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The Challenges of Addressing Minorities in a Majority Culture
Elsa Garmire begins a dialogue about how to strengthen the optics community by learning to understand—and embrace—our differences.
Did you ever travel to a different country? Did you try to speak their language? Or did you expect those around you to struggle with yours? Did you try to modify your behavior to fit in? Or did you stick to your role as tourist and not care what others thought? Did it bother you that people knew you “didn’t belong”? Did you wish you could just blend in?
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