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Americans abroad: Identifying with people in other cultures

While visiting Istanbul this summer, an American pastor stopped to look an outdoor display of photos depicting American soldiers’ abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. The pastor noticed that a Turkish man viewing this gallery of atrocities was getting visibly agitated. When the man became aware that an American was standing nearby, he made a gesture as though to strike the pastor with the back of his hand.

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