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Ursula K. Le Guin
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Changing Planes
The fact that the Hegnish have absolutely no interest in any people except themselves can also cause offense, or even rage. Foreigners exist. That is all the Hegnish know about them, and all they care to know. They are too polite to say that it is a pity that foreigners exist, but if they had to think about it, they would think so.
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Libba Bray
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The Diviners
They weren't protected by our own laws. They were on their own.Doesn't sound terribly American.On the contrary, it's very American, Will said bitterly
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David Rakoff
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Fraud: Essays
I come by my alarmism honestly. I have learned this custom over the years as I have settled into being a true New Yorker. This is how we welcome foreigners to our shores. Because we are so often frightened by living here, we are annoyed and offended when visitors fail to show the proper signs of terror. So we try to scare the living daylights out of them.
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