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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...What stop do you think it is?” a woman asked. She sprawled across the bench, right next...

Author: By Emily C. Graff | Title: A Girl's Guide to Subway Etiquette | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...woman turned to me. “Is that right?” she asked. Oh no, I thought, eye contact...

Author: By Emily C. Graff | Title: A Girl's Guide to Subway Etiquette | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...Wait,” the woman said, “Is it true there are grocery stores in the apartment buildings here...

Author: By Emily C. Graff | Title: A Girl's Guide to Subway Etiquette | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...host families huddled in a group inside the station, each visibly eager to greet the American to whom they had voluntarily offered room and board (read: a cot and waffles) for the month, free of charge. Other than their height—one woman towered above me at a jaw-dropping 6’1”—what struck me about the families was what they represented, or failed to represent. Collectively, they showcased nearly every social variation possible, from age to sexual orientation. My own host family included a self-professed socialist lawyer and a pregnant...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk | Title: Are You Moroccan? | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...Dutch, in general, seem to take stereotypes to the extreme. I’ve learned from other “allochtoon” how insulting such a question actually is here. “It implies you don’t belong,” one woman, who is originally from South Korea, told...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk | Title: Are You Moroccan? | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

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