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Originally Posted by circletrack
The responses here are very eye opening indeed.
But I don't believe that understanding or being welcoming to someone else that is different than you has anything to do with politics.
I now fear for what a thread on the civil rights movement would divulge here.
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I found this story about a Midwestern US raised Muslim woman now living in Seattle very interesting.
What Can You Do to Broaden Your Worldview? Have Dinner with Your Muslim Neighbor - Food & Drink - The Stranger
I remember eating with Mahmood. His wife and kids were always kept in another room away from me and also from the Muslim friends Mahmood had over. If they had wives and kids they might mingle though.
Mahmood always insisted that I clean my plate and I would often leave quite full.
He would pray five times a day. Was repulsed by various things in US culture like many of the shows on TV.
Invited me to visit him in Iraq and talked about the wonders of Babylon.
Babylon - Wikipedia Had a keen interest in books but not so much of things of the West.