Articles Archive for 14 May 2009
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When Fabio arrived in the United States in 2003, from France, American sentiment was not friendly to the French, who had refused to support participation in the Iraq war. Within his first few weeks in the United States, he was beaten up. Then, a co-worker at his new job tormented him relentlessly, unabashedly telling him “The French are not welcome here.” Feeling bitter and angry, he alternately felt a desire for vengeance, and considered whether he should return to France.
One day, as he was at work in the medical lab, his co-worker was …