[IP] Foreign Students Wary of Joining War Debates

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <jhall@astron.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:22:28 -0800 (PST)
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Foreign Students Wary of Joining War Debates


[this is a perspective I didn't appreciate...]

A Delicate Search For the Right Words: Foreign Students Wary of
Joining War Debates

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55019-2003Mar30.html

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The Washington area has always had a large international community,
from foreigners working at think tanks to exchange students spending a
semester in the United States. With U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq,
some of these foreigners say they find themselves in an uncomfortable
position: living in a wartime capital at a historic time but hesitant
to express their feelings.

"What I notice is foreign students don't want to talk with Americans
about war issues, because we're a little afraid of the reaction," said
Jeffrey Kihien, a Peruvian studying at American University's
Washington College of Law.

The reluctance to engage on the biggest issue around is in contrast to
what he's accustomed to. "Everybody talks about politics in Peru,"
said Kihien, 33. "If you are in a taxi, the driver is talking about
politics. At school, the students are talking about politics. Your
mother is talking about politics. But here in America, I don't think
so."

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