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A short story, and a pattern I want you to recognize:

A few years ago somebody sent a letter into a local paper asking, why do groups of Ethiopian men stand around outside every evening, I'm white and anxious and I don't think like it, what's that about then. And to their credit, the paper did the legwork and replied "In that community, people don't just rush straight home after work; they meet friends, talk about their day, share community news, talk politics, local and back home ..."