#402 White Christmas- Sandip Roy
It was Christmas, and this was Amit’s first year away from
Calcutta, from home. He was in Binghamton, NY going to school, and couldn’t
afford the trip back. He learned a lot this year, mostly about the differences
in culture, His school mentor, Satsih, a PhD student gave him advice. “…he was Amit’s
authority on all things American, like health insurance, bars, and race.”
It was race that confused him the most, the importance of
it, the stereoptypes used by both Satish and his mother. He found that he had
his own attractions to race as well. On this Christmas he went looking for
something to eat and found himself in a bar alone for the first time. It would
be a night of firsts.
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