26 11:06 am
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