[QUOTE=AsiaTraveler2]My only hope is that people try to step back and really use their eyes. Put themselves in someone else’s skin for a few minutes and look at slices of life through objective lenses once in a while. It will do us all some good.[/QUOTE]Well summarized, AT2. I'll admit that there are times when I get exasperated and fallback on stereotypes because it's the easy way out to deal with a trying situation in a foreign environment. For me, it takes far more empathy and patience, especially with a language barrier, to relate to each person, individually. But overall the effort is very worthwhile IMO.
