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This whole question is an issue of intercultural competence. We, all of us, need education and training on cross-cultural 'navigation'. This is applicable to race issues within our own country, and to our country's relationship with other nations in the world. This is an essential piece of life learning that most Americans are missing, with dire consequences.

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I grew up in the 90s hearing my parents' stories about protesting the war in Vietnam and taking other social action. This sort of social engagement, and particularly the horrors of war, seemed so far away to me. I remember thinking, "I'm so lucky to be living now! I'll never have to face a war like that or the political turmoil of the late '60s!" I look back now and have to laugh at my naivite - and I feel so sad that things have come to this again.

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