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you know, like South Korea, I will say
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when I first went there, it was a lot of
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like adjustment because like being like
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an African-American, it was just like,
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you know, and I'm not a, you know, I'm 5
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foot 10, I'm a tall black woman. So,
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like I used to the kids walk her like
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who, you know, like they'll see her just
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like they're
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reaction. I'm just like what? Like they,
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you know, I might be the first black
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person ever saw a person. So it was like
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that culture, you know, shock of just
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like But then also on the flip side, you
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would have parents who would literally
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like, oh, you know, they'll hear your
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accent. Oh, she's American. And they
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were literally push your kids in your
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direction and go talk to you cuz they're
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like, oh, he's not English. Like, so it
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was like you would have both extremes.
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And for me, I was just like, h, you
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know, I I just kind of roll with the
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punches. And on the flip side, coming to
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Oman, it was different because it's like
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it's a different type of culture because
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it's a Muslim culture. But you know my
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points half like half of them are like
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just as