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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
It's what NORMAL people do when they go to live in a foreign country. It's what the people of the host country expects out of foreigners. What part of this don't you get??
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I am very confused by what you are saying, and I lived in Japan for a few years. I did not change the way I dress or the way I cut my hair. Why would you say that's what people in Japan expect.
Have you changed the way you dress or the way you cut your hair to live in the US? Did you toss out your clothes you bought in Japan and buy a whole new wardrobe? I seriously doubt it.
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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
You can't be living in America. Beyond FOBs, everyone assimilates here. Regardless of race, you can tell in 3 minutes if the guy has been in the states long. I'm not saying the races interacted a lot, America is not a melting pot. But, beyond skin color, everyone here is the same: hair styles all the same, clothing style is the same, people all act the same, they talk about the same news. Skin color is the only thing that stands people apart.
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Again, what you are saying sounds incredibly foreign and odd to me.
First of all, I live in the US. I can tell you first hand not everyone assimilates here. Maybe you live in southern California, where looking the the same is more important that the rest of the country, but believe, here is Portland, OR it is the opposite, so let's not talk about "America" as if it is one way of thinking. Here hair styles are not all the same, clothing is not all the same. Let's not confuse people.