I don't think I fully had a perspective on my time in Taiwan until I got back to the U.S. and began to acclimatize back to the world I am used to. I mean, certainly, there are people in the U.S who every day feel like they are unique (and are) in their environment. I had a conversation with one of my fellow travelers during our wait for our disparate flights here in San Francisco about the difference between the minority-experience in the U.S. and our experience in Taiwan. It was odd to be the only people like us everywhere we went; but it was compounded by the wall prohibiting all but the most basic communication. Wherever we went, we could not read, write, speak, or fit-in with anyone in our surroundings. You desensitize yourself
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